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Vietnam War: Fought In Asia Protest At Home
America enters into an ongoing 30-year civil war; a guerilla war, where success is measured, not in feet, but in total body counts. Our Public Domain Stock Footage titles delve into the events leading up to active American involvement, the brutal nature of jungle warfare that had no clear battlelines between friend or foe and the terrifying lethality of modern weapons in a combat environment.
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COMBAT OPERATIONS - THE CONSTANT REALITY
Combat scenes from WW II, Korean War, Vietnam War, Operation Urgent Fury (Invasion of Grenada), Operation Just Cause (Invasion of Panama), and Operation Desert Storm (Gulf War).
(public domain films) 9 min BW COL
World War II public domain stock footage
BOB HOPE: VOLUME 1 - USO CHRISTMAS SHOW 1967
Bob Hope's annual USO tour of Southeast Asian military bases featuring Raquel Welch, Elaine Dunn, Phil Crosby, Barbara McNair, and Miss World Madeleine Hartog Bell.
(public domain films) 1967 COL 32 min
The Vietnam War public domain stock footage
BOB HOPE: VOLUME 2 - USO CHRISTMAS SHOW 1967
Bob Hope's annual USO tour of Southeast Asian military bases with Elaine Dunn, Madeleine Hartog Bell, Phil Crosby, Earl Wilson, Raquel Welch.
(public domain films) 1967 COL 27 min
The Vietnam War public domain stock footage
BOB HOPE: VOLUME 3 - USO CHRISTMAS SHOW 1967
Bob Hope's annual USO tour of Southeast Asian military bases. Cam Ranh Bay Vietnam. Bob Hope, Raquel Welch, Elaine Dunn, Barbara McNair, and Miss World Madeleine Hartog Bell perform skit, joined by Phil Crosby and Earl Wilson.
(public domain films) 1967 COL 27 min
The Vietnam War public domain stock footage
BOB HOPE - USO CHRISTMAS SHOW 1970
Various shots of Bob Hope's 20th Christmas Show for American servicemen with entertainers Gloria Loring, Lola Falana, Les Brown and his Band Of Renown, Miss Universe and more.
(public domain films) 1970 23 min COL (SILENT)
The Vietnam War public domain stock footage
HISTORY U.S. FOREIGN RELATIONS
ROAD TO INTERDEPENDENCE

Compilation of major U.S. events and politics as World War II is ending to the post Vietnam era and the Middle East oil embargo.
(public domain films) 31 min COL BW
Public Domain Stock Footage Historic U.S. Presidents
LINCOLN PARK DEMONSTRATIONS
The turbulent 60's - Peace, Love and Protesting. People out there speaking their minds and dancing in the streets.
(public domain films) 1968 23 min COL
Unrest And Protest public domain stock footage
MORATORIUM MARCH ON WASHINGTON
Demonstration in Washington D.C. against the war in Vietnam.
Coretta Scott King, George McGovern, Peter Paul and Mary.
(public domain films) Mid 1960's 15 min COL (SILENT)
Unrest And Protest public domain stock footage
OCS STORY, THE
The story of the Army's Officer Candidate School (OCS) by following one candidate through the program to graduation.
(public domain films) 29 min COL
The Vietnam War public domain stock footage
VIETNAM MORATORIUM MARCH 1969
Anti-war protest and demonstration under the shadow of the Washington Monument with civilian demonstrators as well as a contingent of war vets marching against the war as well.
(public domain films) 1969 20 min COL (SILENT)
Unrest And Protest public domain stock footage
VIETNAM - WHY VIETNAM
Using excerpts of speeches from Pres. Johnson and flashback of historical events to answer the question; Why Vietnam.
(public domain films) 30 min BW
The Vietnam War public domain stock footage
VIETNAM - THE HIDDEN WAR
Documents U.S. Special Forces training South Vietnamese to protect their villages and take the fight to the Viet Cong.
(public domain films) 28 min COL
The Vietnam War public domain stock footage
VIETNAM - OPERATION MONTAGNARD
US Army Special Forces train the Vietnamese Montagnards or Mountain People in anti-gorilla warfare to defend their territories against the Viet Cong Communists in the early 1960’s.
(public domain films) 29 min BW
The Vietnam War public domain stock footage
ACTION VIETNAM 1964
U.S. MILITARY ADVISORS - SPECIAL FORCES

Involvement of U.S. Military Advisors, Special Forces, and Pilots in the war in Vietnam in 1964 and the difficulties of fighting a twilight war that was fought in shadows and stealth.
(public domain films) 1964 BW 27 min
The Vietnam War public domain stock footage
VIETNAM 1965 - THE UNIQUE WAR
Vietnam is a unique war with no battle lines. All of the villages, hamlets, and countryside in South Vietnam is the battlefield.
(public domain films) 1965 COL 24 min
The Vietnam War public domain stock footage
VIETNAM 1965
COMBAT CASUALTIES, 1ST INFANTRY DIVISION

Wounded American soldiers arrive via medivac carried on litters to waiting ambulances; body bags carried off helicopters.
(public domain films) 1965 8 min COL (SILENT)
The Vietnam War public domain stock footage
VIETNAM 1965
OPERATION LONG REACH

1st Cavalry Division on a extended sweep for Vietcong and weapons caches as well as a napalm strike by aircraft.
(public domain films) 1965 20 min COL (SILENT)
The Vietnam War public domain stock footage
VIETNAM 1966
DUSTOFF - TO SAVE A SOLDIER

The extraordinary efforts of the military to save the lives of soldiers wounded on the battlefield in Vietnam, from helicopter med-vac to field hospital to recovery at a base hospital.
(public domain films) 1966 COL 29 min
Vietnam War Stock Footage
VIETNAM 1966
PILOT RESCUE SERVICE

Activities of Det 5 - 38th Aerospace Rescue And Recovery Service and its mission to rescue downed pilots shot down over Vietnam.
(public domain films) 1966 18 min COL (SILENT)
Vietnam War Stock Footage
VIETNAM 1967
AIR FORCE - ANOTHER DAY OF WAR

Documenting a typical day in the life of United States Air Force personnel from bombing runs to PSYOP missions.
(public domain films) 1967 BW 14 min
The Vietnam War public domain stock footage
VIETNAM 1967
OPERATION BAKER

3rd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division participates in Operation Baker and engages in combat with enemy insurgents in villages.
(public domain films) 1967 14 min COL (SILENT)
The Vietnam War public domain stock footage
VIETNAM 1967
NAVY SEALS IN VIETNAM

Morning patrol for Navy Seals Team from preparation to landing and sweeping the area, with no contact with the enemy.
(public domain films) 1967 6 min COL (SILENT)
The Vietnam War public domain stock footage
VIETNAM 1967
OPERATION BIG SPRING

Airborne Brigade operations of fire and maneuver in the area of Bien Hoa, South Vietnam against Vietcong insurgents.
(public domain films) 1967 22 min COL (SILENT)
The Vietnam War public domain stock footage
VIETNAM 1967
OPERATION JUNCTION CITY II, WAR ZONE C

Intense combat footage as 2D Battalion, 173D Airborne fall under attack during Operation Junction City II in South Vietnam.
(public domain films) 1967 20 min COL
The Vietnam War public domain stock footage
VIETNAM 1967
OPERATION PERSHING, 1ST CAVALRY DIVISION

The longest of the 1st Cav's Vietnam actions and lasted nearly a year as they scoured the Bong Son plain and An Lo valley.
(public domain films) 1967 18 min COL (SILENT)
The Vietnam War public domain stock footage
VIETNAM 1967
RIVER PATROL OPERATIONS

Made famous in the movie "Apocolypse Now", the Navy ran a fleet of gun boats and helicopters which saw combat on a daily basis.
(public domain films) 1967 29 min COL
The Vietnam War public domain stock footage
VIETNAM 1968
ATTACK ON TAN SON NHUT AIRBASE

Tan Son Nhut Airbase falls under attack by the Viet Cong, sparks a counter-attack by U.S. Forces of infantry, armor and helicopters.
(public domain films) 1968 46 min COL
VIETNAM 1968
BATTLE OF KHE SANH

Documents US Forces during battle of Khe Sanh, showing air strikes, artillery, machine gun fire, and mortars firing; damaged aircraft; helicopters medivac casualties.
(public domain films) 1968 COL 46 min
The Vietnam War public domain stock footage
VIETNAM 1968
RETURN TO KHE SANH

Unedited footage of day-to-day activity of Marine Corps soldiers at Khe Sanh Combat Base after the battle with Communists.
(public domain films) 1968 COL 15 min (SILENT)
The Vietnam War public domain stock footage
VIETNAM 1968
CONTACT WITH VIETCONG

One of the numerous combat engagements between Vietcong insurgents and American Forces during the Tet Offensive.
(public domain films) 1968 8 min COL (SILENT)
The Vietnam War public domain stock footage
VIETNAM 1969
17TH AIR CAV OPERATIONS

Combat operations by the 17th Air Cav "Ruthless Riders" during the Vietnam War near the village of Polei Kleng and Blackhawk Mountain Fire Base.
(public domain films) 1969 COL 39 min (SILENT)
Vietnam War Stock Footage
VIETNAM 1969
45TH AIR AMBULANCE

Helicopter medivac of wounded soldiers, demonstration of jungle penetrator and raising of soldier on rigid litter.
(public domain films) 1969 22 min COL (SILENT)
Vietnam War Stock Footage
VIETNAM 1972
AMERICAN P.O.W.'s IN HANOI

Scenes of American prisoners of war P.O.W.'s at a news conference in Hanoi tailored for propaganda purposes.
(public domain films) 1972 5 min BW (SILENT)
The Vietnam War public domain stock footage
VIETNAM
P.O.W. CODE OF CONDUCT

U.S. Military has a Code Of Conduct that all officers and soldiers follow when captured by the enemy. Former P.O.W.'s relate how this code helped them survive captivity during the Vietnam War.
(public domain films) 29 min COL
Vietnam War Stock Footage
VIETNAM 1973
P.O.W. HOMECOMING

Navy and Air Force servicement released from P.O.W. camps arrive at March Air Force Base and reunite with tearful families.
(public domain films) 1973 21 min COL (SILENT)
Vietnam War Stock Footage
VIETNAM 1973
RETURN OF AMERICAN P.O.W.'s

San Francisco ticker Discr parade for returning American POW’s from Vietnam with applauding crowds and anti-war protesters.
(public domain films) 1973 18 min COL (SILENT)
The Vietnam War public domain stock footage
VIETNAM 1975
SAIGON EVACUATION - USS MIDWAY

Operation Frequent Wind, the evacuation of Saigon by helicopter to the USS Midway aircraft carrier off the coast of Vietnam.
(public domain films) April 29, 1975 COL 9 min
The Vietnam War public domain stock footage
VIETNAM: THE BIG PICTURE
Military film describes U.S. Military assistance to the Vietnamese Military, training of infantry, logistics, protection of villages.
(public domain films) 1967 29 min COL
The Vietnam War public domain stock footage
VIETNAM 1
ON THE BRINK OF TURMOIL

Snapshot of Vietnam as it enters the 1950's with scenes of a political delegation, rural life and refugees seeking safe shelter.
(public domain films) 1950's 6 min BW (SILENT)
The Vietnam War public domain stock footage
VIETNAM
COUNTRY FILM MAGAZINE 1

News Magazine detailing how Vietnam and its people benefit from U.S. Foreign Aid, technology and education.
(public domain films) 10 min BW
The Vietnam War public domain stock footage
VIETNAM NEWSREELS 1
Newsreels showing the different facets of the Vietnam War: political, military, human suffering and casualties on both sides.
(public domain films) 1960's 44 min BW
The Vietnam War public domain stock footage
VIETNAM! VIETNAM!
So good they had to name it twice and arguably one our best titles that documents the cultural and religious history of Vietnam and the U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War.
(public domain films) 1971 COL BW 58 min
The Vietnam War public domain stock footage
PHYSICAL FITNESS - BASIC TRAINING
U.S. ARMY 1967

Physical fitness programs during military basic and advanced individual training at the unit level and in special courses for Paratroopers, Rangers, and Special Forces.
(public domain films) 1967 COL 29 min
The Vietnam War public domain stock footage
SPECIAL FORCES 1969 - LANDING ZONE TECHNIQUES
In unconventional warfare the Special Forces of the United States Military are called on to perform many functions.
(public domain films) 1969 COL 28 min
The Vietnam War public domain stock footage
VICE-PRESIDENT RICHARD M. NIXON
VISIT TO VIETNAM 1953

Vice President Richard Nixon along with Pat Nixon visit Vietnam on an official U.S. visit to show the flag and cement U.S. support.
(public domain films) 1953 8 min BW
Public Domain Stock Footage U.S. Presidents
FIVE CITIES IN JUNE - 1963
Five cities, five historical events; Vatican City - Death Of Pope John XXIII, Unknow Soviet City - Valentina Tershkova First Woman Cosmonaut, Bin Thuy - Village Destroyed By Communists, Tuscaloosa - First Black Students Attend University Of Alabama, Berlin - John F. Kennedy give 'Let Them Come To Berlin' Speech.
(public domain films) 1963 27 min COL
Public Domain Stock Footage Flashback 1960s
Public Domain Stock Footage
DON'T FORGET TO VISIT OUR SOCIAL UNREST AND PROTEST SECTION!
Exercising the Right Of Free Speech and the Right To Assembly, average citizens rally together for a common cause. Our Public Domain Stock Footage titles detail the events as they unfold from peaceful demonstrations to violent protests as passions and convictions of right and wrong run high and the demand for change will not be denied, whether it be social, political or demonstrations against war.