Public Domain Films And Royalty Free Stock Footage Public Domain Archive Film Stock Footage Library NTSC Quicktime format: (24 hr. turn-around) NTSC $349.00 PAL Quicktime format: (24 hr. turn-around) PAL $349.00 DVD-R Time-Code Preview Disc (NTSC): (24 hr. turn-around) DVD-R Preview Disc (NTSC) $35.00 AVAILABLE IN HIGH DEFINITION HD - CALL FOR DETAILS! keywords: vietnam, airbase at pleiku, communist gurrilla, vietcong, north vietnam, south vietnam Synopsis: Airbase Attack By Communist Guerrillas Draws Sharp Retaliation By U.S... (read more) Information: 1965 7 min BW Show All Newsreels 1960s Titles Newsreels: 1965 - February 9 Vietnam Airbase Attack By Communist Guerrillas Draws Sharp Retaliation By U.S. At Pleiku, 250 miles north of Saigon, a United States airbase was ripped by Vietnamese Communist guerrillas. Eight Americans died in the attack. This brought swift retaliation by U.S. and South Vietnamese forces. From carriers and land bases, 49 jets struck back at staging areas just across the border in North Vietnam. First official word of the retaliatory attacks came from Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara in a briefing for newsmen. He told how the decision was made. Scenes of Hawk ground to air missile system. In the first raid, land based planes were forced back by the weather, but the carrier jets completed their strike with the loss of one plane. The confrontation between the Reds and the West was the most critical since the Gulf of Tonkin incident last summer when the U.S. replied just as swiftly to North Vietnam PT-boat attacks. The second raid came the next day when South Vietnamese pilots hit at other bases across the border. Asian reaction was that the two Red powers, Red China and Russia, had lost face in the East-West showdown. Meanwhile, McGeorge Bundy arrives home from Saigon where he had been during the attack and counter-attack. Mr. Bundy confers with the President and the National Security Council and says political and religious factions in South Vietnam are now more united in fighting the Vietcong. --Contemporary Royalty Free Stock Footage Library: --Business ---- Celebrations ---- Concepts ---- Education ---- Generations ---- Health and Medical ---- Lifestyles --Modern Military ---- Nature Scenic ---- Nature Wildlife ---- Environmental Education ---- On Location ---- Sports Today --U.S. Presidents ---- Weather Watch ---- Contemporary Tragedies And Disasters ---- Motion Graphics - Special Effects --Historical Public Domain Stock Footage Library: --Historic Military And Nuclear Films ---- Newsreels: Events At Home And Around The World ---- Flashback In Time --NASA Space Exploration ---- Classic Cartoons ---- Christmas Programming ---- Religious Programming --Hollywood Films, Television And Trailers ---- Classic Cuts: Single Clip Downloads --Buyout Footage Company Links: --Buyout Footage Homepage ---- About Buyout Footage ---- Stock Footage License Info ---- Submitting Footage To Us --Buyout Footage Site Search ---- Buyout Footage Sitemap ---- Buyout Footage Return Policy --Email Us - Stock Footage Request