Vietnam

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2018A
Date Released
8 Feb 1968
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Backstroke Bride
  2. 2Vietnam
  3. 3We Vote for Women
  4. 4Sport Around

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 4
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Vietnam. DESCRIPTION: The bloody battle for Saigon, at the Centre of the recent Viet-Cong offensive, brings bloodshed, misery and disruption to the very heart of the Allied Command. SHOTLIST: GV tanks moving down street in Saigon. GV buildings burning in Saigon - sign Saigon in f/g. BCU soldier during battle in Saigon. MLS jeep burning. MS dead soldiers beside jeep. MS soldiers run forward during battle. LS troops firing. CU soldier crawling forward. CU soldier fires gun. GV exterior building under attack. MLS soldier sheltering behind car in street. MS troops moving forward. GV ditto. MS soldier runs forward. MLS soldier firing gun through window. MS ditto. MS troops climbing onto roof of building. MS soldier climbing ladder up to window. MS mortar being fired. MLS children refugees walking down street, MS ditto. MS man with children down street. MLS refugee carrying child through field. LS refugee and children down street. GV ditto. MS refugees leaving Saigon. CU looking through windows of burning house. LS buildings in Saigon burning. BS soldier firing machine-gun. CU ditto. CU dead Viet-Cong. MS ditto. CU wounded girl helped past by soldiers. CU man carried past on stretcher. MS ditto.
Keywords
Buildings and structures; Vehicles; Health and medicine; Fires; Death; Displaced persons; Military
Locations
Saigon; Vietnam
Footage sources
France
Card file number
93222
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
131
Story extras:
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