1ST AIR CAVALRY

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National Archives and Records Administration 1ST AIR CAVALRY ARC Identifier 34160 / Local Identifier 111-LC-56472 1970 Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations. U.S. Army Audiovisual Center. (ca. 1974 - 05/15/1984). Summary: VS, CH-47 copter hovers as soldiers hook up a slingload of supplies. Copter flies away. Scene repeated with another CH-47. VS, from hovering CH-47 as slingload of supplies is being attached. VS, slingload and countryside from CH-47 in flight. VS, soldiers move through dense jungle.(Dark) VS, soldiers search hootches and find a Vietcong rice cache. VS, soldier talks over portable radio, others take a break. VS, soldier ignites smoke grenade and holds it. VS, soldiers in jungle. (Dark and soft focus). VS dead Vietcong. (Dark and soft focus). VS, soldiers discover old Montagnard women in jungle.(Very dark). VS, soldiers burn abandoned hootches. VS, UH- 1D approaches and lands. Officer gets off and talks to patrol leader. VS, soldiers escort old women to copter and place them aboard. MS, pilot, door gunner and two women in copter. VS, soldiers erect pup tents in jungle.(Dark) VS, soldiers move through jungle…

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