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Vietnam 1967 - Air Assault And Sweep - Bong Son Valley

Public Domain Stock Footage Vietnam 1967 - Air Assault And Sweep - Bong Son Valley

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keywords: vietnam war, 2nd battalion 8th cavalry 1st air cavalry division, helicopter air assault, uh-1d huey helicopter, ground search and destroy, punji sticks, dust-off medevac

Synopsis: Unedited footage of an air assault and ground sweep of the Bong Son Valley in South Vietnam by the soldiers of the 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry, 1st Air Cavalry Division...(read more)

  • Date: 1967
  • Duration: 00:08:55
  • Sound: No
  • Color: Color
  • Type: Public Domain
  • Language: English
  • Location: Vietnam

Vietnam 1967 - Air Assault And Sweep - Bong Son Valley

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Vietnam 1967 - Air Assault And Sweep - Bong Son Valley

Night scenes of UH-1D Huey helicopters coming in for landing. Flares in the sky. Silhouettes of soldiers waiting for copter pickup. Dawn shots of UH-1D Huey helicopters taking off and landing. Dawn scenes of soldiers waiting for helicopters; officer speaks over radio. CU of spinning rotor blades of helicopter. Silhouette of soldier in doorway of UH-1D in flight. Dawn, air-to-air, UH-1D Huey helicopters in flight. Dawn UH-1D helicopter hovers low over ground; soldiers jump off and take cover. Dawn. Soldier with M-16 rifle at the ready.

Daylight footage, CU, booby trap; punji sticks in punji stake trap. Shot of Army OH-47 Sioux Observation helicopter flying low with tree branches in FG. Soldier placing explosive charge, connecting and lighting explosive charge fuse with Zippo lighter, smoke from explosive charge. Scene of radio man as officer speaks over radio.

VS, of Vietnamese men, women, and children are rounded up and grouped. Shows wounded Vietcong on ground. CU view, Dustoff medevac (medivac) helicopter landing. Wounded Vietcong is put aboard medevac helicopter. CU of dustoff medicopter taking off. Other Vietcong board a UH-1D and it takes off.

Dawn scenes. UH-1D Huey helicopters landing; soldiers getting off and the copters flying away. Daylight scenes. Soldiers in a village; Medic treats villagers. Soldiers crossing field. Soldiers on hillside and moving thru brush. Soldiers search an abandoned hut.

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