Marines at Khe Sanh Camp, Vietnam

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Covers day-to-day activity of Marine Corps personnel at Khe Sanh camp. Shows Marines removing aircraft engines, eating, bathing, relaxing in bunkers; boarding CH-46A; examining and tagging captured Vietnamese weapons; and on duty in trenches. Reel 1: 0' ROLL: 2749 1) Marine troops relaxing near post office bunker. 2) Marines diving into trench during attack. 3) Maintenance personnel removing engine from wrecked C-130. 102' ROLL: 2750 4) Marines removing engine from C-130. 208' ROLL: 2751 5) Marine cutting propeller blade from C-130 engine with acetylene torch. 6) Crane operator moving engine, forklift picking up engine. 7) Marines firing 105mm howitzer. 313' ROLL: 2752 8) Marine cleaning 105mm howitzer. 9) TNT bunker, Marine selecting book from shelf, stretching out on bed and reading. 411' ROLL: 2753 SLATED 2739 10) Series of scenes of trenches and Marines. 490' ROLL: 2754 11) ELSs light weapons carrier and jeep traveling on dirt road. 12) Views of Marine with cache of captured weapons. 580' ROLL: 2755 SLATED 2757 13) Series of scenes Marine lieutenant tagging RPG-7 portable rocket launcher and showing launcher to another Marine. 14) Troops picking up trash and taking cover in a trench. 676' ROLL: 2756 15) MSs Marines seated on sandbags eating C-rations. 16) Reconnaissance patrol with camouflaged faces preparing for mission. 784' ROLL: 2757 SLATED 2758 17) ELSs CH-46A lowering cargo in sling, landing on helipad, troops boarding and helicopter lifting off. 890' ROLL: 2758 SLATED 2751 18) AVs Khe Sanh combat base and surrounding area. 982' Total footage in reel. Reel 2: 0' ROLL: 2748 Marine driving forklift, moving C-123 engine on pallet. 2) Troops seated on sandbags; views of Khe Sanh complex. 93' ROLL: 2747 3) Marines removing C-130 engine, C-123 engines being placed on pallets. 4) Troops on hill waiting for transportation. 201' ROLL: 2746 5) Marines showering and washing clothing. 315' ROLL: 2745 6) Marine lying in bunk reading. 7) Marines and Air Force troops relaxing and cleaning weapons. 8) Troop washing poncho liner. 409' ROLL: 2744 9) Marine entering his bunker, opening can of nuts, eating and preparing for bed. 514' ROLL: 2743 10) Various views of deserted bunker complex, barbed wire, camouflaged netting, sleeping Marine and M-16 leaning against bunker. 615' ROLL: 2738 11) MLSs three Montagnard tribesmen walking through Khe Sanh to medical facility. 12) Marine lieutenant walking in trench and talking to troops. 680' ROLL: 2739 SLATED 2753 13) Series of scenes Marine assembling captured AK-47 rifle. 783' ROLL: 2740 14) Marines playing cards in bunker and making soup in kettle over open fire in front of bunker. 869' ROLL: 2741 15) Troops ladling soup from kettle into cups and eating. 16) Various views of US flag flying. 946' ROLL: 2742 17) US flag flying at sunset.