1967 VIETNAM WAR RAW FOOTAGE BELL UH-1 HELICOPTERS JUNGLE PATROL FIELD HOSPITAL 83454a

Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit Visit our website This color film is raw footage shot in the jungles of Vietnam, and includes various segments including shots at a field hospital, a fire base, a jungle patrol, and a riverine patrol. This footage is from September of 1967 (slate at 7:20 / 9:25 says 28 of September, another at 16:13 says 27 of September and says the cameraman is Kalsey). Opening: A patient is being worked on, on a operating table inside a quonset hut. The patient is covered by surgeons standing and cannot really be seen. The person is worked on and then slowly moved on a makeshift gurney (:06-1:50). A mechanic works on a helicopter rotor. Mechanics work on a helicopter, appears to be an Bell AH-1 Cobra (1:51-3:02). Soldiers at a fire base stand near a brand new howitzer artillery gun. They look at the gun. A gun is lowered by cranking it. Men pull out a bore cleaner from the gun barrel. Soldiers wa