# 8mm HOME MOVIES FROM THE SECRET WAR IN LAOS 75022

These extraordinary 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. SCENE #1: ( 00:00:00 ) T-28 on ramp at Pakse, loaded with Napalm. … ( 00:26:10 ) T-28 taking off at Pakse. SCENE #2: ( 01:37:00 ) T-28’s bombing target on Bolavens Plateau. … ( 03:38:05 ) T-28 shooting rockets on target. Target is a PL (Pathet Lao) village. Ravens did not direct airstrikes on villages, but would monitor the strikes to make sure the Lao Pilots were hitting the village they wanted to target. However, the Ravens had no control over the T-28’s. SCENE #3: ( 04:59:10 ) PL antiaircraft locations (the round holes in the ground). SCENE #4: ( 05:50:10 ) T-28’s on target on the Eastern foot of the Bolavens Plateau. ( 06:47:10 ) When 2 smokes (WP’s, Willie Petes, White Phosphorus) are used, the fighters are to drop their ordnance anywhere between the 2 smokes. … ( 07:01:15 ) As here, the 2 smokes mark the area for the dropping of CBU’s (Cluster Bomb Units). … ( 07:26:10 ) Here, 500# bombs are dropped. … ( 07:48:00 ) Here, Napalm is dropped. ……

- Kind: Home movie
- Genres: War, Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/75022T28sOnTarmac)
- 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/75022T28sOnTarmac?play=1)