1965-1967VIETNAM WAR
FILM SHOWS LOGISTICS FOR MOVING EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES FROM U.S. TO TROOPS IN VIETNAM, JOURNEY BEGINS WITH DELIVERY TO WEST COAST PORTS. A MAJOR PORT FACILITY BUILT FROM SCRATCH AT CAM RAHN BAY TO ACCEPT MILITARY SUPPLIES IS SHOWN.
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LARGE "SEALAND" COMMERCIAL TRAILER TRUCKS STOP AT CHECK POINT AS IT ARRIVES AT WEST COAST PORT. HUGE CONTAINER MECHANISM LIFTS ENTIRE TRUCK TRAILER OFF ITS WHEELS AND ONTO SHIP.
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| 00:59:15 41.9 |
AERIAL CONTAINER SHIP LADEN WITH CONTAINERS SAILS AWAY FROM PIER.
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| 00:59:25 51.9 |
MAP OF SOUTH VIETNAM SHOWING PORTS INCLUDING MAJOR PORTS OF SAIGON, NEWPORT, QUI KNON, DA NANG, AND CAM RANH BAY WHERE MOST SUPPLIES ARE SHIPPED.
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| 00:59:50 76.9 |
AERIAL MONTAGE PAN CROWDED PORT FACILITY AT SAIGON.
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| 01:00:41 128.9 |
CARGO BEING OFF LOADED FROM FREIGHTER. FORKLIFT MOVES CARGO AROUND ON PIER. WINCH LOWERS HUGE CRATE, VEHICLE, OFF SHIP. POV DOCK.
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| 01:01:14 161.9 |
"SEALAND" CONTAINER IS LOWERED BY SPECIAL OVER-HEAD CRANE, ONTO TRUCK CAB AND DRIVEN THROUGH THE STREETS OF BUSY SAIGON. VIEW TRAFFIC JAMMED STREET IN SAIGON.
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| 01:01:32 179.9 |
AERIAL PAN NEWPORT PORT TERMINAL. CARGO CRATES PILED AT ONE OF ITS FOUR PIERS.
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| 01:01:52 199.9 |
MONTAGE ABOVE VIEW OF HUGE AREA BEING CLEARED WITH HEAVY EARTH MOVERS OF ARMY ENGINEERS TO MAKE WAY FOR HUGE PORT FACILITY AT CAM RAHN BAY. IN 1965 IT WAS A SANDY WASTELAND. DUMP TRUCK BEING LOADED BY DERRICK.
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| 01:02:26 233.9 |
TALL STEEL PILINGS BEING INSTALLED FOR "DELONG PIER".
A LARGE BARGE-LIKE PLATFORM SUPPORTED ON STEEL PILINGS DRIVEN INTO BOTTOM OF BAY. |
| 01:02:46 253.9 |
SHIPPING DOCKED AT DELONG PIER. ABOVE VIEW DELONG PIER JUTTING OUT FROM SANDY SHORE FOR HANDLING OF AMMUNITION AT CAM RAHN BAY. (1966).
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| 01:03:07 273.9 |
HUGE TWIN-FLATBED TRUCKS LADEN WITH AMMUNITION LEAVE DE LONG PIER AFTER OFF-LOADING SHIPS.
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| 01:03:31 298.9 |
SPECIALLY BUILT JETTY AT CAM RAHN BAY HANDLING PETROLEUM PRODUCTS CAN ACCOMMODATE LARGE TANKERS WHICH PETROLEUM IS PUMPED TO SHORE AT RATE OF 400,000 GALLONS AN HOUR.
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| 01:03:44 311.9 |
TANK FARM A FEW MILES INLAND, WHERE PETROLEUM IS STORED
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| 01:03:58 325.9 |
MAINTENANCE BUILDING WITH GIS WORKING IN SHOPS FIXING, MAINTAINING EQUIPMENT.
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| 01:04:19 345.9 |
AERIAL VIEW OF PORT AT CAM RAHN BAY. ONCE A SLEEPING VILLAGE, NOW A DYNAMIC PORT. FORKLIFT LOADS CRATES ON TRUCK.
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| 01:04:38 365.9 |
HUGE TRUCK DRIVES OFF RAMP OF LANDING VESSEL AND ONTO SHORE. TOWARDS CAMERA.
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| 01:04:49 376.9 |
AERIAL VIEW SHIP ANCHORED OFF COAST IN AREA ABSENT PORT, BEING OFF-LOADED ONTO LIGHTERS FOR TRIP ASHORE.
U.S. ARMY LIGHTERS SAIL TO SHORE, DRIVE RIGHT ONTO BEACH, UNLOADED BY CRANE. |
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NARRATOR SHOWS CHART TITLED; "TONNAGE PER MONTH", DEMONSTRATING THE EXTENT OF LOGISTICAL PROBLEM IN VIETNAM. CHART SHOWS QUANTITIES OF AMMUNITION, PETROLEUM AND FOOD RATIONS TRANSPORTED INTO ALL OF SOUTH VIETNAM PER MONTH IN 1967. CU QUANTITIES. THIS IS IN ADDITION TO MILITARY EQUIPMENT.
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| 01:06:49 496.9 |
FORKLIFT MOVING SUPPLIES ON PIER. HUGE TRAILER TRUCK DRIVING ONTO RAMP OF LANDING VESSEL. FIGHTER PLANE BEING OFF-LOADED FROM SHIP BY WINCH. SLING LIFTING
PALLET LOADED WITH CRATES. GI MECHANICS FIXING ENGINE IN SHOP. |
| 01:07:20 526.9 |
MONTAGE MALE, FEMALES GIS WORKING IN DATA PROCESSING FACILITY. DATA PROCESSING MACHINE SORTING PUNCH CARDS, LARGE DATA BASE MACHINES HUGE COMPUTERS, CIRCA 1967.
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| 01:08:06 572.9 |
PAN HUGE QUANTITIES OF VEHICLES OF ALL SORTS AT DEPOT. PAN CRATES AT DEPOT, PILED AS FAR AS EYE CAN SEE.
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| 01:08:44 610.9 |
DRIVERS OF ARMY TRUCKS, FACING CAMERA, SIT ON GROUND AT DEPOT AS OFFICER BRIEFS THEM ON POSSIBLE HAZARDS
UP AHEAD. |
| 01:09:04 630.9 |
TRUCK CONVOY MOVING AT NIGHT. AERIAL PAN THICK JUNGLE, HILLS, WHERE TRAFFIC CANNOT REACH.
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| 01:09:27 653.9 |
GI, BACK TO CAMERA, GUIDES HELICOPTER TO LANDING IN HIGH GRASSY AREA. CARGO IS QUICKLY UNLOADED. HUGE ARMY CH-47 HELICOPTER LOWERS TRACTOR INTO REMOTE AREA VIA SLING, LANDS DISCHARGES TROOPS.
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| 01:10:09 696.9 |
HUGE CARGO PLANE, LANDS, IS OFF-LOADED VIA REAR RAMP.
HUGE SHELLS ARE LOWERED BY CRANE, SHIRTLESS GIS PILE THEM AT DEPOT. SHIRTLESS GIS FORM DAISY CHAIN TO LOAD WATER CONTAINERS, SUPPLIES ONTO TRUCK. |
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CU SHIRTLESS GI SPEAKS OVER FIELD TELEPHONE. PUFFS ON CIGARETTE.
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| 01:11:39 786.9 |
ASSAULT VESSELS HEADING FOR SHORE. BARGES MOVING SUPPLIES DOWN RIVER. GI MANS MACHINE GUN ON BARGE.
ARTILLERY UNIT FIRES HOWITZER FROM BARGE. |
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CU GI MECHANICS ON MAINTENANCE BARGE WORK ON ENGINE.
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| 01:12:56 863.9 |
AERIAL VIEW ARMY AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE SHIP WITH HELICOPTER PAD, LIES AT ANCHOR OFF SHORE. CU MECHANICS WORK ON AIRCRAFT ENGINES. OTHERS AT WORK ON ALL KINDS OF EQUIPMENT NEEDING INSTANT REPAIR.
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| 01:13:46 913.9 |
MONTAGE WELDER, OTHERS WORK ON DAMAGED TANKS, PERSONNEL CARRIERS IN FIELD.
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| 01:14:07 933.9 |
ODD-LOOKING CH-54 FLYING CRANE HELICOPTER LIFTS DAMAGED HELICOPTER OFF GROUND, VIA SLING.
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| 01:15:34 1021.9 |
PARTS IN CRATES ARE LOADED INTO HUGE CARGO BAY OF C-135 CARGO PLANE AT "RED BALL" AIR EXPRESS OPERATIONS, FOR QUICK DELIVERY TO BATTLE AREAS.
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| 01:15:44 1031.9 |
BULLDOZER OF ARMY ENGINEERS, CLEARS HIGH GRASS, TOWARDS CAMERA, FOR LOGISTICAL FACILITY. TALL PALM TREE FALLING.
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| 01:16:30 1076.9 |
GI ON TRUCK USES HOSE TO SPRAY WITH CHEMICALS TO INHIBIT GROWTH OF FOLIAGE WHERE ENEMY HIDES.
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| 01:16:46 1093.9 |
SOFT AIRSTRIP IS COVERED WITH SYNTHETIC MATERIAL FOR HARDENING. C-130 CARGO PLANE TAKES-OFF FROM SURFACE.
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| 01:17:18 1124.9 |
ARMY ENGINEER TESTS WATER AT WATER PURIFICATION PLANT IN VIETNAM.
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| 01:17:37 1143.9 |
TROOPS IN FIRE FIGHT IN JUNGLE. HELICOPTER AIR-LIFTS FOOD AND WATER TO FIGHTING TROOPS.
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| 01:18:23 1189.9 |
GIS LINE UP FOR HOT CHOW SERVED ON TRAYS IN FIELD. CU COFFEE BEING POURED INTO TIN CUP. GIS SIT ON GRASS, READ MAIL, EAT HOT CHOW.
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| 01:18:40 1206.9 |
TWO GIS CARRY WOUNDED BUDDY TO HELICOPTER PICK-UP AREA. HELICOPTER LOWERS HOIST, LIFTS WOUNDED GI. POV HELICOPTER.
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| 01:19:47 1273.9 |
MARTHA RAYE, OTHER ENTERTAINERS, IN FATIGUES, ARRIVE TO ENTERTAIN SOLDIERS.
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| 01:19:51 1277.9 |
MARTHA RAYE AND MALE TROUPE IN COSTUME, PUT ON STAGE SHOW. PAN CROWD OF GIS ENJOYING SHOW.
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| 01:20:49 1336.9 |
NEW DEVICE FOR ELECTRONIC PERSONNEL DETECTION IS FIELD TESTED FROM HELICOPTER
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| 01:21:29 1376.9 |
ARTILLERY CREW FIRING CANNON, INFANTRYMEN FIRING M-16 RIFLES IN BATTLE.
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