Vietnam: A Television History; Operation Long Reach, 1st Air Cavalry Division

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Series
Vietnam: A Television History
Raw Footage
Operation Long Reach, 1st Air Cavalry Division
Producing Organization
WGBH Educational Foundation
Contributing Organization
WGBH (Boston, Massachusetts)
AAPB ID
cpb-aacip-15-c53dz0351x
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Description
Description
Officer talking with men about Vietcong counterattack. MS, CU, medic administers aid to a badly wounded and frightened soldiers. Soldiers running to positions where the Vietcong broke thru the perimeter. VS, aidmen treating seriously wounded soldiers. Wounded are helped to helicopters. UH-1Ds take off Officers speaks over AN/PRC-25 radios. Dead American soldiers are carried in ponchos to area where other dead are already covered. MS, CUs, Capt Bob Carrara, Bn surgeon performs a tracheotomy on a badly wounded soldier in a desperate attempt to save his life. Other soldiers are grouped around. (Excellent scenes of the hopelessness of the Situation). VS, dead soldiers are placed on ponchos and carried to copters. Wounded soldiers being treated. Dead soldiers bieng piled into UH-1Ds. Helicopters take off.
Date
1965-11-14
Date
1965-11-15
Date
1965-11-14
Asset type
Raw Footage
Topics
Global Affairs
War and Conflict
Subjects
Nationalism and communism; Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Military missions; Operation Long Reach, 1965; National liberation movements; Medical personnel; Military helicopters; Wounds and injuries; Vietnam (Asia) nation; Tracheotomy
Rights
Rights Note:,Rights:Public Domain,Rights Credit:NARA,Rights Type:All,Rights Coverage:,Rights Holder:NARA
Media type
Moving Image
Duration
00:08:18
Credits
Distributor: NARA
Producing Organization: WGBH Educational Foundation
AAPB Contributor Holdings
WGBH
Identifier: cpb-aacip-b8476d764b2 (unknown)
Format: video/quicktime
Color: Color
Duration: 00:00:00
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Citations
Chicago: “Vietnam: A Television History; Operation Long Reach, 1st Air Cavalry Division,” 1965-11-14, WGBH, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed June 24, 2025, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-c53dz0351x.
MLA: “Vietnam: A Television History; Operation Long Reach, 1st Air Cavalry Division.” 1965-11-14. WGBH, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. June 24, 2025. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-c53dz0351x>.
APA: Vietnam: A Television History; Operation Long Reach, 1st Air Cavalry Division. Boston, MA: WGBH, 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-c53dz0351x