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Vietnam Report: Congressmen Tour Refugee Camps

Vietnam Report: Congressmen Tour Refugee Camps
Clip: 426814_1_1
Year Shot: 1965 (Actual Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 1741
Original Film: 038-088-01
HD: N/A
Location: Hoakhanh / Danang, South Vietnam
Timecode: 00:43:18 - 00:44:19

Film has some damage It's the season for Congressional junkets and South Vietnam refugee camps are visited by a legislative party that includes Senator Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts. A center at Hoakhanh near Danang military base is sheltering civilians driven from their homes as the Vietcong were backed deeper into the jungle. A Wide Angle Shot of the camp with refugees and soldiers walking about. The faces of some of the children in the camp, holding up little American flags. A young Senator Edward Kennedy. Refugees standing very orderly watching Senator Kennedy. Panning Shot - American aid neatly stacked, food, medicine etc. Rear shot - Senator Kennedy's motorcade driving to another camp near Danang military base. MS - Children standing on a porches of large huts that are raised by post. CUS - Little boy ages from 5 to 13 years old. Side profile of Senator Edward Kennedy looking over some papers. A Vietnamese mother holding a child in her arms standing in a door way. Senator Kennedy walking with an army entourage.