Vietnam - 1969 | Movietone Moment | 7 July 2023

On this day in 1969, U.S. troops began withdrawing from South Vietnam. Here is a British Movietone report covering moments from the war. An impression IN COLOUR of the third most costly war in American history, at a time when peace seems closer than ever before. ® Will President Nixon’s Eight point plan be accepted by Hanoi or will the death toll continue? The Americans have already lost more lives than in the war in Korea. MCU shell being loaded into breech of cannon. LS cannon firing. MS 3 shots cannon firing. MS bombs falling through sky. Aerial shot bombs exploding on ground. MS bombs in the air. 2 aerial shots bombs exploding on ground. MCU zoom out soldiers running to helicopters. MCU hand at controls of helicopter. MS helicopter flies towards camera and into CU air to ground from cockpit of helicopter. MS tank. Tank commando using radio. MCU cockpit of helicopter. MCU machine gun being fired from helicopter. MCU rockets being fired from helicopter. Machine gun firing into river. MLS bullets hitting water. Plane flies over. Flare lights up target for night bombing. Night shot gun firing tracer bullets. Gun firing aboard plane. 3 shots gun firing aboard plane. South Vietnamese inspects troops 2 shots. CU doctor examining Vietnamese. 2 shots Vietnamese recruits collecting uniforms. 2 shots soldier loads and fires grenade rifle. MS explosion. Mortar loaded and fired. 3 shots B/W medics carrying wounded GI. MCU GI. MS GIs climb out of trench. MS GIs advance in field. 2 shots Viet Cong captured. MS GIs looking at body. Phantoms dropping bombs. Helicopter landing soldiers. LAS GI running. GIs through jungle. MLS explosion as GI runs across field. MS GI crouching with gun. CU GI. 2 shots GIs attending to wounded soldier. 3 shots B/W distressed and homeless women. Red Cross helicopter lands. CU bandage tightened on wound. MLS wounded GI loaded into helicopter. MS B/W Vietnamese woman scrambles from house. MS house engulfed by flames. MCU 2 shots young mother and children and old woman distressed and crying. 4 shots soldiers along jungle tracks. Explosion. This story made up out of large amount of Library material. ALSO ON CUTS TAPE 309 (VIETNAM COMPILATION) - IN: 02:37:50:23 - OUT: 02:40:46:23 Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are reproduced for historical accuracy and do not represent the opinions or editorial policies of the Associated Press. You can license this footage for commercial use through AP Archive - the story number is bm94736a. Find out more about AP Archive: #vietnam #war #ustroops Twitter: Facebook: Tumblr: ​​ Instagram: