Only the Beginning: PT2
Only the Beginning: PT2
Only the Beginning: PT2 - A mix of B/W & color footage documenting the war in Vietnam.
Only the Beginning: PT2
B/W: LS man carrying person through burning village. MS bags of food being torn open & spilled. MS American GI escorting elderly Vietnamese woman. MS village in flames. MCU distraught Vietnamese woman wiping tears from her eyes. Various shots of North Vietnamese being rounded up & moved to internment camp. MS American GI locking gate to military compound. GV displaced North Vietnamese at internment camp.
Only the Beginning: PT2
DO NOT USE: Still photo NV man.
Only the Beginning: PT2
B/W: MCU of North Vietnamese being held in US military compound (internment camp). MCU toddler in arms of mother, pan up mother's face.
Only the Beginning: PT2
DO NOT USE: Still photo of NV child behind barbed wire.
Only the Beginning: PT2
B/W: GV smoke smoldering from remains of burnt North Vietnamese village.
Only the Beginning: PT2
DO NOT USE: Young Vietnam veteran speaking about the war.
Only the Beginning: PT2
B/W: Vietnamese refugees fleeing by row boat, by foot, by bicycle, carrying belongings, pulling carts.
Only the Beginning: PT2
Color: MS/MCU military officer talking to American GIs. B/W montage: Tanks & troops moving through town, Vietnamese political leader, South Vietnamese protesters in the street.
Only the Beginning: PT2
Color: GV disabled South Vietnamese veterans marching with banners protesting government policy in South Vietnam. TLS Vietnamese military / police in the street for crowd/riot control. MCU profile disabled South Vietnamese veteran adjusting his prosthetic arm. Various shots of disabled South Vietnamese veterans in the street protesting government policy in South Vietnam. GV conflict in the street, clash against protesters & police, police shoot tear gas. Low angle GV looking at helicopter flying overhead.
Only the Beginning: PT2
B/W: GV buildings on fire. Pan as helicopter approaches young American GIs on the ground, one holds his weapon over his head, another in the FG talks on field telephone. Several shots of wounded GIs being moved on stretchers into belly of helicopter or plane. GV two rows of dead GIs, on cots & covered with blankets. More images of wounded being moved via helicopter. MCU American GI.
Only the Beginning: PT2
DO NOT USE: GIs in field talking about disobeying orders, fragging (shooting over-enthusiastic commanders and pretending it is enemy doing).
Only the Beginning: PT2
B/W: GV American GI at camp walking through mud, pan down to MS boots walking over tire tracks in the mud.
Only the Beginning: PT2
DO NOT USE: CUs GIs in field talking about their experiences.
Only the Beginning: PT2
B/W: American GI at field camp rolling some sort of canvas. MS small group of shirtless GIs talking, one plays w/a yo-yo, zoom out to LS camp showing sandbag fortifications & hanging laundry. MS pan young American GI walking w/bag slung over his shoulder. TLS rear view of GI walking along muddy road. CU startled ducks moving quickly on surface of water.