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Go to HomepageReel Number: 221490-05
Color: Colour
Sound: SIL
Year / Date: 1968
Country: Vietnam
Location: Saigon
TC Begins: 00:39:45
TC Ends: 00:47:59
Duration: 00:08:14
Vietnam War - Saigon Martial Law, Tet Offensive ca 04Feb68 Men standing in building shade. Bare chested Vietcong man in shorts w/ blood on chest standing in driveway w/ fallen tree; Vietnamese ARVN soldiers w/ pistols beside him, other soldiers w/ rifles move them along road & across to gateway. 00:41:09 Two children & teenagers (?) in rubble of building, eating watermelon slices. MCU & CU GOOD. 00:41:41 LS of destroyed buildings, standing buildings beyond. Workmen pick thru rubble, probe w/ crowbar at foundation; put in pole. Women shoveling & moving bricks. 00:42:27 Jeep across dirt vacant lot, smoke in distance. Pan over building fronting vacant lot. 00:42:43 CU damaged motorcycle laying on ground, pan up damaged store fronts; pickup truck w/ bullet holes. Heavily damaged building & courtyard. Woman picking thru rubble & walking about. Pan over fire gutted buildings & barbed wire. 00:44:03 Soldier guarding bullet scarred Pharmacy. ARVN soldiers behind bicycles & table w/ rifles. Burned crib, shops, water running out of pipes. Kids washing in rubble. Pan over heavily damaged factory or blocks of homes; broken pottery. Truck hauling off burned jeep, people watching on road, soldiers on motorcycles. Wrecker pulling fuel truck. 00:45:52 LS down street w/ a few pedestrians & jeeps. Seen passing thru checkpoint; US Army MP soldiers sitting, empty streets beyond. Tank up street towards camera; truck load of ARVN & convoy past from very low angle. Empty round-about (Execution Circle in central market place deserted during martial law) w/ few pedestrians; statue in middle. 00:47:47 Slate: 04Feb68 Saigon. End. Troops; Military Police; Destruction; Damage;