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Why Vietnam Pt 3 of 3

Reel Number: 220303-14

Color: Black and White

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1960s

Country: USAVietnam,Vietnam

Location: Saigon

TC Begins: 05:24:35

TC Ends: 05:31:18

Duration: 00:06:43

Pt 3 of 3 1964 - Destroyed American air bases & troop installations. Aftermath of bomb at American Embassy in Saigon - ambulances. US Helicopters - US troops firing from helicopter. Wounded US servicemen in hospital. Lines of coffins covered w/ flag / Stars and Stripes. Various shots Vietnamese peasants - faces. 05:26:30 American troopship - soldiers disembarking. Combat units of US Marine Corp arrive Vietnam - out of landing craft. Army combat units arriving by plane. Military trucks - helicopters - fighter planes. Planning meeting. Civilian casualties. South Vietnamese children in nursery school, washing hands & having meal. President Johnson / LBJ says he doesn’t find it easy to send young men into battle over stills of American youth. Mao Tse Tung & poster Ho Chi Minh. 05:29:30 Prow of US naval ship through water. US Air Craft Carrier - fighters take off. B-52s dropping bombs. Tank - Marines landing - troops in jungle. LBJ speaking re why we are in Vietnam. Vietnam War; Propaganda;

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