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Vietnam 1967 - River Patrol Operations
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keywords: Vietnam War, Brown River Navy, Patrol Boats PBRs, Attack Helicopters, LST Mother Ship, Military Combat
Synopsis: Made famous in the film Apocalypse Now, the Navy ran a fleet of gun boats and helicopters which saw combat on a daily basis. This fleet of River Patrol Boats called PBR's and UH-1B Helicopter Gunships were part of Operation Game Warden and tasked with the grueling and dangerous task of stopping the flow of enemy arms, supplies and personnel into South Vietnam by way of the rivers and canals of the Mekong Delta...(read more)
- Date: 1967
- Duration: 00:28:55
- Sound: Yes
- Color: Color
- Type: Public Domain
- Language: English
- Location: Vietnam
Vietnam 1967 - River Patrol Operations
Made famous in the film Apocalypse Now, the Navy ran a fleet of gun boats and helicopters which saw combat on a daily basis. This fleet of River Patrol Boats called PBR's and UH-1B Helicopter Gunships were part of Operation Game Warden and tasked with the grueling and dangerous job of stopping the flow of enemy arms, supplies and personnel into South Vietnam by way of the rivers and canals of the Mekong Delta
Shot List:
00:00:24:00
Scenes of the USS Harnett County LST-821/AGP-821 on-station off the mouth of the Co Chien River, Mekong Delta, Vietnam June 1967. Aerial views of the Mekong Delta, South Vietnam.
00:01:51:09
Helicopter pilot point of view POV approaching USS Harnett County. Scenes of Huey helicopter landing on the ship. The Bell UH-1 Iroquois Huey gunships of Helicopter Attack Squadron, HAL-3 Seawolves is re-armed with rockets and re-fueled.
00:03:45:04
CU scenes of spinning helicopter rotating blades, Bell UH-1E Iroquois Huey helicopter, crew boarding helicopter, helicopter taking off on patrol mission. Aerial views of the Mekong Delta Vietnam.
00:04:37:10
Scenes of the morning quarters aboard the USS Harnett County ship. Patrol Boats PBRs or Swift Boats of the Brown Water Navy in Vietnam leaving the ship in the South China Sea and entering the Co Chien River. CU of American flag on patrol boat.
00:06:26:07
Scenes of Vietnamese in small boat on the Co Chien River, Vietnamese in small boat are wearing Vietnamese coolie hats or Vietnamese style conical hats the non la. Scenes of the Co Chien River shoreline in Vietnam and small Vietnamese boats on the river as viewd from Navy patrol boat.
00:07:07:15
US Navy patrol boat and crew interdicting and searching various Vietnamese Sampan Junk boats on the Co Chien River in Vietnam. CU of Vietnamese men, women, and children in Sampans.
01:11:25:00
Sailors aboard the USS Harnett County use their free time by playing cards, reading papers, writing letters home and reading a magazine while laying in their bunk.
00:12:24:09
US Navy Corpsman and medical team visiting a typical Vietnamese village. Various scenes of Vietnamese children receiving candy. U. S. Medical Corpsman treating Vietnamese men, women and children.
00:17:00:14
CU of jungle foliage with audio of birds, slow pan to patrol boats on the river. Patrol boats moving slowly and cautiously along a narrow canal in the Mekong Delta in South Vietnam searching for Vietcong. CU of sailor manning 50 cal machine gun, belt of 50 cal machine gun bullets.
00:18:49:00
US Navy river patrol boat is attacked from shore. Sight and sounds of firefight between Vietcong and U.S. Navy river patrol boats. Call is made to USS Harnett County for helicopter gunships to assist in firefight. The scramble of Huey helicopter gunship crews to helicopters. Helicopters are manned and start take off from the USS Harnett County ship. CU image of Seawolf, HC-1 Det 25 painted on nose of helicopter. Scenes of Huey helicopter gunship in flight. Firefight between Vietcong on shore and patrol boats continue as Huey gunships respond.
00:22:31:05
Audio between patrol boat and helicopter gunships as to target area. Point of view, POV, of Huey gunship helicopter pilot making firing run on Vietcong target area in Vietnam. Huey UH-1 gunship firing rockets at Vietcong positions, helicopter door gunner firing 50 cal machine gun.
00:24:44:15
New targets have been identified, audio of Huey gunship pilot receiving target coordinates. Air-to-air view of Huey helicopter gunship firing rockets at ground target. Point of View (POV) of helicopter pilot attacking Vietcong ground targets. Helicopter door gunner firing 50 cal machine gun. Scenes of more rockets fired from Huey gunship., explosions on ground as helicopter door gunner continues to fire.
00:25:55:21
Wreckage of Huey UH-1 helicopter gunship shot down by Vietcong. Sailors retrieve machine gun ammunition and other items from helicopter. Survivor of helicopter being hoisted aboard USS Harnett County on a litter.
