A film on the 1968 Tet Offensive on Saigon, Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Damaged buildings and wrecked equipment in an area. Soldiers fire rifles. M113 APC. Smoke rises from firing and bombardment. Civilians are evacuated by the soldiers. A soldier talks over a phone. Soldiers fire rifles. They fire machine guns and other guns. 3rd Airborne Battle Group
A film on the 1968 Tet Offensive on Saigon, Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Dead bodies of Vietcong troops and North Vietnamese troops in an area. A rubbled area. Several Vietcong wounded soldiers are carried by the soldiers. They are provided medical care by civilians and medical teams. The medical teams treat the wounded. The wounded are given medical care and food. A doctor bandages a man's injured leg. An ambulance moves along a street. Men carry wounded on litters. Damaged buildings along street sides. Vietcong prisoners are interviewed by military correspondents. Abandoned weapons on display.
A film on the 1968 Tet Offensive on Saigon, Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Rubbled buildings and houses. A soldier stands holding a rifle. Civilians look at the rubble. They search through the debris for their personal belongings. Wrecked cars. Aerial view of the rubbled area. Homeless people look at the rubble. Soldiers try to relocate the homeless. Civilians in refugee centers. They receive food and medical attention. Civilians walk with their personal belonging.
Activities during the Vietnam War of United States Marines in Hue, Vietnam during the 1968 Tet offensive. United States Marines prepare to fire a 106mm M40 recoilless rifle. The marines fire a 3.5" M20 rocket launcher. A marine in a flak vest kneels down on the ground and inspects a M29 81mm Mortar. A marine bent over the M29 81mm Mortar assists him. Other marines with camouflaged helmets look at nearby building. A damaged building. Columns of smoke rise from the building. The M29 81mm Mortar team fires a mortar. A marine sticks a ramrod down the tube of the mortar and then pulls it out. A marine places a 106mm recoiless rifle on the tripod. He adjusts the 106mm RR for firing out of a window. A marine stacks fallen lumber. Trees in the background. Marines carrying M16 rifles stand near a brick wall. A dirt road in the foreground. The barrel from a 106mm m40 recoiless rifle moves. A building in the background.
Elements of B Company, 2/47th Infantry (Mechanized) and C Company, 4/39th Infantry, clearing North Vietnamese Army regulars from "Widows' Village" (a hamlet of housing provided by the government of the Republic of Vietnam for widows and children of fallen ARVN soldiers). The action occurs January 31st, 1968 (on "Tet", the Vietnamese Lunar New Year holiday). U.S. troops firing small arms as they proceed across tall grass into the hamlet. Several M 113 armored personnel carriers (APCs) are seen accompanying the troops. A soldier, who has been hit, lying prone between two other soldiers, tries to get up. Flames consuming huts. Riflemen moving cautiously. A slightly wounded soldier, lying on the ground, smiles as he points to his leg as another soldier helps him. APCs advance, firing 50 caliber machine guns. Riflemen staying close behind. Views of a number of huts, in the hamlet, that have not been destroyed. (Note: According to Colonel Sonny Craven, then leader of a combat photo team on the scene, these combat sequences was filmed by soldiers of the 221st Signal Company [Pictorial]). Craven and another photographer, were both wounded in the engagement.) (Vietnam War period).
London Police arrest a young protester during the March 17, 1968 demonstration in Grosvenor Square, Mayfair, London, United Kingdom, against the Vietnam War. Anti-Vietnam War protester attempts to resist arrest from the police. A tear gas canister is thrown at policemen riding horses in front of the U.S. Embassy. Police kick and beat an unruly protester resisting arrest. London Police on horseback attempt to restore order during demonstration, forcing horses through crowd of protestors. Policemen carry unruly demonstrators, including a woman wearing a mini skirt. Policemen arrest more youth protesters.