Bump: 1967 Vietnam Combat Footage
This is about 9 minutes or so, the narrator is French, and the explanation is that this is from a documentary called “The Andersonn Platoon.” Don’t know if the filmmaker was anti-war or not, and I didn’t have time to watch the whole thing, I just skipped here and there. The interesting thing to me is I thought I saw everything there was to see on film regarding Vietnem, but I have never seen this.
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Nice video and very gritty… Nice ass kicking.
September 12th, 2008 at 8:17 ambeautiful images
September 12th, 2008 at 8:52 amThe Anderson Platoon is actually a pretty good documentary. I saw it back when I was in college in the 90’s and it is actually what a documentary is supposed to be if I rember right. No politacal BS just the facts. If I remember right there is a lot of combat footage and I think I remember where the camera guy was either on a chopper that went down or very close to one cause I think I remember one going down. Any way if you get the time to watch it it’s a good look at what life was like for grunt’s in Veitnam.
September 12th, 2008 at 9:40 amThey look nothing like the Oliver Stone Vietnam soldiers portrayed in all his movies.
September 12th, 2008 at 11:14 amBash, the movie maker was surely not anti-war, he had previously been in Indochina war as a soldier, he was made prisonner in Dien Dien phu. Pierre Schoendoerffer made a few more beautiful movies. That was in the times when people knew their job.
This report won quite a few prices.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Anderson_Platoon
About Pierre Schoendoerffer :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Schoendoerffer
September 12th, 2008 at 12:26 pmGreat post and AWESOME video. Thanks
September 12th, 2008 at 1:00 pmIt’s nice to see such a complete combat record from Nam. After seeing that it amazes me how similiar the combat was to alot of the videos coming out today. The way the troops were cool-headed, precise in their actions, profesional in their handling of prisoners and civilian property. Just goes to show how full of shit most of the vietnam things we’ve seen over the years have truely been.
September 12th, 2008 at 4:56 pmDamn! This is a great clip. I definitely have to agree with a couple of the other posters, in that seeing this really does show how fake so much Hollywood BS is…entertaining at times but no substance in the portrayal of Vietnam
September 12th, 2008 at 5:15 pmHow could the Hollyweirdos get it right? They wern’t anywhere near the place and all their info came directly from Hanoi and Moscow.
I did see some documentarians in country during that same year and I’ve never seen any of their work. One scene is almost certainly in “Happy Valley”, over the mountain from Bon Son. Thanks.
That’s the 1st Team (1CAV.DIV.) in action, kickin’ ass and takin’ names. We were so young! HooAh!
September 12th, 2008 at 6:58 pmdad has old film and pictures to around this area i think he has a film crew on camera too
September 12th, 2008 at 7:56 pmSheer bravery. The Courage demonstrated by Vietnam Vets can rarely be accurately shared through words, but captured on video is a rare privilege. Semper Fi, gents.
September 12th, 2008 at 11:17 pmAwesome video. No spin, just the soldiers doing their duty. God bless them.
September 13th, 2008 at 2:54 amgreat video. some real ass kickers. and i agree, the lack of politics in that video is the way it should be.
September 13th, 2008 at 6:54 am