Vietnam: A Television History; VietCong Attacks During Tet (Lunar New Year)

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Series
Vietnam: A Television History
Raw Footage
VietCong Attacks During Tet (Lunar New Year)
Producing Organization
WGBH Educational Foundation
AAPB ID
cpb-aacip-15-6w96688n55
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Description
Description
25th Infantry Division M-113 enters cemetery. VS, 1st Infantry Division soldiers searching in cemetery. VS, almost empty streets. Wreckage in street. Soldiers removing dead from alley. Tilt from dead VC to wrecked building. CUs, helmets of dead MPs and soldiers on the ground. Dead Americans on litters in alley. Soldiers question suspect alongside dead MP. Wrecked 2-12 ton truck. Ambulance in background. VS, ARVN soldiers attacking hut on outskirts of Saigon. American soldier firing M-16 rifle. Soldier at M-60 MG nearby. UH-1B copters fly over. Soldiers in jeeps drive past. V-100 armored commando car drives into alley. Soldiers fire rifles from behind cover of concrete wall. Soldiers rush forward to wrecked truck and V-100 in alley. Int, damage in the US Embassy. Embassy clock stopped at 3:03. Soldiers checking Embassy grounds. Aftermath of battle in Cholon area. Wrecked trucks and destroyed buildings. One building is still burning.
Date
1967-02-02
Date
1968-01-31
Date
1968-02-01
Date
1968-01-31
Asset type
Raw Footage
Topics
Global Affairs
War and Conflict
Subjects
Vietnam War, 1961-1975; National liberation movements; Tet Offensive, 1968; Military missions; Vietnam (Asia) nation; Soldiers; Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam); United States. Embassy (Vietnam); Nationalism and communism
Rights
Rights Note:,Rights:Public Domain,Rights Credit:NARA,Rights Type:All,Rights Coverage:,Rights Holder:NARA
Media type
Moving Image
Duration
00:15:36
Credits
Distributor: NARA
Producing Organization: WGBH Educational Foundation
AAPB Contributor Holdings

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Format: video/mp4
Generation: Proxy
Duration: 00:15:36

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Format: video/quicktime
Color: Color
Duration: 00:09:36

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Format: video/quicktime
Duration: 00:15:36
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Citations
Chicago: “Vietnam: A Television History; VietCong Attacks During Tet (Lunar New Year),” 1967-02-02, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed June 25, 2026, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-6w96688n55.
MLA: “Vietnam: A Television History; VietCong Attacks During Tet (Lunar New Year).” 1967-02-02. American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. June 25, 2026. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-6w96688n55>.
APA: Vietnam: A Television History; VietCong Attacks During Tet (Lunar New Year). Boston, MA: American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-6w96688n55