As Saigon Slept
As Saigon Slept
B/W documentary about terrorist attacks conducted by the Viet Cong against the South Vietnamese capital of Saigon. Much footage of destroyed buildings and people killed in the attacks, including women and children. Produced by Psychological Warfare Dept, Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces. The scenes were taken by cameramen during and after Vietcong rocket attack on the city. Opens w/ emblem of eagle, national flag of the (former) Republic of Vietnam, "To Quoc" at base. Title card. LS/TLSs burning buildings at night in Saigon after Vietcong rocket & mortar attack. Mass destruction, devastation. High angle LS Saigon street scene, pan left to rubble, burned-out buildings; TLS wreckage, people sifting through it. Panning TLSs devastation, burned-out houses. MS shirtless man trying to sweep floor. MS charred corpse of infant on white sheet in rubble. TLS destroyed building. MSs people conducting Buddhist prayer ceremonies & wakes for the dead; shrines, incense, bodies under white sheets. MS man taking picture of destroyed television set in house; he tries to right the screen. MCU record player atop TV, pan down to wrecked set. Panning TLS wrecked building, people sifting through rubble. MCU damaged TV set. MS two women trying to pull away a weeping woman. MS woman pulling sheet from body of dead boy. MCUs dead children. MS woman placing bamboo sheet over face of dead child. MSs women lighting incense, pressing hands together Buddhist-style before body of dead child in street. TLS/MSs damaged houses, buildings, trees; personal belongings and affects strewn about as people remove rubble; CUs dead children lying in rubble of destroyed house; MS/MCU dead young woman in rubble.