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This classic episode of The Big Picture series produced by the U.S. Army presents a documentary report on the activities of the U.S. Army, Air Force and Navy, and their combined efforts to help stamp out the threat of communism in South Vietnam. Filmed on location and with footage provided by the National Archives and Records Administration, camera crews cover the story of the U.S. Military Assistance Program in this troubled nation.
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This archived film explores the role of United States Army advisor, Captain William R. Johnston, to the Army of the Republic of Viet Nam in South Vietnam, 1962-1963, and the lessons he learned while sharing command with his ARVN counterpart, as they protect an important sugar mill, construct a strategic hamlet, protect and repair supply routes, and construct a defense outpost while fighting guerrilla Viet Cong. This digitally remastered version may...
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This episode of the U.S. Army's The Big Picture television series takes viewers to remote and hazardous locales in South Vietnam to show them what the United States Army, Air Force, and Navy are doing to contain the spread of Communism. How the military operations of our Special Force units are living, operating, and helping the Vietnamese is shown in this video from the National Archives and Records Administration as motion picture star James Arness...
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This archival footage reveals military activities in Vietnam during June 1966. Elements include: the 25th Infantry Division; the 173rd Airborne Brigade; the Army Procurement Agency in Japan; the Army Engineers in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; U.S. research In Thailand; and more. Note: This historical recording may contain variations in audio and video quality based on the limitations of the original source material.
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This archival footage reveals military activities in Vietnam during November and December 1965. Elements include combat and other activity: 173rd Airborne Brigade, 101 Airborne Division, U.S. Special Forces, U.S. Army Signal Corps, Medical Service, and Engineers. Note: This historical recording may contain variations in audio and video quality based on the limitations of the original source material.
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This archival footage reveals U.S. military activities in Vietnam during January, February, and March, 1966. Elements include: 25th Infantry, 1st Air Cavalry, 1st Infantry, 101st Airborne, 173rd Airborne, 5th SP "HALO" training; and 8th Army Honor Guard. Note: This historical recording may contain variations in audio and video quality based on the limitations of the original source material.
48) Vietnam War
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This newsreel film explores the personalities of the negotiators at the Paris Peace Talk, the prospects for peace in Vietnam, reconstruction, and Vietnamization. Note: This historical recording may contain variations in audio and video quality based on the limitations of the original source material.
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This classic episode of the U.S. Army's The Big Picture series documents the buildup to the Vietnam War, from the withdrawal of French troops to the bombings of the U.S. Embassy and the intense fighting our troops engaged in to combat Ho Chi Minh and the Viet Cong. It presents the reasons for each stage of escalating U.S. involvement, presenting them as reluctant responses to North Vietnamese aggression and intransigence, and makes moral and strategic...
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This archival footage reveals activities in Vietnam during September 1966. Elements include: the 13th Aviation Battalion, 196th Infantry Brigade, 101st Airborne, 173rd Airborne, 11th Armored Cavalry, and ARVN and Philippine units. See a mass casualty exercise in Nuremburg, Germany; American withdrawal in France; and President Johnson at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Note: This historical recording may contain variations in audio and video quality based...
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This archival footage shows how Operation Lam Son II, a combined U.S. and Vietnam revolutionary development program, is conducted by the U.S. 1st Division and ARVN 5th Division to restore a terrorized village. Note: This historical recording may contain variations in audio and video quality based on the limitations of the original source material.
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Archival footage reveals combat and activities in Vietnam during January and February 1966. Elements include: 1st Infantry Division, 101st Airborne Brigade, 1st Air Cavalry Division, and establishment of new SF "A" Camp at Xom Cat. Note: This historical recording may contain variations in audio and video quality based on the limitations of the original source material.
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This archival footage reveals military activities in Vietnam. Elements include: strategic and tactical communications IWCS; in-country radio network; cable traffic; telephone and teletypewriter systems ADPS; and a msc-44 satellite tracking station. Note: This historical recording may contain variations in audio and video quality based on the limitations of the original source material.
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This film recounts the victory of American and Allied forces in this most important single battle of the Vietnam War which took place in 1968. Beginning by highlighting the military and political history of Khe Sanh, it shows tactical and strategic air power supporting ground forces; cites teamwork between air and ground forces that successfully repelled massive enemy attack; and depicts supply air lifts and medical evacuation. Note: This historical...
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This archival footage reveals combat and other activities in Vietnam during April 1966. Elements include: 25th Infantry Division; 173rd Airborne; inspection tour of General H. K. Johnson; and events in Thailand and the Dominican Republic. Note: This historical recording may contain variations in audio and video quality based on the limitations of the original source material.
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This classic episode of the U.S. Army's The Big Picture television series portrays the strenuous six-day, 80-hour training period that the replacement soldier receives in Vietnam. This training is designed to supplement the soldier's stateside training with more specific training that reflects the climate and terrain conditions in which he eventually fights. This digitally remastered version may reveal limitations of the technology available at the...
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This 1967 episode of the U.S. Army's The Big Picture television series is a report to the American people, presenting a military that faces a unique challenge in Vietnam but is adapting through new technology and tactics to overcome obstacles. This video from the National Archives and Records Administration tells a story in which the "crucible of Vietnam" is creating a better army for the immediate task and its overall world-wide mission. It portrays...
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This archival footage reveals military activities in Vietnam during November 1966. Elements include: 1st Infantry Division, 25th Infantry Division, 11th Armored Cavalry, 5th Special Forces; Naval river patrol and Mekong Delta operations. Note: This historical recording may contain variations in audio and video quality based on the limitations of the original source material.