Scenes after Vietcong attack on Saigon during Tet Offensive of 1968. Care and feeding of Vietnamese in refugee camp including children. Medical care of refugees by doctors and nurses. Refugees eating. Children playing. Large trucks remove debris. Saigon traffic with people cycling. Aerials of Saigon. (Vietnam War period).
A film titled 'Saigon Target Zero' on the 1968 Tet Offensive on Saigon, Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Information about the role of Army of the Republic of Vietnam ( ARVN ) psychological warfare teams in defeating Viet Cong forces. Street scenes in Saigon in preparation for Tet. People on the streets. Buildings in an area. Tet is considered as sacred time of the year. People in a market. They pray in a church. Vietcong troops attack Saigon. Smoke rises from bombardment and firing. Burning buildings in the city. Heavy columns of smoke rise up from the burning buildings. People flee from the city. The U.S. Army and the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) in action. Soldiers aboard military vehicles moving on a street. Soldiers with rifles walk along the streets and fire. The soldiers fire rifles. Smoke rises from the firing. Damaged buildings along street sides. Prisoners being taken by the troops.
Troops from unit D/3/7 of the U.S. 199th Light Infantry Brigade, patrol streets in the Cholon district of Saigon, Vietnam. Local people go about ordinary activities. A man carrying a white flag containing a red cross, emerges from an alley, leading several others carrying a red coffin. A man on a Honda motor scooter drives past. A woman sits on the back of the scooter. A man rides past on a three wheel pedicab, with baggage loaded in passenger seat, as the funeral cortege enters the street. The U.S. Army patrol continues along a dirt road. Closeup of one of the soldiers with full field pack. Commander of the unit, 1st Lieutenant Jim Gentile, stops and gives directions, pointing with his hands. Seen next, in quick succession are Dewey Edwards (from the Baltimore MD area) and then Bob Cheatham, carrying an M79 grenade launcher and wearing a belt of ammunition over his shoulder. lieutenant Gentile on a radiophone, and then leading soldiers into a house. Infantryman Bob Cheatham and others searching the house for evidence of Viet Cong. Two soldiers comparing notes as they look over detailed maps. Soldiers walking in outdoor storage areas and past a group of Vietnamese working in a yard filled with large stone blocks. U.S. Soldiers in front of a French-style concrete house. (Vietnam War period).
Aftermath of the Tet Offensive during the Vietnam war. Medics carry dead trooper on litter in U.S. Embassy grounds, in Saigon,Vietnam. Dead Vietnamese lay on embassy grounds. Men gathered outside embassy. Ambulances parked on road outside embassy. Dead man lay on road. Dead men are placed in ambulances. Large hole in compound hall. Holes in embassy building.
Aftermath of the Tet Offensive during the Vietnam War. Dead Vietcong on U.S. Embassy grounds, Saigon, Vietnam. Wallet of dead Vietcong lying on grass. More bodies of dead Vietcong. Men examine bodies and take pictures. Local Vietnamese man and woman under cover of tall grass at roadside. American soldiers next to them.
Interiors of the United States Embassy (4 Le Duan Blvd., District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam) in Saigon, Vietnam following the Tet Offensive bombing of the embassy. Personnel examine damage inside embassy. Bullet holes in wall. Clock stopped at 3:03. Soldiers check Embassy grounds. Troops carry wounded on stretcher. Aftermath of battle in Tet Offensive. Wrecked trucks and destroyed buildings. (Vietnam War period).