The above are soldiers engraved lighters from Vietnam.
The immolation of Thích Quảng Đức, a Vietnamese Buddhist monk, in Saigon in 1963. The monk was protesting President Ngô Đình Diệm’s administration for oppressing the Buddhist religion. The photograph drew international attention and persuaded U.S. President John F. Kennedy to withdraw support for Ngô Đình Diệm’s government.
The Lost Forest World of the World’s Largest Cave.
In 1991, a local farmer by the name of Ho Khanh was walking along a stretch of lush forest within the heart of the Phong Nha Ke Bang National Park in Quang Binh province, near the border between Laos and Vietnam. It was an area that he had passed many times before and he was not paying any particular attention to his surroundings when suddenly the jungle floor opened up beneath him and Mr. Khanh only barely managed to hold on as the ground crumbled beneath him. When he was able to get his bearings, he peered into the gaping chasm that had suddenly appeared out of the thick foliage and saw that there was now a steep drop where he had stood that descended down into darkness. By pure chance and blind luck, this man had discovered an entrance that had remained hidden from man for millions of years into what would turn out to be the largest cave in the world, a behemoth five times larger than the largest known cave at the time.
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Episode 38: Know Your Enemy: The Vietcong!
US Army training and propaganda film about the tactics and weapons of the National Liberation Front (or Vietcong) in their war of national liberation against the Americans and South Vietnamese.
Once again this film is PUBLIC DOMAIN and not copyright protected in the US at least. You can make and sell your own DVD of it, download it, show it for free or for profit. Or remix it or use it for stock footage
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Episode 37: Tunnel Destruction!
1969 United States Army Training Film. Shows how tunnel teams destroy enemy earthen tunnels by employing C5, grenades, conventional military explosives, special purpose charges, and the XM242 liquid explosive demolition kit. And how a hapless “tunnel rat” is sent in with nothing but a flashlight and a M1911A1 pistol.
Once again this film is PUBLIC DOMAIN and not copyright protected in the US at least. You can make and sell your own DVD of it, download it, show it for free or for profit. Or remix it or use it for stock footage
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Episode 29: Machine Gun 7.62mm M60, Operation and Cycle of Function!
A 1960 US Army training film about the use and operation of the M60 machine gun.
Only it does not cover this weapon’s many design flaws that has led to it becoming almost completely fazed out of front line use.
Once again this film is PUBLIC DOMAIN and not copyright protected in the US at least. You can make and sell your own DVD of it, download it, show it for free or for profit. Or remix it or use it for stock footage
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Episode 19: US Army Training Film: M-14 Rifle, 7.62mm Operation and Cycling T. F. 9 2970
That’s mouthful of a title. This is a US Army training film made to familiarize American soldiers with the operation, use and maintenance of the M14 battle rifle. The film uses field use footage along with animation and over sized mock ups of the weapon’s internal mechanism to show how exactly it works. This rifle was first introduce in 1957 as the US armed forces standard rifle until it was replaced by the M16 in the mid ‘60s. But, it has recently made a comeback first as a marksman rifle and its original battle rifle configuration.
A civilian, semi-automatic version called the M1A is still in production and is very popular. So civilian users can get an up close and personal guide to maintenance for it.
Once again this film is PUBLIC DOMAIN and not copyright protected in the US at least. You can make and sell your own DVD of it, download it, show it for free or for profit. Or remix it or use it for stock footage
