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MONTAGE VARIOUS SCENES "HUEY" HELICOPTERS FLYING OVER
DENSE JUNGLE, RAKING THE AREA WITH ROCKETS, MACHINE
GUNS. CU ROCKETS AND MACHINE GUNS FIRING INTO JUNGLE
BELOW. LANDING IN RICE FIELDS DISCHARGING TROOPS.
00:01:52 83.63
CU ARM PATCH OF 1ST CAVALRY DIVISION, AIRMOBILE.
TITLE: "1ST CAVALRY DIVISION, AIR MOBILE IN VIETNAM"
00:02:15 105.63
MONTAGE SQUADRONS HELICOPTERS LANDING IN GRASSY
FIELD, TROOPS JUMPING OUT AS VOICE OVER TELLS HISTORY
OF 1ST CAVALRY, AIR MOBILE, WITH TRAINING CENTER IN
FORT, BENNING GEORGIA. TROOPS RUNNING THROUGH FOREST.
00:02:59 150.63
SQUADRONS OF HELICOPTERS IN FLIGHT OVER VIETNAM.
RIVER, FOREST. AERIAL VIEW OF AN KHE AIRMOBILE BASE
OF OPERATIONS. AERIAL VIEW HUGE AIRSTRIP AT AN KHE
BUILD IN HEART OF JUNGLE.
00:03:30 180.63
GIS DIG HOLES AROUND HOWITZER BATTERY TO PROTECT AIR
FIELD AT AN KHE. SET UP MACHINE GUN AND RIFLE
OUTPOSTS AROUND PERIMETER.
00:03:51 201.63
CU FACE SHOT MILITARY POLICEMAN (MP) GUARDING CHECK
POINT.
00:03:55 205.63
AERIAL VIEW SECURITY POST ON CLEARED OUT SECTION ON
MOUNTAIN OVERLOOKING AN KHE FACILITY.
00:04:14 224.63
MONTAGE VARIOUS TYPES OF PLANES TAKING OFF FROM
AIRSTRIP.
00:04:30 240.63
MAP OF VIETNAM AND IMPORTANT LOCATIONS, INCLUDING, AN
KHE, QUI NHON, BONG SON KONTUM, PLEIKU, PLEI ME, TUY
HOA. AND ADJOINING COUNTRY OF CAMBODIA.
00:04:54 264.63
MONTAGE AERIAL VIEWS OF THICK JUNGLE COVERED VALLEYS
AND MOUNTAINS OF VIETNAM.
00:05:06 276.63
LONG COLUMNS OF HELICOPTER SQUADRONS FLYING LOW OVER
GRASSY PLAINS TOWARDS CAMERA. AIR CAVALRY LAUNCHED
ITS FIRST ASSAULT IN SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER OF 1965,
PROVED REMARKABLY SUCCESSFUL.
00:05:34 304.63
ARTILLERY CREW IN ACTION IN VIETNAM. COBRA HELICOPTER
FIRING ROCKETS OVER JUNGLE. CU MACHINE GUNNER RAKING
JUNGLE BELOW.
00:06:22 352.63
ODD LOOKING CH-54 "FLYING CRANE" TOWING, WITH SLING,
HUGE DAMAGED HELICOPTER.
00:06:39 369.63
HELICOPTER LANDS IN HIGH GRASS, GIS SPEEDILY UNLOAD
CARGO IN HEART OF BATTLEFIELD.
00:06:48 378.63
GIS CARRIED WOUNDED TO "FLYING AMBULANCE" HELICOPTER.
00:07:21 411.63
PLEIKU CAMPAIGN: FIRST MAJOR BATTLE FOR 1ST CAVALRY
AIRMOBILE. AERIAL THICK JUNGLE HILLS OF PLEIKU. MAP
SHOWS PLEIKU CLOSE TO CAMBODIAN BORDER. ANIMATED MAP
SHOWS PLEI ME WHERE NORTH VIETNAMESE TROOPS (NVA)
ATTACKED SPECIAL FORCES CAMP.
00:08:50 500.63
ANIMATED MAP SHOWS SITE WHERE NVA TROOPS AMBUSHED
SOUTH VIETNAMESE (ARVN) TROOPS BETWEEN PLEIKU AND
PLEI ME, KNOWN AS LZ "FIELD GOAL", BUT WERE SAVED BY
1ST CAVALRY AIRMOBILE.
00:09:00 510.63
GIS UNLOAD ARTILLERY FROM REAR RAMP OF HUGE CHANOOK
HELICOPTER, SET IT UP ON GROUND AND COMMENCE FIRING.
00:09:35 545.63
CU VIEW GENERAL WESTMORELAND IN THE FIELD.
00:10:08 578.63
GOOD VIEW AH-1 COBRA HELICOPTER WITH SIDE DOOR GUNNER
FIRING INTO JUNGLE. HELICOPTERS LANDING IN HIGH GRASS
DISCHARGE TROOPS.
00:10:39 609.63
MAP SHOWING IA TAE RIVER WHERE ENTIRE REGIMENT OF NVA
ATTACKED THREE PLATOONS OF U.S. TROOPS. MONTAGE
JUNGLE BATTLE SCENES.
00:11:32 662.63
MAP SHOWS IA DRANG, IA MEUR AND IA TAE RIVERS AND
ANTA VILLAGE WHERE ENEMY WAS FORCED TO WITHDRAW.
00:12:13 703.63
"LZ X-RAY"
MAP SHOWING X-RAY, A CLEARING DEEP IN VALLEY OF IA
DRANG AT FOOT OF CHU PONG MASI MOUNTAINS. MONTAGE
JUNGLE BATTLE SCENES IN FAMED LZ X-RAY, WHICH ENEMY
TRIED TO MAKE IT THE SITE FOR A MINIATURE DIEN BIEN
PHU.
00:12:47 737.63
BLACK, WHITE MORTAR CREW FIRING AT ENEMY. GOOD VIEW
BLACK GI DROPPING SHELL INTO MORTAR, HOLDING EARS AS
IT FIRES.
00:13:08 758.63
CHANOOK HELICOPTER LOWERS ARTILLERY PIECE, ON SLING.
FIGHTER PLANE DROPS NAPALM IN JUNGLE.
00:13:41 791.63
BLACK, WHITE GIS CARRY COMRADE THROUGH HIGH GRASS ON
STRETCHER, LOAD HIM ON HELICOPTER
00:13:54 804.63
B-52 BOMBER DROPPING ITS HUGE LOAD OF BOMBS.
RESULTING EXPLOSIONS ON GROUND.
00:14:32 842.63
"LZ ALBANY"
MAP SHOWING LOCATION OF LZ "ALBANY" WHERE TROOPS
MARCHING FROM "X-RAY", RAN HEADLONG INTO ENEMY
TROOPS. FIERCE FIRE FIGHT RESULTED. MONTAGE BATTLE
SCENES AT "LZ ALBANY".
00:15:17 887.63
GRAPHIC VIEW GIS DRAG LIMP DEAD BODIES OF NVA TROOPS,
LINE THEM UP ON GROUND. PAN CACHE OF ENEMY WEAPONS.
00:15:56 926.63
LONG LINE OF HUEY HELICOPTERS FLYING JUST fEET ABOVE
GROUND, TOWARDS CAMERA, PAN TO LANDED HELICOPTER
DISCHARGING TROOPS.
00:16:15 945.63
1ST CAVALRY TROOPS AT ATTENTION, HOLDING FLAGS,
RECEIVE PRESIDENTIAL CITATION.
00:16:26 956.63
BONG SON CAMPAIGN
MAP SHOWING BONG SON. MONTAGE AIR CAVALRY TROOPS
BOARD HELICOPTERS FOR TRIP TO BONG SON TO FIGHT VIET
CONG CONTROLLING AREA. FIGHTERS, ARTILLERY BOMBARD
ENEMY.
00:17:12 1002.63
AERIAL VIEW HELICOPTER FIRING ROCKETS INTO JUNGLE
HILLS. INFANTRY ASSAULT WAVES LANDING BY HELICOPTER.
BATTLE SCENES. TROOPS PUSHING THROUGH JUNGLE SWAMPS.
00:17:50 1040.63
GI CLIMBS OUT OF GROUND TUNNEL, PAN TO TUNNEL
ENTRANCE.
00:18:43 1093.63
GIS ON CHOW LINE HAND OUT TRAYS OF FOOD TO VIETNAMESE
MEN, WOMEN WITH CHILDREN, WOMAN'S FOOT IS TREATED BY
ARMY DOCTOR IN TENT.
00:19:04 1114.63
STRIPPED NVA PRISONERS ARE LOADED ON CH-47 "CHANOOK"
HELICOPTER.
00:19:42 1152.63
LIGHT WEIGHT M-102 VERSION OF 105MM HOWITZER BEING
SET UP ON FIELD. COMMUNICATION UNIT GIS INSIDE SCALED
DOWN VERSION OF RADIO UNIT, EASILY TRANSPORTED BY
HELICOPTER
00:20:02 1172.63
RUBBER COLLAPSIBLE FUEL BLADDERS, EACH WITH 500
GALLON CAPACITY, LAY IN OPEN FIELD, THEY REPLACED
METAL CONTAINERS, ARE AIR TRANSPORTABLE
00:20:28 1198.63
GI SEATED IN HELICOPTER BY OPEN DOOR IS SILHOUETTED
BY BRIGHT SKY IN BKGD.
00:20:42 1212.63
MONTAGE MORE OF HELICOPTER SQUADRONS LANDING IN
GRASSY FIELDS, DISCHARGING TROOPS, TAKING OFF. MORE
TROOP MOVEMENTS ACROSS RICE PADDIES, SWAMPS, JUNGLE.
BATTLE SCENES.
00:22:32 1322.63
GIS REMOVE WEAPONS, AMMO FROM DEAD ENEMY. ARMED
PERSONNEL CARRIER CHUGS THROUGH THICK JUNGLE, FIRING
CANNON. TROOPS FIRING SMALL ARMS, GRENADES INTO THICK
JUNGLE. MORE BATTLE SCENES.
00:24:00 1410.63
BATTLE OF KHE SAHN, APRIL, 1968
MAP SHOWING BATTLE AREA, "LZ STUD", DONG HA, QUANG
TRI.
00:24:22 1432.63
HELICOPTER LANDING AT KHE SANH KICKS UP HUGE SAND
STORM.
00:24:29 1439.63
CH-54 FLYING CRANE LOWERING SUPPLIES WITH SLING.
00:24:40 1450.63
OFFICER SHOWS TROOPS ATTACK PLAN ON MAP IN JUNGLE
CLEARING. BATTLE SCENES.
00:25:39 1509.63
"A SHAH INVASION"
MAP SHOWS A SHAH VALLEY AND HO CHI MINH TRAIL. AIR
CAVALRY BROKE INTO THIS ENEMY SANCTUARY, SPRING OF
1968. BATTLE SCENES. MONTAGE VIEW OF HUGE CACHE OF
WEAPONS CAPTURED.
00:28:20 1670.63
CU ARM PATCH, 1ST CAVALRY AIRMOBILE
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Year: 1965-1968  Color: Color
Genre: VIETNAM WAR

Description: STORY OF THE "FIRST TEAM" IN VIETNAM WAR. 1ST CAVALRY AIRMOBILE MAKES ITS DEBUT. HELICOPTERS USED TO TRANSPORT TROOPS TO REMOTE AREAS ARE EXTENSIVELY USED DURING WAR. NEW AIR STRIP AND FACILITY ARE BUILT IN THE HEART OF VIET CONG COUNTRY AT AN KHE. PLEIKU CAMPAIGN, "LZ X-RAY", "LZ ALBANY" "KHE SANH", "A SHAH INVASION"

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