Accession Number | F10513 |
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Collection type | Film |
Measurement | 1 min 7 sec |
Object type | Television news footage, Actuality footage |
Physical description | 16mm/colour (Eastman)/silent |
Maker |
Davis, Neil Brian |
Place made | Cambodia: Phnom Penh province, Phnom Penh |
Date made | 29 November 1971 |
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. |
Colonel in pony drawn cart leads Khmer troops into Communist territory (Visnews production number 14265-71)
Description
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 killed and 50 wounded in a similar attempt to proceed along the road, initially built as part of a defensive ring around the capital. Visnews cameraman Neil Davis recorded their advance of 3 miles (5 km), a slight dent in the continuing communist pressure around Phnom Penh.