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Army And Vietnam, The (1965) Pt 1 of 2

Reel Number: H1689-09

Color: Colour

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1965

Country: USA,Vietnam

Location: Fort Campbell,Kentucky

TC Begins: 11:29:48

TC Ends: 11:47:17

Duration: 00:17:29

Titles. Pt. 1 of 2 11:30:24 Montage: marines w/ duffel bags off landing craft in Vietnam; moving in convoy of trucks & jeeps, helicopters. Patrolling. 11:31:08 Title. 11:31:14 Fort Campbell, Kentucky & entrance sign. Soldiers boarding thru front of large transport plane. Parachute drop in sunset . Mechanics & equipment at Ft. Campbell. 11:32:03 Helicopters dropping troops in training, firing machine guns, infantry advance; troops training on obstacle course. Chart of training population; new arrivals off train, haircut, clothing issued, training grounds w/ instructors & troops preparing for Vietnam War. MCUs. 11:34:28 Army trucks w/ troops on rough red mud road simulated attack by Vietcong during field exercise. Searching mock village; training w/ large snake. Electronic equipment instruction, helicopters taking off. 11:35:56 Classroom training, outdoor training & many helicopters taking off during pilot flight training program. Mechanical maintenance training; language training (SOF). Civil affairs class at Ft. Gordon; automatic data processing; etc. 11:37:18 Officer candidate school, marching on drill field. Training on shipboard. 11:37:54 General Westmoreland (SOF) talking about training of the soldiers he’s seen in Vietnam & how disciplined he is....”and then show compassion for the families left behind.” 11:39:41 Montage: artillery firing, CUs. Wounded; planes over low; tanks past; helicopters over. 11:40:44 Warehouse w/ supplies; logistics; equipment telting & manufacturing. Shells; packaging, train, ship. 11:41:36 Illustrated chart of equipment used. 11:42:15 Traffic in Asian city; Army firing artillery from base in hills; Vietnamese in rice paddies; building house. 11:42:47 Montage: soldiers fighting in field / jungle; troops off helicopters, ships, Marines; various brigades, divisions etc. arriving, fighting, patrolling. 11:43:51 Montage: helicopters in flight from ground, aerial, gunship firing, landing w/ troops, Helicopter delivering artillery & setting down. Helicopter landing on ship. Huey Cougar firing. 11:45:33 Control tower. Various helicopter activities, gunships, MEDEVACS; equipment rescue. Aerial over field of helicopters of First Cavalry. Continued... Military History; 1965; Battles; Fighting; Army Propaganda; Vietnam War; NOTE: any continuous 14 minutes of film (11:29:48 - 11:58:09) sold at per reel rate.

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