Saigon / Tet Attack Film Collection

This collection contains 3 movies and is almost 1 1/2 hour of video.

Title Description
Duration
Target Zero - Saigon

Film opens with the preparations for the tet celebration, and moves into some footage of the attack and it's aftermath. Watch as the South Vietnamese troops battle street to street, and capture some of the VC. Watch as some of the weapons used by the VC set out. See the soldiers escort civilians out of the combat zones, and the firefighters working to save the city. Warning - Graphic images of the dead. Watch as some of the VC are interviewed and see the weapons they carried. Note the devastation. See medical care given to the wounded, and the evacuation of them afterward. See refuge camp life, and food delivered. Watch some of the clean up effort, and life slowly returning to normal afterward.
Sound, B&W

18:18
Tet Attacks

Filmed by some of the soldiers themselves see part of the defense . Watch as soldiers protect a street, including moving up to take shots, and covering fire.
No sound, Color

10:28
Tet After-math More film from the soldiers, see a patrol in a cemetery. Note the almost deserted streets and see some of the wreckage, and debris. look on as some of the patrol, come across the helmets and the recovered fallen. Watch as a few of the residents are evacuated. Watch a HUEY flies over a patrol, and fires a few rockets. follow an armored vehicle down a side street. Note the devastation and holes throughout the surrounding area. bombed out and flipped over vehicles, and twisted wreckage. See a medic treat the wounded. watch as troop convoys pass under the rooftop camera post. Follow another patrol through a graveyard as they look for hiding places of the VC. Follow along as bodies are recovered, and taken into a makeshift ward for medical treatment. See dignitaries tour the devastation, including bodies of the attackers. More scenes of the devastation, and some more street to street combat close out the film.

No sound, Color

58:48