Vietnam War - Color, 1967, Tunnel Rats: Operation Pershing, 10Mar67
Slate: 03Sep67. Patrol w/ field radios moving thru jungle, brush, bananas etc. Two soldiers w/ pistol lower Vietnamese into tunnel on hillside; soldier w/ flame-thrower arrives. Group waits.
09:29:10 Vietnamese soldiers at cave entrance plug ears. More activity at cave entrance.
09:29:53 Slate. Activity around hillside cave, view of valley. Soldiers up hillside. CUs waiting; resting.
09:32:06 Troops at tunnel entrance as Black soldier tries to enter; others watch. CUs. Pass down large charges to Black. CU ignition w/ fuse. LS enormous explosion & black cloud.
09:34:24 Soldier placing fuse .
09:34:34 Slate. Entrance to cave; soldier inside w/ flashlight & pistol. VIetnamese enters. Both come out.
09:36:45 Not useful - light struck.
09:37:16 Aerial over craters; village w/ craters.
09:37:50 Aerial of cloud from explosion; lower of pock marked tunnels or craters.
09:38:12 Aerial alongside base of mountains, farms.
09:38:43 Slate: 03Sep67. Multiple large explosions on mountainside from various distances & angles.
09:39:50 Slate: 03Sep67. Continued explosions on hillside. Men watching, talking on field telephone w/ palm trees behind. MCUs & CUs. Packs w/ explosive charges.
09:40:38 Black troops climbing along rocks on steep hillside. MCU White watching.
09:41:01 Soldier watching fire burning in entrance to cave. Troops in trees; soldier watching valley from behind rock. Patrol moving, looking into caves while on radio. Resting by rock w/ machine gun, w/ flame- thrower.
Vietnam War; Viet Cong Tunnels Cleared; 1960s;
NOTE: 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry, 1st Brigade, 1st Air Cavalry Division, 40 miles northeast of Ankhe, South Vietnam. GOOD footage of tunnel clearing & blasting.
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Vietnam War - Color, 1967, Tunnel Rats: Operation Pershing, 10Mar67 Slate: 03Sep67. Patrol w/ field radios moving thru jungle, brush, bananas etc. Two soldiers w/ pistol lower Vietnamese into tunnel on hillside; soldier w/ flame-thrower arrives. Group waits. 09:29:10 Vietnamese soldiers at cave entrance plug ears. More activity at cave entrance. 09:29:53 Slate. Activity around hillside cave, view of valley. Soldiers up hillside. CUs waiting; resting. 09:32:06 Troops at tunnel entrance as Black soldier tries to enter; others watch. CUs. Pass down large charges to Black. CU ignition w/ fuse. LS enormous explosion & black cloud. 09:34:24 Soldier placing fuse . 09:34:34 Slate. Entrance to cave; soldier inside w/ flashlight & pistol. VIetnamese enters. Both come out. 09:36:45 Not useful - light struck. 09:37:16 Aerial over craters; village w/ craters. 09:37:50 Aerial of cloud from explosion; lower of pock marked tunnels or craters. 09:38:12 Aerial alongside base of mountains, farms. 09:38:43 Slate: 03Sep67. Multiple large explosions on mountainside from various distances & angles. 09:39:50 Slate: 03Sep67. Continued explosions on hillside. Men watching, talking on field telephone w/ palm trees behind. MCUs & CUs. Packs w/ explosive charges. 09:40:38 Black troops climbing along rocks on steep hillside. MCU White watching. 09:41:01 Soldier watching fire burning in entrance to cave. Troops in trees; soldier watching valley from behind rock. Patrol moving, looking into caves while on radio. Resting by rock w/ machine gun, w/ flame- thrower. Vietnam War; Viet Cong Tunnels Cleared; 1960s; NOTE: 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry, 1st Brigade, 1st Air Cavalry Division, 40 miles northeast of Ankhe, South Vietnam. GOOD footage of tunnel clearing & blasting.