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"U. S. ARMY IN THE ANDES"
MILITARY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM IN ACTION IN BOLIVIA. |
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MONTAGE- MOUNTAINS OF CLOUDS OF SMOKE COMING FROM THE GROUND ALMOST HIDE MOUNTAIN RANGE IN BOLIVIA.
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LS- PAN OF THE HIGH, BARREN, WIND-SWEPT ALTIPLANO LOOKING LIKE OUR MID-WEST. 75% OF BOLIVIA'S 4 MILLION LIVE HERE. THE WORLD'S RICHEST TIN MINES ARE HERE.
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MONTAGE- NATIVE INDIAN PEOPLE CROWD THE MARKET PLACE IN THE LOWLANDS REGION, 2ND MOST POPULATED AREA OF THAT COUNTRY CU- ORANGES AND OTHER PRODUCE GROWN IN THIS RICH TROPICAL AREA.
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CU- OLD INDIAN MAN WEARING BOWLER HAT LOOKS INTO CAMERA
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MONTAGE- CITY SCAPE OF SUCRE, CAPITAL OF BOLIVIA.
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MONTAGE- BUSTLING CITY OF LA PAZ, WITH BUSY SHOE SHINE BOOTHS AND BUSINESS TYPE PEOPLE RUSHING ABOUT, REMAINS THE PRINCIPLE SEAT OF ACTIVITY IN BOLIVIA.
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LS- OFFICES OF THE U. S. MILITARY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR BOLIVIA, IN LA PAZ.
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LS- PAN OF LAKE TITICACA, THE HIGHEST NAVIGABLE LAKE IN WORLD, BELIEVED TO BE CRADLE OF ANDEAN CIVILIZATION
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MONTAGE- BOLIVIAN INDIANS WITH THEIR PECULIAR HATS AND BLANKETS SIT ON GROUND IN MARKET SQUARE AND SELL THEIR WARES.
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MS- INDIANS IN COLORFUL COSTUME PARADE AND DANCE TO A DRUM BEAT MASKS THE POVERTY, DISEASE AND ILLITERACY OF INDIAN. LITTLE COSTUMED BOY DANCES
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| 00:07:16 348 |
MONTAGE- AS INDIAN MUSICIANS PLAY FLUTES AND DRUMS WOMAN DANCE IN THEIR STRANGE COSTUMES. ONE DRINKS FROM LIQUOR BOTTLE AS SHE DANCES
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| 00:08:28 420 |
MS- U. S. GIS DELIVER MUCH NEEDED TEXT BOOKS TO SCHOOL TEACHERS IN LOCAL VILLAGE.
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| 00:09:11 463 |
MONTAGE- WORKERS RE-CONDITION OLD SEA CRAFT ON A BEACH, WITH FUNDS PROVIDED BY THE MILITARY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
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LS- BOAT DELIVERS MEDICAL SUPPLIES ALONG LAKE WHICH ARE TAKEN OVERLAND BY HORSE AND DONKEY TO REMOTE INDIAN VILLAGES
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MS- CARAVAN OF HORSES AND DONKEYS WITH BOLIVIAN DOCTOR, NURSE AND A PEACE CORP VOLUNTEER ENTER A REMOTE VILLAGE
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MS- U. S. MILITARY ADVISORS USE POINTERS ON WALL MAP AS THEY GIVES COURSE ON COUNTER INSURGENCY TO BOLIVIAN MILITARY. MONTAGE- FACES OF BOLIVIAN RANGERS AS THEY LISTEN ATTENTIVELY
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| 00:12:27 659 |
MS- STUDENTS CRAWL UNDER BARBED WIRE AS EXPLOSIVE CHARGES GO OFF NEAR THEM.
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MONTAGE- BLACK U. S. ARMY INSTRUCTOR WALKS NEXT TO STUDENT AS THEY GO THROUGH FIELD WHERE TARGETS POP UP AND STUDENT FIRES AT THEM WITH RIFLE. THE INSTRUCTOR PULLS ON A CORD AND A TARGET POPS UP
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| 00:14:00 752 |
LS- STUDENT "PROPELS HIMSELF DOWN WALL OF A DAM WITH A ROPE. ANOTHER CROSSES RAPIDS ON A 3 ROPE BRIDGE. LS- STUDENT SLIDES RAPIDLY ACROSS RAPIDS ON A SINGLE ROPE STRETCHED ACROSS.
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| 00:15:41 853 |
CU- ADVISOR ATTACHES A FUSE TO A STICK OF DYNAMITE AS A STUDENT WATCHES.
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LS- IN A MOCK EXERCISE A GUERRILLA FORCE AMBUSHES TRUCK LOAD OF SOLDIERS AND FIRE FIGHT BREAKS OUT UNDER THE WATCHFUL EYES OF INSTRUCTORS
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| 00:18:25 1017 |
MONTAGE- THE GUERRILLAS RUN INTO THE VILLAGE AND CLIMB INTO HIDING PLACES. FEMALE GUERRILLA TAKES OFF HER HAT, FIXES HER HAIR AND ASSUMES ROLE OF INNOCENT VILLAGER.
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MS- GOVERNMENT SOLDIERS WALK CAUTIOUSLY INTO VILLAGE AND SEARCE EACH HOUSE, FINDING THE GUERRILLAS AND SUPPLIES. MS- GIRL IS SEARCHED AND A WEAPON IS FOUND UNDER HER GARMENTS.
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| 00:20:26 1138 |
NARRATOR TELLS OF AMERICAN MAPPING OF THE AREA CALLED THE "AMERICAN TIBET" IN ANDES MOUNTAINS.
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MONTAGE- AN INTER-AMERICAN GEODETIC SURVEY CREW, IAGS, CARRYING SURVEYING EQUIPMENT CUT THROUGH JUNGLE BUSH IN THE ANDES, WITH MACHETES.
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CU- SURVEYOR PEERS THROUGH HIS TRANSIT INSTRUMENT AS ANOTHER HOLDS POLE IN THE DISTANCE.
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MS- THE GROUP SET UP TENTS IN A CLEARING. MS-
MEN PEEL FRUIT AND VEGETABLES THEY PICKED IN THE WILD AREA, COOKING THEM IN POTS IN OPEN FIRE. |
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MS- LOCAL CHILDREN WATCH AN ENGINEER TAKE MEASUREMENTS WITH HIS INSTRUMENT.
CU- A RULER IS LOWERED INTO SEA ALONG A COASTAL AREA TO MEASURE TIDES |
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MS- KEN RHIENHART, INSTRUCTOR AT THE CARTOGRAPHIC SCHOOL, SPEAKS. PAN TO STUDENTS FROM ALL OVER LATIN AMERICA WORKING AT MAPS ON THEIR DRAFTING TABLES.
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CU- MEN AND WOMEN STUDENTS INTRODUCE THEMSELVES AND THEIR COUNTRY. MONTAGE- STUDENTS USING VARIOUS INSTRUMENTS.
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MS- MAPS ARE PRINTED AND EXAMINED BY AN INSPECTOR.
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MS- A MAP TECHNICIAN IS FLOWN INTO A REMOTE MOUNTAIN AREA BY U. S. ARMY HELICOPTER
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AERIAL- ANCIENT CITY OF MACHU-PICCHU HIGH IN THE PERUVIAN ANDES. MS- U.S ARMY LED GEODETIC TEAM MAPS THE AREA, PAN.
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| 00:32:15 1847 |
"SOMETHING TO BUILD ON"
FILM IS HOSTED & NARRATED BY ACTOR EFRIM ZIMBALIST, JR. FOLLOWS GI WHO IS CONTEMPLATING RE-ENLISTMENT & HOW HE MEETS, FACES AND EVALUATES HIS PROBLEM. |
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MS- ACTOR AND HOST EFRIM ZIMBZLIST,JR. TELLS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF KEEPING THE EXPERIENCED SOLDIER
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| 00:34:00 1952 |
MS- SPECIALIST 1ST CLASS THOMAS REILLY WALKS THROUGH HIS CAMP THINKING ABOUT RE-ENLISTMENT, HEARING VOICES OF HIS BUDDIES TELLING HIM ABOUT THE PROS AND CONS.
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TITLE: SOMETHING TO BUILD ON - REILLY DELIVERS A MESSAGE TO HIS CAPTAIN WHO TELLS HIM HE WOULD LIKE TO TALK TO HIM ABOUT RE-ENLISTMENT WHEN HE GETS BACK FROM HIS LEAVE
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REILLY, IN CIVILIAN CLOTHING, WALKS DOWN STREET OF HIS BUSY TOWN. HE STOPS AND SPEAKS TO HIS FRIEND RAY, WHOSE DAD OWNS THE LUMBER YARD.
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MS- THEY BOTH WALK OVER TO ANOTHER FRIEND, PETE, WHO WORKS IN THE LUMBER YARD AND JUMPS DOWN OFF A TRUCK TO SAY HELLO. ANOTHER WORKER YELLS, "HEY PETE LETS GET BACK TO WORK, WILL YA"!
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CU- REILLY WALKS DOWN MAIN STREET DAYDREAMING, HE DON'T WANT WHAT HIS FRIEND IN THE LUMBER YARD HAS AND HIS DAD DON'T OWN A LUMBER YARD.
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MS- REILLY WALKS OVER TO A USED CAR LOT WHERE HIS FRIEND MIKE PEARSON WORKS AS CAR SALESMAN. MIKE LIFTS THE HOOD OF A CAR AND TELLS REILLY THE DETAILS OF THE ENGINE.
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MS- AS MIKE TALKS TO CUSTOMERS, REILLY TALKS TO HIMSELF, "MIKE FOUND HIS SPOT BUT I HAVEN'T".
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MS- REILLY VISITS ANOTHER FRIEND WHO WORKS IN AN OFFICE WITH OTHERS AND TELLS OF HIS PENSION PLAN AND AND FRINGE BENEFITS.
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CU- REILLY WALKS AND THINKS OUT LOUD ABOUT ALL HIS FRIENDS.
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CU- OLD TIMER IN LUMBER YARD LOOKS INTO CAMERA AND SAYS, "GET THAT TRADE IN KID, WITHOUT IT YOU'RE JUST A GUY UP A CREEK WITHOUT A PADDLE".
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MS- REILLY SITS ON HIS PORCH AND READS THE WANT ADS, REALIZING HE DOESN'T HAVE A SKILL.
MONTAGE- PAPER SHOWING WANT ADS FOR SKILLED MEN |
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MS- REILLY AND OTHER GIS HIDE A TANK WITH TREE BRANCHES DURING A MANEUVER.
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MS- REILLY AND OTHER GIS SIT IN WOODS AND ARGUE ABOUT MARRIAGE WHILE IN SERVICE. REILLY DEFENDS ARMY IN ARGUMENT
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MS- WIFE EXITS COTTAGE WITH DAUGHTER IN ARMS, AS GI PLAYS ON LAWN WITH SON. LS- ARMY KIDS PLAY IN PLAYGROUND ON ARMY POST.
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LS- ARMY WIVES WALK OUT OF PX WITH FULL SHOPPING BAGS. CU- BUGLER SOUNDS TAPS AT NIGHT.
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LS- AMBULANCE WITH SCREAMING SIREN RIDES UP TO A HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ROOM AT NIGHT.
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MS- DOCTOR, ARMY SERGEANT AND WIFE AT BEDSIDE WITH THE GI'S SON IN BED.
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MS- REILLY STOPS AND LOOKS BACK AT A REDHEAD WHO WALKS BY. REILLY THINKS OUT LOUD ABOUT MARRIAGE
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MONTAGE- REILLY SEES HIMSELF PUMPING GAS, CLEAN CAR WINDOW, CHECK UNDER HOOD AND GETTING FIRED ALL IN FAST MOTION. CU- BOSS SHAKING HIS HEAD
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MONTAGE- REILLY AND HIS ARMY BUDDIES ,BLACK AND WHITE, SIT IN RECREATION ROOM AND DISCUSS JOB TRAINING WHEN THEY GET OUT AND ARMY COURSES IF THEY REENLIST.
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MONTAGE- INSTRUCTOR TEACHES GIS IN AN ELECTRONICS CLASSROOM. ANOTHER TEACHES AUTOMOTIVE MECHANICS.
CU- REILLY THUMBS THROUGH ARMY PAMPHLETS ON VARIOUS TRADES. |
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MS- REILLY DAYDREAMS OF DRIVING A RED CONVERTIBLE MS- A CIGAR IN HIS MOUTH AND A BLONDEE BESIDES HIM SUDDENLY APPEAR, THEN ALSO A RED HEAD.
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MS- THE BLONDE AND REDHEAD, DRESSED IN EVENING GOWNS SPREAD RED BLANKET AS HE SITS AGAINST TREE BY A LAKE. THEY POUR COCKTAILS AND HAVE A PICNIC HE IS SHOCKED INTO REALITY AS SHE HANDS HIM BILL
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MS- REILLY MEETS GIRL AT SERVICE CLUB AND THEY DANCE. CU- THE TWO DANCE ROMANTICALLY
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MS- MEXICAN MARIACHI BAND PLAYS AS A SENORITA DANCES. LS- HIGH WATER FALLS IN THE YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK. LS- CHAMPS-ELYSEES IN PARIS.
VOICES OF GIS TELLING OF VISITING THESE AREAS |
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LS- 3 GIS STOP AND LOOK UP AT MONUMENTS IN WASHINGTON, D. C. LS- THE CHANGING OF THE GUARD AT TOMB OF UNKNOWN SOLDIER. CU- REILLY SALUTES
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MS- REILLY MEETS WITH HIS CAREER COUNSELOR AND RE-ENLISTS. MS- HE AND 2 OTHERS TAKE THE OATH
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| 00:58:10 3402 |
MS- ACTOR EFRIM ZIMBALIST MAKES HIS CONCLUDING REMARKS.
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| 01:01:31 3603 |
"YOUR ARMY REPORTS"
NARRATOR TELLS OF A DAY IN JUNE AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR DIFFERENT AMERICANS IN THE ARMY. WAR AGAINST MALARIA IS WAGED BY U. S. SCIENTISTS IN THAILAND AND MONTAGNARD TRIBESMEN IN SOUTH VIETNAM |
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HOST AND NARRATOR, SERGEANT MAJOR STAN BISHOP TELLS OF "A DAY IN JUNE", AND WHAT IT MEANS TO SOME AMERICANS.
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MONTAGE- THIS JUNE, HONOR GUARD STANDS AT ATTENTION AS PARK IN CHICAGO IS DEDICATED FOR PFC. MILTON L. OLLIE, III, A BLACK MAN, WHO WAS AWARDED THE MEDAL OF HONOR, POSTHUMOUSLY, FOR BRAVERY IN VIETNAM.
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MS- MAYOR OF CHICAGO WILLIAM DALY, LT. GENERAL J.
H. MCCALIFF, COMMANDING GENERAL OF 5TH ARMY AND OTHER DIGNITARIES ON THE REVIEWING STAND. PAN |
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MS- MAYOR DALEY AND ARMY SECRETARY REITER MAKE SPEECHES. MS- OLLIE'S PARENTS STAND WITH DALY AS BUGLER PLAYS "TAPS". MONUMENT IS UNVEILED
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MS- SHELVES OF TROPHIES IN LOBBY OF UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS WHERE 65 COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY DRILL TEAMS COMPETE IN ANNUAL ILLINOIS INVITATIONAL DRILL MEET, HELD IN JUNE
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| 01:04:04 3756 |
LS- SHOW STARTS WITH FORT MEYER'S. VIRGINIA CEREMONIAL DRILL TEAM PUTTING ON DEMONSTRATION.
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MONTAGE- TEAMS PUT ON DAZZLING MANUAL OF ARMS AND COORDINATED DRILLS.
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| 01:05:20 3832 |
LS- HAND-TO-HAND COMBAT AND JUDO TECHNIQUES DEMONSTRATION ON THE STAGE.
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LS- CLOSE CORDINATION DRILLS BY GIRL OF THE UNIVERSITY FOLLOWED BY DRILL TEAM FROM DEPAUL UNIVERSITY. MS- FEMALES FROM WICHITA STATE PUT ON A DRILL OF EXTRAORDINARY PRECISION.
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| 01:07:04 3936 |
LS- COMEDY TEAM FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN DOES A DRILL. MS- TEAMS RECEIVE TROPHIES.
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| 01:07:47 3979 |
LS- CONVOY OF TRUCKS CONTAINING 303RD ARTILLERY, 82ND AIRBORNE DIVISION IS ON THE WAY HOME FROM CAMP COLEMAN IN SANTA DOMINGO, ALSO IN JUNE.
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LS- SCENE OF CITY AS CONVOY PASSES OVER DUARTE BRIDGE WHICH WAS BARRICADED DURING FIGHTING
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MONTAGE- TRUCKS RIDE ONTO LANDING CRAFT AND FORK LIFT TRUCKS FOLLOW LUGGING CRATES. LS- LONG COLUMNS OF TROOPS FOLLOW ONTO THE LST'S.
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| 01:10:12 4124 |
MS- BRAZILIAN GENERAL THANKS MEN OVER PA SYSTEM.
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LS- SAME SCENE IS REPEATED AT AIRPORT AS OTHER UNITS FLY HOME. BRIGADIER GENERAL ROBERT LINDEL IS THERE TO SEE THEM OFF.
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LS- MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL FUSILLAIRES PERFORM DRILLS IN HONOR OF QUEEN ELIZABETH II. PERFORMED EACH YEAR ON A SATURDAY IN JUNE.
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| 01:12:11 4243 |
MS- GENERAL ANDREW P. O'MARA, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, U. S. ARMY IN EUROPE, SITS ON PLATFORM AND REVIEWS THE EVENT.
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| 01:13:52 4344 |
MS- ARMED WITH MICROSCOPES AND MEDICINES A TEAM FROM THE SEATO MEDICAL LABORATORY VISITS A THAI WELFARE LAND SETTLEMENT. THEIR MISSION IS TO REPORT ANY EVIDENCE OF MALARIA INFECTION
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MS- U. S. ARMY CAPTAIN-DOCTOR EXAMINES CHILDREN IN OUTDOOR CLINIC BY A SCHOOL. CU- LITTLE GIRL TAKES A PILL AND A DRINK OF WATER. CU- NURSE PRICKS FINGER OF LITTLE GIRL TO GET BLOOD SAMPLE.
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| 01:15:03 4415 |
MS- THAI SCIENTISTS LOOK THROUGH MICROSCOPES IN THEIR LAB SET UP IN A HOTEL BY THAI GOVERNMENT
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MONTAGE- MEDICAL TEAM IN SMALL VIETNAM VILLAGE EXAMINES LITTLE CHILDREN FOR DISEASE. CU-
VILLAGER OPENS HIS MOUTH WIDE FOR EXAMINATION. |
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MONTAGE- SOLDIERS CROSS A CRUDE VINE BRIDGE IN REMOTE MONTAGNARD TRIBAL TERRITORY IN VIETNAM.
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| 01:17:29 4561 |
MS- U. S. OFFICER QUESTIONS FARMERS WEARING LITTLE CLOTHING. ONE SMOKES A THIN STEMMED PIPE.
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| 01:19:16 4668 |
MONTAGE U.S. TROOPS ENTER MONTAGNARD VILLAGE JUST EVACUATED BY VIET CONG AND INOCULATE AND TREAT VILLAGERS WHO WERE HELD IN LITERAL ENSLAVEMENT BY VIET CONG
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| 01:20:20 4732 |
MONTAGE- ENGINEERS COMPLETE A BRIDGE TO RELIEVE SPECIAL FORCES UNDER ATTACK BY VIET CONG IN VIETNAM.
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| 01:21:00 4772 |
MONTAGE- AFTER A VIET CONG MORTAR SCORES A DIRECT HIT ON OUR ARTILLERY IMPLACEMENT A FIERCE FIRE-FIGHT BREAKS OUT
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| 01:21:29 4801 |
LS- GI FIRE FROM THEIR FOXHOLES AND EMPLACEMENTS AS BATTLE RAGES. GIS FIRE WITH EVERYTHING THEY GOT
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| 01:22:21 4853 |
MS- GROUP OF GIS THROW GRENADES AFTER GRENADE FROM THEIR TRENCH TO BEAT OFF WAVE OF FANATIC VIET CONG
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| 01:22:38 4870 |
LS- GIS STAND UP AND FIRE AS THEY ADVANCE. PAN LS- A GI GRABS AMMUNITION FROM A BUDDY, THEN RUNS ACROSS THE EMBATTLED FIELD AND JUMPS INTO A TRENCH
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| 01:23:06 4898 |
MS- LIMPING GI IS HELPED BY 2 BUDDIES WHILE UNDER FIRE. MS- DAMAGED JEEP AND ARTILLERY IS EXAMINED AFTER THE BATTLE. MS- PILES OF ABANDONED VIET CONG WEAPONS LIE ON GROUND
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| 01:23:56 4948 |
MS- SOUTH VIETNAM PREMIER KEY EXAMINES PILES OF VIET CONG WEAPONS CAPTURED SINCE BEGINNING OF OPERATION "HAWTHORNE".
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| 01:24:21 4973 |
MS- PREMIER KEY PINS DECORATIONS ON GENERAL PEARSON AND OTHERS OF THE 101ST. MS- NORTH VIETNAMESE ARMY PRISONERS SIT ON GROUND AND WATCH
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MONTAGE- BLACK ARMY CHAPLAIN HOLDS RELIGIOUS SERVICES IN BOMB CRATER AT A FORWARD POSITION.
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