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Aftermath of Vietcong Attack

Reel Number: 220749-07

Color: Colour

Sound: SIL

Year / Date: 1965

Country: Vietnam

Location: Camp Holloway

TC Begins: 11:15:30

TC Ends: 11:23:01

Duration: 00:07:31

Aftermath of Vietcong Attack The attack was made on the Vietnamese II Corps Head Quarters area which includes Camp Holloway, home of the 52nd Aviation Battalion, Army Support Command, Vietnam. Seven were killed and 43 wounded, all Americans. LS, entrance to Camp Holloway with identifying sign. Tracking shot of Camp Holloway Airfield. Military men looking at damage. CU, rubble of a destroyed helicopter. CU, ashes of another helicopter. American soldiers putting M-60 Machine Gun ammunition into belts. Partly damaged UH-1. MCU, sandbags around unexploded hand grenade. CU, unexploded hand grenade. Completely destroyed UH- 1 helicopter. Pan, gutted tail section of helicopter. CU, smouldering ashes and rubble. CU, bent ammunition container. Shot from moving vehicle of UH-1 helicopter standing on field. Corps sign. Wreckage in American quarters in the II Corps compound. Quarters are completely destroyed: smashed roofs, exposed beams, bent metal. CUs, damage done to foundation. Pan, broken parts and rubble on the ground. Int, old ceiling fan turning on completely exposed ceiling. Tilt down to wrecked furniture. Tilt down on observation tower on airfield. LS, wreckage on field. 11:20:17 CU, sign on building: "Camp Holloway Airfield Operations”. MS, Major General Delk M. Oden talking with an unidentified two- star Vietnamese officer and Major General Nguyen Khanh on airstrip. C-123 taxis to a stop. General William C. Westmoreland, Commander, US Military Assistance, Vietnam, and Mr. McGeorge Bundy, Special Assistant to President for National Security, get off plane. General Westmoreland and Mr. Bundy talk with General Khanh. CU, Great Seal of the US on side of plane. VS, Westmoreland, Bundy, and Khanh start on inspection tour. Others follow. CU, blown tire on plane landing gear; pan to hole in steel mat. CU, General Khanh talking to Mr. Bundy. MCU, General Westmoreland talking to Mr. Bundy and Major General Oden. CUs, rubbish strewn about. LA, ragged holes in blown roof of American quarters. Excellent quality

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