Vietnam War - Color, 1968: Tet Offensive Street Fighting. 13-14Feb68
Slate: CIB III MAF Danang (Combat Information Bureau) 13Feb (68), camera R.W. Thompson. R2 Hue.
08:04:34 Rubble after fighting at Hue w/ damaged building & debris on streets. MS group of children sitting in large opened doorway, RVN man walks away from doorway; PAN w/ man; rubble and destroyed shops. MCU Vietnamese troops outside shops.
08:05:30 View from passing boat of destroyed bridge w/ people on roadway. CU Large group of Vietnamese troops boarding landing craft - view across many helmets. American troops aboard landing craft - firing at shoreline in far BG dark.
08:06:08 CU soldier / Marine leaning against tree w/ rifle at ready; looks down long empty street in Hue; MCU two troopers, one in FG firing his M-60 while next to tree. Recoilless rifle fired from mechanical mule in street; mechanical mule past camera to R, troopers run / jog behind it, haze & smoke in BG. Soldier sitting at wheel of mechanical mule; troopers in BG working around piles of debris.
08:06:50 Slate: 14Feb. Camera: Thompson. Trooper walks from side street onto main street, others GIs follow & run crouched along hedges; tank moving down street; rear view of tank stopped at curve in road in residential area; tank spins around, backs down into direct FG; tank parked next to a private home; US troops in a ditch at side of road; tank along side road; US trooper running alongside a ditch, carrying some of his gear; tank backing down, knocking down a stone wall & small tree; tank moving down a very narrow road in residential area; tank backing down from its original position.
08:08:16 US troops hiding behind hedges as tank backs out of area; they try to clear the area, house to house. MS Troops grouped alongside surburban street; MS trooper crouched down next to tree; small blue bus parked next to trooper.
08:09:10 MCU Two troopers firing their M-16 rifles; bus parked alongside; US troopers firing their rifles & moving off L to avoid return fire.
08:09:39 Slate: 14Feb Thompson, R4. Hue. Soldier sets up M-60 machine gun on table in street & firing; GIs firing their weapons from behind table; shop sign in BG ‘Viet-Tan’.
1960s; Wartime Daily Life; Fighting; Destruction; Damage;
NOTE: Sold at per reel rate. GOOD color & coverage.
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Vietnam War - Color, 1968: Tet Offensive Street Fighting. 13-14Feb68 Slate: CIB III MAF Danang (Combat Information Bureau) 13Feb (68), camera R.W. Thompson. R2 Hue. 08:04:34 Rubble after fighting at Hue w/ damaged building & debris on streets. MS group of children sitting in large opened doorway, RVN man walks away from doorway; PAN w/ man; rubble and destroyed shops. MCU Vietnamese troops outside shops. 08:05:30 View from passing boat of destroyed bridge w/ people on roadway. CU Large group of Vietnamese troops boarding landing craft - view across many helmets. American troops aboard landing craft - firing at shoreline in far BG dark. 08:06:08 CU soldier / Marine leaning against tree w/ rifle at ready; looks down long empty street in Hue; MCU two troopers, one in FG firing his M-60 while next to tree. Recoilless rifle fired from mechanical mule in street; mechanical mule past camera to R, troopers run / jog behind it, haze & smoke in BG. Soldier sitting at wheel of mechanical mule; troopers in BG working around piles of debris. 08:06:50 Slate: 14Feb. Camera: Thompson. Trooper walks from side street onto main street, others GIs follow & run crouched along hedges; tank moving down street; rear view of tank stopped at curve in road in residential area; tank spins around, backs down into direct FG; tank parked next to a private home; US troops in a ditch at side of road; tank along side road; US trooper running alongside a ditch, carrying some of his gear; tank backing down, knocking down a stone wall & small tree; tank moving down a very narrow road in residential area; tank backing down from its original position. 08:08:16 US troops hiding behind hedges as tank backs out of area; they try to clear the area, house to house. MS Troops grouped alongside surburban street; MS trooper crouched down next to tree; small blue bus parked next to trooper. 08:09:10 MCU Two troopers firing their M-16 rifles; bus parked alongside; US troopers firing their rifles & moving off L to avoid return fire. 08:09:39 Slate: 14Feb Thompson, R4. Hue. Soldier sets up M-60 machine gun on table in street & firing; GIs firing their weapons from behind table; shop sign in BG ‘Viet-Tan’. 1960s; Wartime Daily Life; Fighting; Destruction; Damage; NOTE: Sold at per reel rate. GOOD color & coverage.