Shot by an unknown U.S. Army cameraman named Staal, this color film is raw footage of American troops filmed during the Vietnam War in 1967. At least some of it was shot in Tân Trụ, a rural district of Long An Province in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam. At the time Operation Concordia, a joint U.S. and South Vietnamese Army operation to root out the Viet Cong, was underway.
Camera slate shows June 1967 (:07). American soldiers walk with some Vietnamese locals (:15). Soldier assists local as he writes down and looks at the man’s identity card; others then provide information that is written down (1:00). An American waves over a Vietnamese man who was sitting down (2:26). An interpreter assists the American with understanding the local (2:36). Camera slate shows June 1967 (2:51). An American medic assists a Vietnamese child (2:57). An American uses an interpreter to help him with a native (3:43). American medics work on Vietnamese children/adults (3:53). An older Vietnamese woman (4:44). Vietnamese women/children in need of medical attention are worked on and looked at (4:51). Camera slate shows June 1967 (5:40). Dead Vietnamese man (5:47). Apparently there is concern that the body is booby-trapped. Americans have a rope/chain connected to the body, ready to drag the body (6:06). Americans in tanks and jeeps; South Vietnamese troops AVRN walk by (6:39). American convoy including an APC on the move (7:05). American troops (7:23). Ducks in a water inlet (7:36). Vietnamese women and children get medical attention including inoculation / vaccinations from American medics (7:53). Camera slate shows June 1967 (8:29). American troops in a truck transport (8:36). American G.I.s — the yellow scarves likely indicate they are part of the Air Cavalry — examine a map (9:07). A cameraman takes pictures of a U.S. soldier in action (9:48). May 20, 1967 written on the back of a film box which is used as a slate, shot by Hyde on a Bolex (10:43). American troops look at and work on a temporary barracks or hospital shelter; putting it together and using a wrench(10:52). May 20, 1967 written on the back of a film box (13:33). Troops, including an African American G.I., continue to work on the shelter; they use pliers (13:48). A Red Cross symbol is on the temporary shelter; men work on the roof (15:00). American soldiers out in tall grass; then wading through water (16:08). A soldier looks over and pokes at a hut made out of hay (16:31). Americans go through a home (17:00). Stunning shot as a group of American troops walk through a rice paddy (17:24). An American drives a jeep (17:37). South Vietnamese Military Police troops at a roadside checkpoint; they investigate a local (18:17). Hard to tell, this footage might show an American photographer in a darkroom, or it may be a medical assistant, is seen in front of a mirror; cleans a jug in the sink (19:02). American medic in a tent setting up IVs for patients (20:53). A soldier is worked on by medics in a tent (21:51). A person supervises as a man is worked on in the tent (23:06). Two men lift the patient on a stretcher (24:02).
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