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U.S. Marine Corps. Vietnam Orientation & Indoctrination Film "You in Vietnam" 99434 (1967)

1967 · Short film · 25 min

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This color educational/training film is about educating soldiers about to be deployed to Vietnam, it discusses the people and the country of Vietnam. This was made in 1967 based on the copyright at the beginning of the film. Opening titles: Unclassified, U.S. Marine Corps Training Film: Tactics and Techniques Employed by Wespac FMF Units (:08-1:03). Aerial shots of Vietnam. Green trees, foothills, barren hills. Title: YOU IN VIETNAM (1:04-1:53). Da Nang. Da Nang Airbase, Planes on the runway, people walk. In the city of Da Nang - Vietnamese people use bikes and walk, they buy fish and bread. Marketplace. da Nang has a busy seaport, people unload a truck. A man bangs a gong and people pray in a Buddhist temple. A Christian church. Statues of both Buddhist and Christian figures. Wei is a city above Da Nang and 50 miles from the DMZ dividing the North and South of Vietnam. People ride bikes across a bridge. The Imperial Palace. Port where fishing boats dock, some people have baskets full of fish. A woman walks across a rice paddy. A man picks grass. Farmers walk. A man holds a child. Oxen, older women sit by a fire (1:54-5:28). U.S. soldiers drive in a jeep over a bridge. Soldiers on patrol approach a village. The village chief. Foothills in Vietnam. Mountains. Soldiers walk up a hill in formation, holding their rifles. They walk through tall brush. Streams. Soldiers trudge through water to cross. Jungle growth. Aerial shot of a village built on stilts. Mountain people.…

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Running time
25 minutes
Collection
Ephemeral Films

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