Media Type

Moving Image

Physical Location

Stacks D032.5A

Number of Media

1

Language(s)

Vietnamese

Format

8mm

Digitized in HD?

No

General Note

[VNCA NOTE: The timestamps below are written by VNCA as an outline of what happens in the film. It is not, however, a direct translation of the dialogue or narration.]

Chánh Phủ Việt Nam Cộng Hòa Trình Bày Kể Ly-gián

00:00 film leader - countdown - opening title - opening credits - South Vietnamese flag - narrator - soldiers - Vietnamese language - saluting ;
1:25 wife cooking - soldier greeting son - greeting wife - preparing dinner ;
2:54 playing a game - going fishing ;
3:30 Viet Cong - ambush - gunpoint - rifles - being kidnapped - prisoner - POW - blindfolded ;
5:25 conversations with the Viet Cong - eating a meal with the Viet Cong - receiving orders - marching blindfolded ;
8:00 the prisoner is released - returning to a village - child goes to get mom - husband returns home - greeting family and friends ;
9:41 soldier reports in to superiors - debriefing - saluting - speaking with family - visiting friends - being ostracized - leaving ;
13:08 returning to superiors - argument ;
14:30 cut to outdoor scene - returning to Viet Cong - surrendering to Viet Cong - South Vietnamese soldiers following - speaking with main character ;
16:25 South Vietnamese soldiers preparing for ambush - main character is shot by Viet Cong - gunfire - shootout - grenade ;
17:35 grenade from South Vietnamese - rescuing main character - lighting hide-out on fire - transporting main character - stretcher ;
19:20 released from hospital - reunited with family - boarding a rickshaw - bike taxi – film ends ;