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Vietnam 1970 - Assault On Nui Ba Den Mountain

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keywords: vietnam war, nui ba den mountain, uh-1d huey helicopter, ah-1g cobra attack helicopter, m-60 machinegun, stars and stripes newspaper

Synopsis: 2D BN, 22D INF, 25th INF DIV conducts a combat operation against Nui Ba Den Mountain between January 4, 1970 and January 10, 1970 with scenes of soldiers unloading a CH-47 helicopter on top of the mountain, concertina wire perimeter fence, soldiers moving down rocky mountainside, AH-1G Cobra Attack Helicopter fires on enemy positions, solders handling M21 Sniper Rifles in the doors of a helicopter, Soldier reading the military Stars and Stripes, OV-10 FAC plane marks target for oncoming ground-attack aircraft as they dive and drop bombs on Vietcong positions and more...(read more)

Date: 1970
Duration: 00:23:58
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Type: Public Domain
Language: English
Location: Vietnam

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Vietnam 1970 - Assault On Nui Ba Den Mountain

Vietnam 1970 - Assault On Nui Ba Den Mountain

Soldiers unload from CH-47 helicopter on top of well bunkered Nui Ba Den Mountain. Sign reads "welcome to Nui Ba Den (Black Lady Mountain) 1st Brigade Lancers, 25th US Infantry Division”. Soldiers relaxing before they start their sweep down the mountainside. Shows concertina wire (barbed wire) perimeter fence. Soldiers walk down steep mountain trail. CH-47 Chinook helicopter flies overhead. VS, soldiers resting along steep jungle mountain trail. Soldiers making their way slowly down the rugged trail. More scenes of the soldiers resting along the rugged trail. Soldiers moving cautiously down rocky mountainside. Soldiers rest again and then continue down the steep mountainside.

UH-1D Huey helicopter hovers, drops supplies and flies off. Soldiers resting along trail. One man reads a book. LS, smoke from bombing strike. Smoke from signal grenade. Soldier signals in supply helicopter. UH-1D comes in with sling load of supplies. The supplies are lowered to troops. Soldiers retrieving the supplies from mountainside. Soldiers pass water containers up the mountain. Soldier fills canteen from container and drinks the water. Supplies are dropped from hovering UH-1D Huey and the helicopter flies away. Soldiers open, heat and eat rations.

LS AH-1G Cobra helicopters attacking enemy positions with MG (machine gun) fire and rockets. Can only see smoke and explosion of rocket from helicopter attack. Soldiers watching air strike from positions on rocky mountainside. AH-1G Cobra helicopter firing rockets at Vietcong positions. Soldier firing M60 MG (machine gun) from mountain side.

Soldier on radio. Soldiers resting. Bomb craters in valley below. Soldiers don gear and prepare to move out. Soldier firing M60 MG (machine gun), another soldier firing M14 rifle at Vietcong positions below.

Two UH-1D Huey helicopters on landing pad with rotors turning. Soldier seated in helicopter holding an M21 Sniper Rifle. Another soldier seated at helicopter door holding an M21 Sniper Rifle. Officer in UH-1D Huey helicopter speaks over radio as helicopter passes Nui Ba Den mountain. UH-1Ds land, soldiers get off and the helicopter take off. Helicopter landing, soldier with “ace of spades” playing card on side of helmet in FG. Officers talking on helipad before start of operation. Soldiers walk toward UH-1D helicopters. Soldiers in helicopters. They take off. Soldiers atop bunkered Nui Ba Den. Soldier reading Stars and Stripes.

Tay Ninh. LSs, OV-10 FAC plane maneuvers and fires rocket to mark target. Jet plane dives and drops bombs on Vietcong positions during the Nui Ba Den Mountain Assault. Smoke rising from base of mountain. OV-10 dives. Reflection in large puddle of soldiers passing by. Soldiers waiting on mountain trail; start down the mountainside.

00:00:17;07

Soldiers unload from CH-47 helicopter on top of Nui Ba Den Mountain

00:01:02;06

Sand bagged bunker with soldier in FG

00:05:59;04

UH-1D Huey helicopter hovers, drops supplies and flies off

00:07:04;07

UH-1D Huey comes in with sling load of supplies, supplies lowered to troops

00:09:34;08

Soldier preparing hot meal

00:11:10;11

Smoke and explosion of rocket from helicopter attack