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Night Vision Techniques And The Use Of The Metascope And Starlight Scope

Reel Number: H1840-04

Color: Colour

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1964

Country: USA

Location:

TC Begins: 04:17:34

TC Ends: 04:27:19

Duration: 00:09:45

Soldiers w/ blackened faces & w/ M16 rifles at night approaching shallow river seen thru night vision scope ; point man, marine, crossing stream while another watches from beside tree. Man out of water & on shore. 04:18:07 Man on opposite shore seen from behind man w/ night vision scope, signals & man w/ scope puts lens cover on & gestures other marines on night patrol forward & they cross river. 04:19:16 Men w/ M16s walking thru foliage on trail; gestured to wait & drop to knees & stomachs. Four move forward to reconnoiter. CUs. Pointing. CU eyes blinking, describing & seen applying off-center vision w/ diagrams of method, looking 6 to 10 degrees off, above, below or to sides. 04:21:00 Leader takes Starlight Scope & views to confirm; view thru scope thown. CU using. Men move forward on detour, thru trees. Again viewing from prone position: men seen thru scope setting up artillery. CU taking compass reading. Men move back. 04:23:31 Man taking notes while using Metascope; mcu. Diagram showing projecting infrared light & its return to be converted to viewable image. 04:24:35 MCU making notes using infrared. 04:25:02 Five men at night in woods patrolling, stop. Patrol briefed & returns to unit. Crossing stream; along sandy road, thru trees. 04:26:04 Point man halts the patrol, sgt moves forward & see others coming so retreat but take up fighting positions. Quick-kill firing described. Military Instruction; Training; Patrols; Vietnam War Era; Marines; Night Fighting;

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