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SYND 25-1-73 REVIEW OF THE VIETNAM WAR
A review of war in Vietnam.
1. vs French officers and troops (B&W)
2. vs Ho Chi Minh and interiors (B&W)
3. vs French airborne troops dropped (B&W)
4. vs French troops in action (B&W)
5. vs arrivals Geneva convention...
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SYND 7-8-72 SOUTH VIETNAMESE TANKS AND ARTILLERY IN ACTION AROUND QUANG TRI
South Vietnamese tanks and artillery in action around Quang Tri, where North Vietnamese forces have launched a fierce counter offensive against ARVN forces
1) armoured vehicle skidding on rain soaked road2) travelling shot past firing...
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Mobs burned and looted scores of foreign-owned factories in Vietnam following a large protest by workers against China's recent placement of an oil rig in disputed Southeast Asian waters. (May 14)
Mobs burned and looted scores of foreign-owned factories in Vietnam following a large protest by workers against China's recent placement of an oil rig in disputed Southeast Asian waters.
The unrest at industrial parks near Ho Chi Minh...
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A twin tower caught fire in the centre of the Vietnamese capital Hanoi late on Thursday. Local media reported that up to 30 people were pulled from the 33-story buildings, which were under construction.
HEADLINE Raw Video: High rise fire prompts rescues
CAPTION: A twin tower caught fire in the centre of the Vietnamese capital Hanoi late on Thursday. Local media reported that up to 30 people were pulled from the 33-story buildings,...
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CAN865 NIXON SPEECH ON VIETNAM
Nixon speaks at the 48th National Convention of the American Legion in Washington D.C. and comments on the war in Vietnam
1. ms Nixon waving from the podium at the American Legion 48th National Convention
2. mcu veterans in the...
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SYND 25-8-72 THE AFTMATH OF THE BOMBING OF THAI BINH HOSPITAL
The aftermath of an American bombing raid on Thai Binh.
1. vs vapour trails in sky
2. ws and pan damaged building
3. ws and pan damaged hospital
4. vs people clearing rubble
5. vs damaged buildings and villagers
6. ms people clearing...
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SYND 12-9-73 NATIONAL DAY CELEBRATION RALLY IN HANOI
The streets of Hanoi were decorated with flags, streamers, and posters, as North Vietnam celebrated its 28th anniversary on September 2nd.
vs Hanoi streets with decorations
ms Prime Minister Phang Van Dong waving to crowd outside...
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SYND 30 8 68 SAVAGE BATTLE AT DA NANG
Scenes of heavy fighting in the Da Nang area of Vietnam.
1. vs of soldiers in positions along the top of a river embankment, firing into distance
2. vs of troops moving positions and firing
3. vs of planes dropping bombs on the enemy and...
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CAN819 US AIRMAN SHOT DOWN HANOI FILM
Hanoi film shows American airman, William Shankel, shot down during American and South Vietnamese raid on North Vietnamese targets and the Viet Cong.
1. ls aircraft fly over
2. vs anti-aircraft guns in action
3. cu aircraft
4. cu...
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ASEAN leaders arrive in Jakarta ahead of weekend summit
1. Wide of Vietnam Airlines plane taxiing
2. Wide of women in Vietnamese traditional dress waving flags
3. Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung emerges from plane and waves
4. Security
5. Nguyen shaking hands with welcome...
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Kim Jong II bids farewell to Vietnam leader Nong Duc Manh
1. Wide Pyongyang Airport
2. Various Kim Jong II with Vietnam's Communist Party chief Nong Duc Manh walking past guard of honour.
3. Crowds waving coloured flowers
4. Manh clasps hands towards crowds
5. Kim applauds crowds
6. Women...
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CAN597 US MARINES DISTRIBUTE GIFTS TO YOUNG GIRL ORPHANS
US Marines distribute gifts of dolls to Vietnam orphan girls. The boxes the dolls come in are almost the same size as the children.
1. cu travelling pan along lines of waiting little girls
2. ms Marines takes lids off cardboard boxes,...
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SYND 4-4-72 CIVILIANS FLEE AS ARVN FORCES BATTLE WITH VIETCONG
Civilians flee southwards as communist forces move deeper into South Vietnam.
1. vs troops stand by as civilians are evacuated by truck
2. vs troops in area
3. ws helicopters overhead
4. vs troops moving up to front past civilians moving...
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SYND 10 5 67 TROOPS SWEEP THE MEKONG DELTA
Scenes from a typical sweep for Viet Cong guerrillas mounted by the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) as the South Vietnamese army is officially known, in the Mekong Delta.
1. vs armed with M-2 carbines and M-1 Garand rifles moving...
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SYND 01/05/71 POLITICIANS ATTEND CAI DAI FUNERAL
The Vice-President of South Vietnam, Nguyen Cao Ky and General Duong Van "Big" Minh are joined by over a million mourners for the funeral of Cai Dai.
1. WS of the exterior of a temple with a tilt down to people at the entrance
2. MS of...
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SYND 05/11/71 US DEFENCE SECRETARY MELVIN LAIRD ARRIVES IN SAIGON
US Defence Secretary Melvin Laird arrives in Saigon, to discuss America's diminishing combat role in Vietnam
1) US Defence Secretary Melvin Laird, General Creighton Abrams and ambassador Ellsworth Bunker across tarmac
2) press
3) mcu...
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4 NKoreans enter Danish Embassy in apparent asylum bid
1. Wide of traffic past Danish Embassy
2. Exterior of Danish Embassy
3. Danish and European Union flags outside Embassy
4. Danish coat of arms outside Embassy
5. Official walking into Embassy
6. Security officials standing inside...
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More nations inclu SKorea, Ukraine, Turkey, Vietnam, Brazil arrive
1. Mid of Chilean President Sebastian Pinera disembarking plane
2. Wide of plane on tarmac, push in to mid of South Korean President Lee Myung-bak walking down plane steps
3. Wide of plane on tarmac, push to mid of Turkish Prime Minister...
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SYND04/02/71 VIETNAM PEACE TALK DELEGATIONS LEAVE MEETING
North Vietnamese, Vietcong and South Vietnamese delegations leave the peace talks conference building, in Paris
1) exterior International Conference Centre
2) cu sign: Internatiional Conference Centre
3) ms madame Nguyen Thi Binh,...
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Myanmar - Myanmar begins release of some prisoners after clemency order / Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi registers for election / Myanmar's president Thein Seinn in Hanoi for talks
On January 3rd 2010 Myanmar began releasing some prisoners, but activists and relatives said a government clemency fell short of national reconciliation promises and showed that political prisoners may remain behind bars for a long...
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SYND 9 3 79 CIVILIANS DIGGING AIR-RAID SHELTERS AND TRAINING WITH RIFLES
While confusion continues about the ending of China's invasion of Vietnam, the defence preparations in Hanoi have been going ahead as part of the total mobilisation ordered by the Vietnamese government. Civilians dig air-raid shelters in...
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SYND 11/09/1970 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF FOUNDING
Hanoi government celebrates the 25th anniversary of the founding of Democratic Government of Vietnam
1 ms crowd in streets, posters
2 mcu more posters
3 mcu banner
4 ms flags
5 ms government building
6 ms officials enter...
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SYND 13-1-73 DAMAGED POLISH SHIP, IN HAIPHONG HARBOUR
Pressmen taken on conducted tour of bomb damaged area and damaged Polish ship, in Haiphong harbour.
1) pan damaged ship moored at dock
2) various shots damaged ship
3) gv pressmen and officials
4) cu officers, pan to official making...
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Vietnam - Growth Of Religion
A growing number of people in Vietnam are turning towards religion
as the country's economy embraces capitalism and brings huge
social changes. Church and temple attendance have gone up in
recent years, but one religion in particular is...