This silent footage or “dailies” is from the Vietnam War in 1967. It begins with shots of artillery (:30) firing into the jungle. What might be a temple complex surrounds the fire base (1:29). At 2:54 a soldier is seen walking through a plantation. At 4;52 soldiers search huts for signs of V.C. weapons or equipment. At 6:35 a sergeant makes a radio call on a field phone. At 7:50 soldiers including South Vietnamese Army patrol a road. At 7;12 a slate reads 30 July 1967, First Brigade. At 8:50 a woman sits by the side of the road with two children, eating. At 10:20 a woman speaks to the soldiers. At 11:51 a slate reads 10 July 1967. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara speaks to the press at 12:54. At 13;50 a helicopter ferries the Secretary to his next destination. At 15:20 views of the U.S. fleet, presumably in the Gulf of Tonkin. At 16:44 a helicopter hovers over a ship with a “35” emblazoned on the deck. This is most likely a barge or mothership for the small patrol boats. At 18:00 McNamara”s helicopter appears and lands on the ship. At 18:50 McNamara is given a briefing on the deck of the ship, and various small patrol craft are shown. This includes CCB C-91-1, a Command and Control Boat that was part of the so-called Brown Water Navy. At :21 aerial shots over a Vietnamese town or city. At 22:44, a firebase launches shells at the enemy. At 25:30, close shots of a gun crew in action. At :33, troops board a Chinook helicopter for transport into combat. At 33:25, close shot of the rear rotor and at 33:31 the chopper takes off. At 34:40 a Chinook is shown picking up supplies using a sling. At 35:32 slate reads July 3 1967, Dongtam, shots of Huey helicopter landing at an airstrip. Soldiers wait nearby at 35:50. At 37:28 a whole fleet of Hueys lands and the soldiers embark. At 38:00 an L-5 Birddog artillery spotting plane lands and at 38:30, a flying crane helicopter is shown as well as another Chinook. At 39:20 a twin engine cargo plane lands at the field. Appears to be a de Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribou.
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