1965-1968VIETNAM WAR
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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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.
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CU ARM PATCH OF 1ST CAVALRY DIVISION, AIRMOBILE.
TITLE: "1ST CAVALRY DIVISION, AIR MOBILE IN VIETNAM" |
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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.
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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. |
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GIS DIG HOLES AROUND HOWITZER BATTERY TO PROTECT AIR FIELD AT AN KHE. SET UP MACHINE GUN AND RIFLE OUTPOSTS AROUND PERIMETER.
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CU FACE SHOT MILITARY POLICEMAN (MP) GUARDING CHECK POINT.
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AERIAL VIEW SECURITY POST ON CLEARED OUT SECTION ON MOUNTAIN OVERLOOKING AN KHE FACILITY.
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MONTAGE VARIOUS TYPES OF PLANES TAKING OFF FROM AIRSTRIP.
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MAP OF VIETNAM AND IMPORTANT LOCATIONS, INCLUDING, AN KHE, QUI NHON, BONG SON KONTUM, PLEIKU, PLEI ME, TUY HOA. AND ADJOINING COUNTRY OF CAMBODIA.
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MONTAGE AERIAL VIEWS OF THICK JUNGLE COVERED VALLEYS AND MOUNTAINS OF VIETNAM.
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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.
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ARTILLERY CREW IN ACTION IN VIETNAM. COBRA HELICOPTER FIRING ROCKETS OVER JUNGLE. CU MACHINE GUNNER RAKING JUNGLE BELOW.
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ODD LOOKING CH-54 "FLYING CRANE" TOWING, WITH SLING, HUGE DAMAGED HELICOPTER.
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HELICOPTER LANDS IN HIGH GRASS, GIS SPEEDILY UNLOAD CARGO IN HEART OF BATTLEFIELD.
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GIS CARRIED WOUNDED TO "FLYING AMBULANCE" HELICOPTER.
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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. |
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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.
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GIS UNLOAD ARTILLERY FROM REAR RAMP OF HUGE CHANOOK HELICOPTER, SET IT UP ON GROUND AND COMMENCE FIRING.
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CU VIEW GENERAL WESTMORELAND IN THE FIELD.
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GOOD VIEW AH-1 COBRA HELICOPTER WITH SIDE DOOR GUNNER FIRING INTO JUNGLE. HELICOPTERS LANDING IN HIGH GRASS DISCHARGE TROOPS.
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MAP SHOWING IA TAE RIVER WHERE ENTIRE REGIMENT OF NVA ATTACKED THREE PLATOONS OF U.S. TROOPS. MONTAGE JUNGLE BATTLE SCENES.
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MAP SHOWS IA DRANG, IA MEUR AND IA TAE RIVERS AND ANTA VILLAGE WHERE ENEMY WAS FORCED TO WITHDRAW.
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"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. |
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BLACK, WHITE MORTAR CREW FIRING AT ENEMY. GOOD VIEW BLACK GI DROPPING SHELL INTO MORTAR, HOLDING EARS AS IT FIRES.
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CHANOOK HELICOPTER LOWERS ARTILLERY PIECE, ON SLING.
FIGHTER PLANE DROPS NAPALM IN JUNGLE. |
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BLACK, WHITE GIS CARRY COMRADE THROUGH HIGH GRASS ON STRETCHER, LOAD HIM ON HELICOPTER
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B-52 BOMBER DROPPING ITS HUGE LOAD OF BOMBS.
RESULTING EXPLOSIONS ON GROUND. |
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"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". |
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GRAPHIC VIEW GIS DRAG LIMP DEAD BODIES OF NVA TROOPS, LINE THEM UP ON GROUND. PAN CACHE OF ENEMY WEAPONS.
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LONG LINE OF HUEY HELICOPTERS FLYING JUST fEET ABOVE GROUND, TOWARDS CAMERA, PAN TO LANDED HELICOPTER DISCHARGING TROOPS.
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1ST CAVALRY TROOPS AT ATTENTION, HOLDING FLAGS, RECEIVE PRESIDENTIAL CITATION.
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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. |
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AERIAL VIEW HELICOPTER FIRING ROCKETS INTO JUNGLE HILLS. INFANTRY ASSAULT WAVES LANDING BY HELICOPTER.
BATTLE SCENES. TROOPS PUSHING THROUGH JUNGLE SWAMPS. |
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GI CLIMBS OUT OF GROUND TUNNEL, PAN TO TUNNEL ENTRANCE.
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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.
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STRIPPED NVA PRISONERS ARE LOADED ON CH-47 "CHANOOK"
HELICOPTER. |
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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
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RUBBER COLLAPSIBLE FUEL BLADDERS, EACH WITH 500 GALLON CAPACITY, LAY IN OPEN FIELD, THEY REPLACED METAL CONTAINERS, ARE AIR TRANSPORTABLE
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GI SEATED IN HELICOPTER BY OPEN DOOR IS SILHOUETTED BY BRIGHT SKY IN BKGD.
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MONTAGE MORE OF HELICOPTER SQUADRONS LANDING IN GRASSY FIELDS, DISCHARGING TROOPS, TAKING OFF. MORE TROOP MOVEMENTS ACROSS RICE PADDIES, SWAMPS, JUNGLE.
BATTLE SCENES. |
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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.
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BATTLE OF KHE SAHN, APRIL, 1968 MAP SHOWING BATTLE AREA, "LZ STUD", DONG HA, QUANG TRI.
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HELICOPTER LANDING AT KHE SANH KICKS UP HUGE SAND STORM.
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CH-54 FLYING CRANE LOWERING SUPPLIES WITH SLING.
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OFFICER SHOWS TROOPS ATTACK PLAN ON MAP IN JUNGLE CLEARING. BATTLE SCENES.
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"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. |
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CU ARM PATCH, 1ST CAVALRY AIRMOBILE
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