Vietnam - Pointer to Peace?

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1909

Date Released

3 Jan 1966

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 4

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Pointer to Peace - B&W (Uss Enterprise). DESCRIPTION: The American Carrier Enterprise, largest warship in the world, has been operating in the China Sea, until President Lyndon B Johnson ordered a cease fire on Christmas eve. Now the Viet Cong also offer a similar truce to the South Vietnamese - a cease fire during the Vietnamese New Year in January. The vital question is:- Do these two gestures hold out a real hope for peace? SHOTLIST: GV flight deck of a US aircraft carrier. MS aircraft being towed onto catapult. TS flight deck personnel arming the aircraft. TS aircraft standing on flight deck. MS ditto. MS personnel arming bomb. MCU ditto. TS aircraft takes off from carrier. TS another ditto. Pan another ditto. Pan another ditto. Pan another ditto. Pan another ditto. Pan another ditto. CU flashing lamp on flight deck. Ground to air aircraft flies over carrier. TS pan aircraft lands on carrier. TS pan another ditto. TS pan ditto. TS pan ditto. TS pan ditto.

Keywords

Navy; Military

Locations

Vietnam

Footage sources

France

Card file number

90616

Credits:

Commentator: Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

114

Story extras:

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