This is a 1968, black and white news report featuring footage filmed by combat cameramen in the field. It is a presentation of the Armed Forces Information Service, Department of Defense. It opens with a reporter, Alan Smith, talking about the state of the Vietnam war, :30. Reporter, Alan Smith reporting on current events in the war, 1:30. Map of Camp Evans in Vietnam, 2:30. Men preparing Howitzer guns on a tank, 2:50. Tom DeCastro, reporting from the field as men fire Howitzers, 3:40. Aerial footage of bombings in Vietnam, 4:35. Aerial bombings, 5:20. Aerial footage of a helicopter rescue, 6:44. Alan Smith reports in front of image of Chinook helicopters, 17:20. Aerial view of bombed out Vietnamese sites, 8:30. Vietnamese citizens cleaning up war rubble, 8:35. The Vietnamese rebuilding homes after shelling, 9:30. The U.S. troops helping the South Vietnamese with reconstruction, 9:40. Captured rockets and rocket launchers, 10:40. Captured rockets are fired back at the North Vietnamese, 11:15. Scenes from the Mekong Delta, boats, tanks and landing craft are featured, 12:36. 9th Infantry Division Troops move through the jungle, 12:48. Vietnamese village is searched, 13:40. Patrol leader reports to headquarters, 13:50. Vietnamese trainees; both men and women, learn military tactics at a camp, 15:18. Civil workers contribute to the war effort, 15:50. Regional forces camp, rural Vietnamese live and work for the military; soldiers live with their wives and family, 17:15. Neighborhoods are fortified with military grade defenses, 17:50. Thai military port being constructed under the guidance of the U.S. military, 19:10. Image of world’s largest hydrofoil ship, 20:30. Video of world’s largest hydrofoil ship, 21:00. Video of world’s largest hydrofoil ship, in foil position 21:50. Jet powered boat, cruising at 40 knots, 22:40. Soldiers firing machine-gun cannons from boat, 23:25. C-7A Caribou delivery aircraft, in-flight, 24:35. C-7A Caribou lands on short runway with parachute, 25:25. Cattle exit the back of the aircraft, 25:50. C-7A Caribou takes off on short runway, 26:09. C-5 Galaxy, the largest airplane in the world is pictured, 26:50. Chaplain receives award for meritorious service. The distinguished service cross, 28:20.

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