Vietnam
Vietnam
Clip: 425354_1_1
Year Shot: 1967
(Actual Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 1764
Original Film: 040-079-07
HD: N/A
Location: Vietnam - open dirt field
Timecode: -
U.S. Marines at Conthien undergo a month-long artillery and mortar pounding from North Vietnam gun emplacements across the buffer zone. Heavy causalities are reported on both sides. Air strikes hit railroad bridges and sidings deep in North Vietnam. Marines dig trenches and then eat lunch. A bomb explodes and causes a soldier to grab his hard hat and take cover. Other soldiers scramble for cover. Cool shot of a soldier lying face first in a dirt trench. Three shots of wounded soldiers being carried off on cots. Soldiers fire artillery rounds. Aerial footage of bombs being drooped on a bridge. The shock wave of various bombs can be seen spreading out from their epicenter.