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Vietnam 1968 - Combat Operations Nghi Hai

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keywords: vietnam war, combat mission, village hoi an, village nghi hai, bayonet sharpening, uh-d1 huey helicopter, search and destroy, vietcong, rice paddy

Synopsis: Combat operations near Hoi An and the village of Nghi Hai as U.S. and South Vietnam Troops search for weapons and round up suspected Vietcong...(read more)

Date: 1968
Duration: 00:20:24
Sound: No
Color: Color
Type: Public Domain
Language: English
Location: Vietnam

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Vietnam 1968 - Combat Operations Nghi Hai

Vietnam 1968 - Combat Operations Nghi Hai

00:00:16:00

Unedited footage soldiers of the 198th Light Infantry Brigade resting at base camp. Officer checks map soft focus. Soldier with large flower on side of helmet sharpens bayonet, another soldier is stretched out on ground sleeping. CU soldier sharpens bayonet. Soldier checks field gear. Soldiers relaxing, CU of soldier reading comics. Soldier in foxhole reads birthday card. C-ration can being heated on Sterno stove as soldier reads newspaper.

00:04:57:08

Vietnam February 5, 1968, 198th Lt Infantry BDE. Soldiers move down slope to rice paddy. Large flight of UH-1D Huey helicopters comes in for landing. Soldiers board the helicopters and helicopters lift off. Six UH-1Ds in flight going away from camera.

00:06:33:01

Soldiers take cover behind a earthen dike in rice paddy. Soldiers advance through rice paddy. Soldier prepare to assault village of Nghi Hai. Soldiers round up villagers. CU of Chinese made rockets found in basket. Young men are laid out on ground while soldiers search for weapons. Women and children huddled against hut. Soldier searches grass roof of hut. Officer searches bag. CU of Vietcong weapons and equipment found in village. Captured maps are checked.

00:10:53:02

Soldier ties prisoner's Vietcong suspect hands behind his back. CU, Vietcong suspect with POW tag around his neck. Captured equipment and clothing spread out on ground, CU of clips of ammunition. Officer speaks over radio. Vietnamese soldier interpreter talks with prisoners who are flat on their backs. Soldier lifts prisoner and leads him away from the group. Vietnamese soldier interpreter questions the Vietcong. Another prisoner is questioned. American soldiers look on.

00:16:39:15

Soldiers look at body of a dead Vietcong. Soldiers keep watch on villagers huddled against hut. CU of faces of small vietnamese children. Women and children. Aerial view of clouds of smoke rising from burning huts.