Accession Number | F10504 |
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Collection type | Film |
Measurement | 59 sec |
Object type | Television news footage, Actuality footage |
Physical description | 16mm/colour (Eastman)/silent |
Maker |
Davis, Neil Brian |
Place made | Vietnam |
Date made | 1969 |
Conflict |
Vietnam, 1962-1975 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Unlicensed copyright |
Copying Provisions | Copyright restrictions apply. Permission of copyright holder required for any use and/or reproduction. |
[US troops withdraw from Vietnam] (Visnews production number 10214-69)
Description
On 8 June 1969 President Richard M Nixon announced a policy of 'Vietnamization' of the war and a reduction of United States forces in Vietnam. Film shows US soldiers quing up dock side to board a amphibious assault carrier. Soldiers processed by a clerk before proceeding up the gangway into the ship.