The Secret Agent - Agent Orange and Vietnam Veterans Pt. 1 of 2
04:00:11 Veterans talk about rashes & other ills caused by herbicides. Shot of 5-7 year old girl w/ birth defects drawing.
04:02:08 Troops disembarking in Vietnam. VS marching. Plane over defoliated landscape. Vietnamese out of tunnel.
04:02:51 Titles superimposed intercut w/ examining civilian papers.
04:03:22 Explosions. Tet Offensive footage - urban fight. Crossing field firing. Carrying wounded. Rolling barrels of herbicide. Soldiers on tank firing napalm. Dropping bombs POV. Machine gun fire from helicopter POV. Convoy of planes Spraying Agent Orange. POV dropping napalm.
04:04:52 Mad scientist type in gas mask footage from WW I era. WWI soldiers in trench putting on gas masks. Firing as gas flows overhead. Still of Geneva Conference of 1925. Still, soldier dying from gas - clutching throat. Still scientists in lab coats.
04:06:03 Animated description of cells of 2, 4d and 2,4,5t t herbicide. Plants in lab suddenly dying. Interview w/ Dr. Matthew Meselson, chemical & biological warfare expert.
04:07:07 Farmer plowing fields in 1930’s. Dusting fields w herbicides in 1940’s & 1950’s, larger yields of grain, corn, wheat blowing in wind. Stills of victims of 1949 Monsanto accident in Nitro, West Virginia who have chloracne. Drawing of chemical contaminant dioxin.
04:08:40 Still of rows of rabbits, part of experiment. Crop duster taking off & dusting fields. Defoliation.
04:09:08 B/W PARAMOUNT NOT FOR SALE.
04:09:38 US military river boat approaching Vietnamese sampam c 1968. American soldiers examine documents of Vietnamese on boat. US soldier staring down a tunnel complex & soldiers enter. Soldiers & tank type vehicle crossing overgrown field.
04:10:13 NOT AVAILABLE (Army Major explanation, carries behind beginning of next shot.
04:10:48 Soldiers working on ground filling barrels w/ herbicide from hoses. Loading barrels w/ spraying apparatus on helicopters. C-130 airplane modified for herbicide spraying. C-130 being loaded with defoliant & taking off. POV from C-130 w/ group of planes spraying.
04:12:57 Interview with veteran in wheelchair.
04:13:17 Soldiers walk thru wooded area, talking on field telephone, w/ rifles behind vehicle. Track is audio letter to mom from soldier in field. Firing mortars at Khe Sanh. Battle of Khe Sanh footage. Loading wounded. Napalm bombing. Planes on fire.
04:14:15 - Night fighting flares, tracer, explosions. Narration is live soldier audio letter home to mom. Operation Ranch Hand.; Chemical Warfare; Vietnam War; Fighting;
NOTE: This material is sold on a license fee basis. MUSIC MUST BE CLEARED SEPARATELY.
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The Secret Agent - Agent Orange and Vietnam Veterans Pt. 1 of 2 04:00:11 Veterans talk about rashes & other ills caused by herbicides. Shot of 5-7 year old girl w/ birth defects drawing. 04:02:08 Troops disembarking in Vietnam. VS marching. Plane over defoliated landscape. Vietnamese out of tunnel. 04:02:51 Titles superimposed intercut w/ examining civilian papers. 04:03:22 Explosions. Tet Offensive footage - urban fight. Crossing field firing. Carrying wounded. Rolling barrels of herbicide. Soldiers on tank firing napalm. Dropping bombs POV. Machine gun fire from helicopter POV. Convoy of planes Spraying Agent Orange. POV dropping napalm. 04:04:52 Mad scientist type in gas mask footage from WW I era. WWI soldiers in trench putting on gas masks. Firing as gas flows overhead. Still of Geneva Conference of 1925. Still, soldier dying from gas - clutching throat. Still scientists in lab coats. 04:06:03 Animated description of cells of 2, 4d and 2,4,5t t herbicide. Plants in lab suddenly dying. Interview w/ Dr. Matthew Meselson, chemical & biological warfare expert. 04:07:07 Farmer plowing fields in 1930’s. Dusting fields w herbicides in 1940’s & 1950’s, larger yields of grain, corn, wheat blowing in wind. Stills of victims of 1949 Monsanto accident in Nitro, West Virginia who have chloracne. Drawing of chemical contaminant dioxin. 04:08:40 Still of rows of rabbits, part of experiment. Crop duster taking off & dusting fields. Defoliation. 04:09:08 B/W PARAMOUNT NOT FOR SALE. 04:09:38 US military river boat approaching Vietnamese sampam c 1968. American soldiers examine documents of Vietnamese on boat. US soldier staring down a tunnel complex & soldiers enter. Soldiers & tank type vehicle crossing overgrown field. 04:10:13 NOT AVAILABLE (Army Major explanation, carries behind beginning of next shot. 04:10:48 Soldiers working on ground filling barrels w/ herbicide from hoses. Loading barrels w/ spraying apparatus on helicopters. C-130 airplane modified for herbicide spraying. C-130 being loaded with defoliant & taking off. POV from C-130 w/ group of planes spraying. 04:12:57 Interview with veteran in wheelchair. 04:13:17 Soldiers walk thru wooded area, talking on field telephone, w/ rifles behind vehicle. Track is audio letter to mom from soldier in field. Firing mortars at Khe Sanh. Battle of Khe Sanh footage. Loading wounded. Napalm bombing. Planes on fire. 04:14:15 - Night fighting flares, tracer, explosions. Narration is live soldier audio letter home to mom. Operation Ranch Hand.; Chemical Warfare; Vietnam War; Fighting; NOTE: This material is sold on a license fee basis. MUSIC MUST BE CLEARED SEPARATELY.