The War That Must Be Won

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1914A
Date Released
10 Feb 1966
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 4
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The War That Must Be Won. DESCRIPTION: Further pictures from Vietnam of Operation Masher against the Viet Cong. American Cavalry land by helicopters and advance on Viet Cong positions, capturing personnel and weapons. Moving pictures of Vietnamese civilians, the pathetic pawns in this struggle between East and West. SHOTLIST: UPI Copyright - A helicopters flying over. LS helicopters landing. MCU ditto troops disembark. MS troops moving in file. MS ditto. MS troops move into wooded area. MS soldier pointing towards wooded area. Pan soldier moving through cover to join another. Pan aircraft flying over a smoke filled area. MS soldier firing automatic rifle. CU another ditto. CU another ditto. MCU soldier shouting orders. MS soldiers attending a wounded comrade. MS wounded soldiers. MS soldiers carrying a wounded man. Pan soldiers carrying a wounded man on a stretcher. BS ditto. CU two frightened Vietnamese men leave a hut. MS American soldiers guard Viet-Cong prisoners. MS Viet-Cong prisoners. MCU Viet-Cong prisoner sitting on the ground. MS soldier fires miniature cannon. MS ditto. MS soldier looking at capture Viet-Cong weapons. LS helicopters lifts damaged helicopter and drops it. MS pilot looking at damaged helicopter. CU Vietnam girl leaves burning hut. MS Vietnamese woman and children crying. Pan crying woman and child. MS crying women and child. MCU crying woman crawls away from burning hut and is helped by an American soldier. MS burning hut. MS crying women and children. MCU ditto.
Keywords
Displaced persons; Military
Locations
Vietnam
Footage sources
United Press International [UPI]
Card file number
90764
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
188
Story extras:
Film clip

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'The War That Must Be Won', British Movietone News Issue No. 1914A, 10 Feb 1966. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/26323 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)