Vietnam War Report - 1965 | Movietone Moment | 26 Feb 21

On this day in 1965, South Korean troops were sent to Saigon. Here is a British Movietone report featuring the first colour pictures to be released of the Vietnam War.

Movietone released the first colour pictures of the War in Vietnam. Colour gives conflict a new dimension - a stark reality to a war we've only seen before in black and white. Bombing raids in North Vietnam are followed by a graphic record of a mission into the Plain of Reeds by the three British Hovercraft, serving with the South Vietnamese Forces.
Aerial shot bomber over Vietnam. CU machine gun fired from bomber. CU gun firing. Aerial shot shells towards ground. CU gun firing. Aerial shot shells towards ground. CU machine gun firing. CU ditto. Aerial shot bomber in sky. Aerial shot shells landing on targets. CU looking through gun sight towards ground. Aerial shot ground passing beneath plane. Aerial shot shells hit ground. Aerial shot bomber turns from camera. Aerial shot shells fired onto target. Aerial shot bomber turns from camera. Aerial shot shells fired onto target. Aerial shot bombs dropped over target. Aerial shot bombs explode on target. Aerial shot ditto. MS Marines walking through swamps. MS Marine carrying bazooka. MS Marines in swamp land. MS ditto. MCU Marine holding bazooka. MS bazooka fired. MCU Marine fires mortar. MLS another mortar fired. MCU ditto. Aerial shot bombs land in woodland amongst trees. Aerial shot bomber releases bombs over target. Pan as they explode on target. GV bombs explode on target. LS one of three British built hovercraft prepares to leave base. MS motor started on hovercraft. CU hovercraft on air cushion. LS pan hovercraft leaves base. CU nose of helicopter. LS helicopter moves out of frame. Aerial shot hovercraft passes over "Plain of Reeds". CU marshland passes beneath hovercraft. LS Hovercraft passing over marshland. Aerial shot ditto. CU rocket fired from helicopter. Aerial shot ditto. CU ditto. Aerial shot looking through helicopter windscreen as rocket hits targets. CU machine gun fires. CU ditto. MS hovercraft passing through marshland. Back shot marine at controls of machine gun on hovercraft. LS as shells land in marshland. MS Vietnamese soldier fires at Viet Cong hideout in marshland. MS marines fire into marshland. MS looking through windscreen of hovercraft at Viet Cong, in water. MS marine firing machine gun into marshland. GV shells landing in marshland. MS Vietnamese leave hovercraft and jump into water. MLS Vietnamese soldiers hideout. GV hovercrafts waiting for Vietnamese to return. MS woman escorted towards hovercraft. GV helicopter lands to pick up Viet Cong woman. MLS woman escorted towards helicopter. GV ditto. CU Vietnamese soldier. GV helicopter moves off. MS medical officer undoes first aid kit. MCU wounded Viet Cong receives first aid for injured hand. MCU ditto. GV hovercraft moves off over marshland. MS marine on hovercraft. GV as hovercraft moves off over marshland. GV ditto. GV looking back over marshland. GV hovercraft approaches base. MS hovercraft pilot. MLS hovercraft comes off swamp land at base. see story number 91965/2, 91965/3 for cuts.
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