Andres Percivale cubriendo la guerra de Vietnam 1968

Argentine journalist Andrés Percivale covers the events in the Vietnam War. Close-ups of Andres Percivale boarding a US military helicopter. Close-ups of the helicopter taking off from the base and flying over the city of Saigon. Short close-up shots taken from the helicopter in flight, where the city of Saigon is observed. Close-ups of Andrés Percivale traveling inside the helicopter. Close-ups of the helicopter landing at the base and Andrés Percivale descending from it. Report from a section of the military base where he comments: "Life in Vietnam means absolutely nothing, nothing, absolutely nothing. Today is May 29, it is 11:10 in the morning. It will be 1 hour and a half that we are here, We are already a little more accustomed to noise, noise, helicopters, planes, death. It is a day that I will never forget in my life. " General views of a patrol of Vietnamese soldiers walking down a street; gunshots are also heard. Report from the terrace of a house, where the journalist comments: "They have finally had to bomb the entire neighborhood of Phung Phang. Right now planes and helicopters are flying over the area. How many houses destroyed; how many injured; how many dead; it is not known , you only know it is a disaster. Everything burns, the trees are burned, the streets are empty. It is about to rain in this city, incredibly dangerous and mysterious as Saigon is. Weapons spit fire. Everything roars and at the same time everything is enormously Silent. We have run here to take refuge. We do not understand the soldiers; the soldiers are also running ahead of us and we believe that there is a Vietcong nearby. Now what we have to do is leave to show you. " General views of a patrol of Vietnamese soldiers guarding a street. Report where the journalist comments: "The driver of the car we rented here in Saigon escaped, so now to get to the center of the city we have to run and walk. -This is the driver who abandoned us because there were so many Vietcong and so many shots he was afraid. "The adventure ended for today, we have escaped and it is raining like every day in Saigon, torrentially. The sounds of the storm are confused with the sounds of the bombs and the rockets. We are well, back. here, but there they keep fighting. " General views of the heavy rainstorm that hits the city. General views of several wounded hospitalized. (Andrés Percivale)
Date: 5/29/1968
Duration: 5 minutes 58 seconds
Film code: C-00719

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