Historic Films Stock Footage Archive: VM-1157

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00:29:56 0	"WHY VIETNAM?" PRESIDENT JOHNSON, LBJ, TELLS REASONS FOR THE AMERICAN SOLDIER IN VIETNAM & TELLS OF EVENTS LEADING TO THE GULF OF TONKIN DECISION TO EXPAND THE WAR TO THE NORTH.
00:29:56 0	34 MS- PRESIDENT LBJ MAKING SPEECH, TELLS OF RECEIVING LETTER FROM MOTHER ABOUT HER SON IN VIETNAM AND ASKING, "WHY?"
00:30:42 45.93	CU- CRYING VIETNAMESE BABY IN MOTHERS ARMS AND LBJ'S VOICE SAYING, "WHY, VIETNAM"?
00:30:51 54.93	TITLE: "WHY, VIETNAM?"
00:30:54 57.93	MS- HITLER AND MUSSOLINI STAND TOGETHER IN OPEN LIMO WITH POPULACE RAISING THEIR HANDS IN NAZI SALUTE AS THEY RIDE BY.
00:31:04 67.93	MS- BRITISH PRIME MINISTER CHAMBERLAIN EXITS PLANE IN GERMANY AND MEETS WITH HITLER IN WHERE HE OPENED THE DOOR TO HITLER'S CONQUESTS MS- CHAMBERLAIN MAKES SPEECH AFTER MEETING
00:31:42 105.93	MONTAGE- RUBBLE OF CITIES RESULTING FROM WWII
00:31:47 110.93	LS- BENITO MUSSOLINI, "IL DUCE", MAKING SPEECH IN HIS FLAMBOYANT MANNER.
00:31:51 114.93	LS- ETHIOPIAN HORSEMEN CHARGE WITH RIFLES. ITALIAN SOLDIERS FIRING AUTOMATIC WEAPONS AND CHARGING ACROSS A FIELD IN ETHIOPIA.
00:32:00 123.93	MS- ETHIOPIA'S EMPEROR, HAILE SELASSIE, MAKING PROTEST TO THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS.
00:32:30 153.93	MONTAGE- FILM OF NORTH KOREAN SOLDIERS ON ATTACK. MONTAGE- KOREAN WAR FILM.
00:32:48 171.93	MS- PRESIDENT JOHNSON CONTINUES HIS SPEECH ASKING, "WHY AMERICANS MUST DIE IN A DISTANT PLACE?" AS HE TELLS WHAT HAS BROUGHT US TO VIETNAM.
00:34:16 259.93	LS- PARACHUTES DROP SUPPLIES TO EMBATTLED FRENCH TROOPS AT DIEN BIEN PHU. MONTAGE- BATTLES SCENES OF FRENCH FIGHTING VIETNAMESE REDS.
00:35:32 335.93	MONTAGE- RED FORCES MARCHING INTO HANOI AS THEY DEFEAT THE FRENCH.
00:35:33 336.93	MONTAGE- AT CONFERENCE IN GENEVA VIETNAM IS SPLIT AND THE NORTH IS TURNED OVER TO THE COMMUNISTS. MS- SOVIET MOLOTOV SHAKES HANDS WITH RED CHINA'S CHOU-EN-LAI.
00:35:38 341.93	MONTAGE- SOME OF MORE THAN ONE MILLION VIETNAMESE REFUGEES ON ROADS HEADING SOUTH. FAST WALKING OLD MAN WITH BEARD AND CANE BOWS AT THE CAMERA AS LITTLE CHILDREN WALK ALONGSIDE HIM.
00:36:06 369.93	MONTAGE- SOUTH VIETNAMESE PEASANTS TOIL IN FIELDS, BUILD GRASS AND BAMBOO HUTS AND CAST BALLOTS IN FREE ELECTIONS
00:37:05 428.93	CU- BULLET HOLE IN WINDOW OF CAR. MS- SOUTH VIETNAMESE LIES DEAD IN HIS CAR AFTER BEING SHOT BY COMMUNIST TERRORIST. MS- COMMUNIST GUERRILLAS WALK THROUGH JUNGLE WITH RIFLES.
00:37:30 453.93	LS- BURNING VILLAGE HUT. MONTAGE- DEAD BODIES OF VILLAGERS, INCLUDING CHILDREN. MS- PHOTO OF COMMUNIST LEADER, HO CHI MINH.
00:37:56 479.93	LS- LONG LINE OF FARMERS WITH SPRAY TANKS STRAPPED TO THEIR BACKS, SPRAY THE LUSH RICE FIELDS. MONTAGE-FARMERS PROCESS THE RICE THE OLD-FASHIONED WAY
00:38:35 518.93	MONTAGE- VIETNAM WORKERS TOIL IN AN OPEN FACED MINE AS OTHERS STRIP A RUBBER TREE FOR NATURAL RUBBER. MEN AND WOMEN WORKERS PROCESS THE LATEX IN A FACTORY.
00:39:17 560.93	LS- PRESIDENT IKE SPEAKS OF VIETNAM AT GETTYSBURG COLLEGE IN 1959.
00:41:12 675.93	MS- SPECIAL FORCES ADVISOR SPEAKS VIETNAMESE AS HE TEACHES THEM ABOUT WEAPONS.
00:43:19 802.93	MONTAGE- U. S. HELICOPTERS DROP OFF VIETNAMESE SOLDIERS IN GRASSY FIELD. MS- WOUNDED GI IS EVACUATED BY HELICOPTER.
00:44:14 857.93	LS- SOUTH VIETNAMESE GUN BOAT FIRES INTO THE JUNGLE ALONG THE RIVER.
00:44:58 901.93	MONTAGE- SOUTH VIETNAMESE SOLDIER IS GIVEN PLASMA AS ANOTHER IS ATTENDED BY MEDICS. CU- SOUTH VIETNAMESE SOLDIER CLASPS HIS HANDS IN PRAYER IN FRONT OF A MAKE-SHIFT ALTAR.
00:45:18 921.93	MS- IN AUGUST OF 1964, PRESIDENT LBJ SPEAKS OF "RENEWED HOSTILE ACTION", IN THE GULF OF TONKIN WHICH NECESSITATED THE BOMBING OF NORTH VIETNAM AND BROADENING THE CONFLICT. (HF-YTV)
00:45:57 960.93	AERIAL- U. S. JETS ATTACK NORTH VIETNAMESE TARGETS, AS SEEN FROM PLANE BEHIND ATTACKING PLANE
00:46:10 973.93	MS- LATER IN AUGUST 1964 SECRETARY MCNAMARA SPEAKS OF THE ACTION. MONTAGE SOUTH VIETNAMESE SOLDIERS EXAMINE LARGE CACHE OF CAPTURED ARMS FROM REDS BEARING CHINESE MARKINGS AS SHOWN.
00:47:14 1037.93	MS- HO CHI MINH SITS WITH HIS ADVISORS.
00:47:22 1045.93	CU- SECRETARY OF STATE DEAN RUSK TELLS OF HIS AND OTHERS REPEATED EFFORTS TO TALK PEACE.
00:50:29 1232.93	MS- PRESIDENT JOHNSON CONTINUES HIS SPEECH
00:51:42 1305.93	MONTAGE- PHOTOS OF AMERICAN SERVICEMEN'S LOVED ONES ARE SCATTERED AMID DEBRIS OF BARRACKS BOMBED BY VIET CONG GUERRILLAS.
00:51:57 1320.93	MS- AMERICAN AMBASSY CIVILIANS WIPE BLOOD OFF THEIR FACES AS EMBASSY IS ALSO BOMBED.
00:52:39 1362.93	MONTAGE- HOSPITAL BEDS FILLED WITH AMERICAN GIS. FLAG DRAPED COFFINS ON LONG FLAT BED TRUCK BEING SHIPPED BY PLANE TO U. S. MONTAGE- CEREMONY IS HELD AT AIRPORT.
00:53:50 1433.93	MONTAGE- COMBAT MARINES LAND IN VIETNAM BY SHIP AND LANDING CRAFT.
00:54:49 1492.93	MS- NURSE DIRECTS GROUP OF VIETNAMESE ORPHAN CHILDREN TO A LAVATORY WHERE THEY WASH UP, COMB THEIR HAIR AND WIPE THEIR FACES.
00:55:03 1506.93	MS- SMALL CHILD NEATLY SPREADS NAPKIN ON TABLE AND CUP IS PLACED ON IT IN FRONT OF HIM.
00:55:18 1521.93	MS- LBJ CONTINUES HIS SPEECH AS PHOTOS ARE SHOWN OF AMERICAN YOUNG MEN, BLACK AND WHITE, WORKING AT THEIR VARIOUS JOBS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES.
00:59:21 1764.93	"YOUR ARMY REPORT" ARMY LIEUTENANT JIM GIOELLA TELLS OF RAISING OF SUNKEN BARGE BY ARMY CORP OF ENGINEERS, NEW ADDITIONS TO ARMY'S MISSILE ARSENAL, MOUNTAIN TRAINING IN ALASKA, KOREAN SOLDIERS GO TO VIETNAM AND RIDE ON A PATROL BOAT IN VIETNAM.
00:59:26 1769.93	TITLE: "YOUR ARMY REPORTS" - LIEUTENANT JIM GIOELLA TELLS ABOUT FILM
01:01:19 1882.93	MONTAGE- PAN OF ARMY CORP OF ENGINEER HEAVY EQUIPMENT ON PIER IN BATON ROUGE LOUISIANA WHERE, HURRICANE SANK A BARGE FILLED WITH DANGEROUS LIQUID CHLORINE
01:01:23 1886.93	LS- ENGINEERS IN WHITE HARD HATS GATHER AROUND A MAP ON TABLE AT PIER. MS- ENGINEER GIVES HAND SIGNAL TO A DIVER
01:02:05 1928.93	MS- BARGE WITH 2 HUGE DERRICKS ARE BROUGHT INTO ACTION AND LIFT THE BARGE.
01:03:08 1991.93	LS- THE UNDAMAGED CHLORINE TANKS ARE HOSED DOWN.
01:03:27 2010.93	MONTAGE- AMPHIBIOUS VEHICLE CARRYING A NEW "LANCE" MISSILE AND IT'S CREW RIDES INTO RIVER AND ROLLS ONTO SHORE DURING TESTS AT WHITE SANDS PROVING GROUNDS, NEW MEXICO.
01:05:13 2116.93	LS- THE CREW RUNS FOR COVER AFTER SETTING UP THE MISSILE. LS- THE MISSILE IS FIRED DOWN RANGE
01:05:50 2153.93	LS- AT FORT RICHARDSON MOUNTAIN AND GLAZIER TRAINING CENTER, ALASKA, A GI INCHES ACROSS RIVER RAPIDS ON ROPE STRUNG TO OTHER SIDE. LS- JAGGED MOUNTAIN RANGE OVER SHADOWS THE CAMP
01:07:20 2243.93	MONTAGE- THE TROOPS PROPEL THEMSELVES DOWN THE HIGH PEAKS ON ROPES, MOUNTAINEER STYLE.
01:08:12 2295.93	LS- THE MEN PRACTICE MOVING A BODY DOWN THE MOUNTAINSIDE ON HAND MADE STRETCHER.
01:09:34 2377.93	LS- MILITARY PARADE CELEBRATES 17TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA IN SEOUL.
01:09:54 2397.93	LS- KOREAN TROOPS WAVE HANDKERCHIEFS FROM WINDOWS OF TRAIN AS THEY GO OFF TO VIETNAM AS PART OF THE U. N. FORCE THERE.
01:10:44 2447.93	LS- KOREAN SOLDIERS WAVE FROM TROOPSHIP AS BRASS BAND PLAYS ON PIER. MONTAGE- CAMERA FOLLOWS KOREAN TROOPS IN VIETNAM ACTIONS.
01:13:02 2585.93	LS- 1ST BATTALION ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT ARRIVES IN VIETNAM BY AIRCRAFT CARRIER.
01:14:30 2673.93	MS- AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS PRACTICE FIRING THEIR MACHINE GUNS IN STANDING POSITION FROM THE HIP.
01:16:14 2777.93	MONTAGE- VIETNAMESE PATROL BOAT WITH AMERICAN ADVISORS ABOARD PATROL THE RIVER. MS- VIETNAMESE TROOPS ON SHORE COMMUNICATE BY RADIO WITH THE PATROL BOATS.
01:17:04 2827.93	MONTAGE- VIETNAMESE SOLDIERS RAKE THE SHORE WITH MACHINE GUN AND MORTAR FIRE FROM THE BOATS.
01:18:36 2919.93	MS- 4 GIS PICK UP THEIR K-9 FROM A TENT KENNEL AND PATROL AROUND THE AIR BASE.
01:19:18 2961.93	MS- K-9 ATTACKS A "VIET CONG'S" ARM WRAPPED IN A CLOTH. MS- A GI IS HELPED ON WITH A PROTECTIVE BODY SUIT AS THE DOGS ARE MADE TO ATTACK HIM.
01:20:56 3059.93	MS- CAMERAMAN NARRATES AS HE GOES ON AN ACTUAL PATROL WITH AN ELEMENT OF 1ST INFANTRY DIVISION.
01:22:53 3176.93	MS- GI RADIOS FOR HELP AS HIS HELICOPTER IS DISABLED ON GROUND AS OTHERS SECURE A DEFENSE PERIMETER AROUND THE CRAFT.
01:23:35 3218.93	LS- A SLING IS LOWERED FROM A LARGE HELICOPTER HOVERING ABOVE AND THE DISABLED CRAFT IS LIFTED OUT OF THE AREA.