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A day in the life of a grenade expert and his death (Visnews production number 13593-72)
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Maker: Davis, Neil Brian
This dramatic film shows the death of a grenade thrower in the South Vietnamese Army. After making a series of single handed attacks on a Viet Cong position he returns safely to his own lines then col...F10521
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After being repulsed Khmer troops make new drive to Highway Two (Visnews production number 10670-72)
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Maker: Davis, Neil Brian
Voters trickled to the polls in Phnom Penh in a parliamentary election on Sunday (3 September), as government troops outside the capital city tried to break a tightening communist encirclement that ha...F10520
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Armoured personnel carriers come under Communist fire while bogged down (Visnews production number 10012-72)
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Maker: Davis, Neil Brian
Armoured Personnel Carriers - sent to the relief of a South Vietnamese Ranger battalion near Lai Khe - on Tuesday (15 August) came under North Vietnamese mortar fire when they became bogged down in a ...F10518
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Battle for the town of Saang [Khum Srang] continues (Visnews production number 1285-71)
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Maker: Davis, Neil Brian
Some 22 miles (36 km) south east of Phnom Penh, is the town of Saang [Khum Srang 18 miles (30 km) south west of Phnom Penh] (pronounced Sar - ung) - by Saturday, January 30th, it had been under attack...F10509
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Cambodian Forces counter attack around Saang [Khum Srang] on the vital Viet Cong route to Vietnam (Visnews production number 1223-71)
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Maker: Davis, Neil Brian
The Cambodian town of Saang [Khum Srang] epitomises the current war in that country. The small collection of villages lies astride Route 21, used by the Viet Cong as a route to and from Vietnam. Saang...F10508
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Colonel in pony drawn cart leads Khmer troops into Communist territory (Visnews production number 14265-71)
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Maker: Davis, Neil Brian
A Khmer battalion led by a colonel in a pony-drawn cart edged cautiously into communist territory last Monday (29 November) just north of the capital of Phnom Penh. The day before the battalion lost 2...F10513
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Fierce fighting for the town of Srang (Visnews production number 8307-70)
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Maker: Davis, Neil Brian
Cambodian government troops are making a major effort to recapture the town of Srang, 30 miles (45 km) south west of the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh. The government forces were driven out of Srang l...F10506
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Frontline
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Maker: Judge, Robin Pringle, Ruth Connolly, Bob Perry, David Bradbury, David Young, Stewart Davis, Neil Brian Bradbury, David Lee, Lindsay Wykes, Denise Midnight Oil Oxenburgh, Richard Bradbury, David Manning, Clifford
David Bradbury's documentary film on Australian television news cameraman/correspondent Neil Davis and his experience of the war in Vietnam and Cambodia. Davis had spent 11 years covering the war main...F10474
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Government Forces sustain heavy losses in Fighting near Phnom Penh (Visnews production number 13772-71)
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Maker: Davis, Neil Brian
Government forces sustained heavy losses west of Phnom Penh, near Khmer capital, over the weekend, as they battled with Communist forces for control of the so-called invasion route to the capital. Thi...F10511
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Government Marines advance into Quang Tri Province move comes as President Thieu pledges recapture of all lost territory (Visnews production number 7676-72). South Vietnamese airborne troops penetrate into Quang Tri City amid heavy North Vietnamese resistance (Visnews production number 8756-72)
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Maker: Davis, Neil Brian
Visnews 7676/72: South Vietnamese Marines have regained a foothold in Quang Tri Province seized by Communist units during the early days of the latest North Vietnamese offensive. No details have been ...F10515
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Highway Four Cambodian troops rout Communist Forces (Visnews production number 4744-71)
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Maker: Davis, Neil Brian
Cambodian troops fresh from fighting in Laos - not previously known to have been there at all - have just routed Communist forces in a new battle for the vital sea-link of Highway Four. They fought th...F10510
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[Khmer] Government and Communist forces in fierce close combat near Phnom Penh (Visnews production number 14584-71)
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Maker: Davis, Neil Brian
Government and Communist forces were on Monday (6 December) locked in a fierce close combat duel for control of the western approaches to Phnom Penh. The fighting - mainly with mortars, automatic rifl...F10514
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[Khmer] Government Forces drive back Communist troops in fierce paddyfield battle (Visnews production number 13978-71)
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Maker: Davis, Neil Brian Wilkinson, Derek Aspell, Thomas
As forces of the Khmer Government and Communist troops battle for control around the outskirts of Phnom Penh, some of the heaviest fighting since the war escalated into the country has been reported o...F10512
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[Khmer] Government troops repulsed in drive to open Highway Two (Visnews production number 10648-72)
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Maker: Davis, Neil Brian
Tight security continued in Phnom Penh on Sunday (3 September) during the elections to restore Parliament. These are the first such elections since 1966. The election day coincides with the anniversar...F10519
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Khmers await proposed ceasefire down but undaunted (Visnews production number 15134-72)
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Maker: Davis, Neil Brian
Film shows deserted remains of houses. Farming families living and working in otherwise abandoned villages. Khmer Government boy soldiers fishing. Khmer soldiers and their families arriving and their ...F10522
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Rangers ambushed by North Vietnam regulars near Lai Khe base camp (Visnews production number 9964-72)
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Maker: Davis, Neil Brian
A battalion of South Vietnamese Rangers, caught in an ambush by North Vietnamese forces only two miles (3.2 km) from Lai Khe Base Camp - headquarters of the South Vietnamese Fifth Division near Saigon...F10517
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South Vietnamese Army Ranger in action in Cho Lon area (Visnews production number 4828-68)
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Maker: Davis, Neil Brian
South Vietnamese Army Rangers have been combing Saigon's Chinese sector of Cho Lon trying to flush out die-hard Viet Cong. On Wednesday fighting was continuing in parts of Cho Lon, but it was less fie...F10502
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South Vietnamese in tough battle to regain Quang Tri City from Communists heavy fighting force civilans to flee area (Visnews production number 8894-72)
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Maker: Davis, Neil Brian
South Vietnamese troops attempting to recapture the northern city of Quang Tri have run into very stiff North Vietnamese resistance during the last few days of the battle (19-20 July). Both sides are ...F10516
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Swamps and mud are harsh opponents as American troops patrol during Operation Eagle Flight in Kien Province (Visnews production number 340-69)
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Maker: Davis, Neil Brian
Swamps, rice paddies and mud proved to be a difficult enemy as American troops patrolled through parts of Kien Phong Province on the Cambodian border early this week during Operation Eagle Flight. The...F10503
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The battle for Saang [Khum Srang] (Visnews production number 1162-71)
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Maker: Davis, Neil Brian
More than one hundred guerrillas were killed by Cambodian troops on Wednesday (January 27) in the battle for Saang [Khum Srang] 18 miles (30 km) south of the capital, Phnom Penh. Four Cambodian soldie...F10507