Cambodia and Laos; Vietnam: A Television History; One Day in Laos
Description:
South Vietnamese troops build strategic fire base in Laos. Sophia is in one of the deepest fire bases inside Laos. In its first two days it has received 200 incoming artillery rounds. Men have not had time yet to fully dig in and are living in flimsy tents. The base commandos a full view of the Ho Chi Minh Trail. The base depends on US Army choppers for food, ammunition and water, and the choppers take out those who die. Incomplete firebase sitting on the tip of a ridge. Men digging out bunkers. Temporary tents. Air view of the base. Valley and river below the firebase with rear view of South Vietnamese soldier in foreground. Woods cleared of trees. Men filling sandbags. Bulldozer pushes dirt to build bunker. Men standing by anti-aircraft gun in foreground. Anti-aircraft gun firing. Chopper in flight, landing. Men carrying body wrapped in poncho and tied to bamboo poles to chopper. Men carry wounded man on a stretcher to Red Cross truck. Men checking name tags of bodies wrapped in ponchos lying on the ground. Close up of faces of men as they view bodies. Interview with firebase commander, Colonel Chung. He says there has been combat in the field but so far there have been no ground attacks on the firebase, just shelling. Air views of ground fires in area below the firebase. Rear view of Red Cross truck pulling away with wounded men on stretchers lying in the back. This item consists of raw, unpackaged, news materials relating to the US military involvement in Laos.
