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Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1878

Date Released

31 May 1965

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. The Tour Triumphant
• 2. Nuclear Breakthrough Will Cut Costs
• 3. Strictly for the Birds
• 4. Vietnam - The Flotsam of War

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 4

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Vietnam the Flotsam of War. DESCRIPTION: Pictures show some heartrending scenes of refugees in Vietnam. SHOTLIST: LS burning fields, helicopters passing over. Air to ground from helicopter. Air to ground of airfield from copter. Air to ground same. MS men loading stores etc. into copters. MS soldiers hunting the Viet-Cong. LS soldiers resting under palm trees. MS same. MCU American talking to base on R/T. MS soldiers under trees. MS soldiers under trees. MS soldiers prepare to move. MS same. MS soldiers with Viet-Cong prisoners. MS ditto. MS soldiers in burnt village. CU burnt out hut. GV doctors inspecting children. CU same. MS doctor giving man some tablets. MS woman making pancakes. CU one of the women. MS woman making pancakes. MS same. MS woman making pancakes. LS crowd watching. MS girl grinding the rice. MS woman making pancakes. CU same. CU girl grinding rice. CU rice grinder. MS woman lying pancakes on basket work table. MCU woman making pancakes. GV of above and crowd watching. CU young girl eating with chopsticks.

Keywords

Displaced persons

Locations

Vietnam

Footage sources

France

Card file number

89746

Credits:

Commentator

Geoffrey Sumner

Length of story (in feet)

195

Story extras:

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