# C.I.A. WAR IN LAOS // VIETNAM CONFLICT HOME MOVIES SHOT RAVEN KRT 59714

These extraordinary silent Super 8mm home movies from the Vietnam War, come from a member of the "Ravens". The Raven Forward Air Controllers, also known simply as The Ravens, were fighter pilots used for forward air control in a covert operation in conjunction with the Central Intelligence Agency of the United States in Laos during America's Vietnam War. The Ravens provided direction for most of the air strikes against communist Pathet Lao targets and People's Army of Vietnam's infiltrators in support of the Laotian Hmong guerrilla army. ( 00:00:00 ) Interdiction bombing of Ho Chi Minh Trail. The U.S. was getting rid of thousands of bombs left over from WWII, and would drop whatever they could to interdict the Ho Chi Minh Trail in Southern Laos. ( 00:03:29 ) Driving along road going into Pakse. ( 00:04:10 ) Guard post at bridge crossing the Xe Don River going into Pakse. ( 00:05:19 ) Pakse road going to the AIRA compound where the Raven’s lived. It is an old French home. During the rainy season the road had deep pot holes and was very difficult to drive. ( 00:06:52 ) (Unknown) ( 00:07:07 ) Silversmith. ( 00:08:17 ) Laotian family who lived outside the AIRA Compound (Raven’s home). \[The homes that were built on stilts, as shown in this film, were considered to be in Laos. Homes that were built on the ground were in Viet-Nam. A very “scientific” division of the countries.\] ( 00:09:04 ) Pet monkey. Monkey fed by one of the Ravens’. ( 00:10:12 ) Eastern edge of Bolavens…

- Kind: Home movie
- Genres: War, Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/59714Super8mmKTReel18Mos)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/ia/59714Super8mmKTReel18Mos?play=1)