# Operations of 1/5 Mechanic Infantry Division along the Demilitarized Zone, Phu Bai, South Vietnam

National Archives and Records Administration ARC Identifier 34325 / Local Identifier 111-LC-56765 Operations of 1/5 Mechanic Infantry Division along the Demilitarized Zone, Phu Bai, South Vietnam Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations. U.S. Army Audiovisual Center. (ca. 1974 - 05/15/1984). This film is all uncontrolled motion of a Recon in Force by the first platoon of Company "B", 1/61 Inf Bde, 5th Mech Inf Div. along the DMZ. Roll No. 1: MS, CO of "B" Company checks his map prior to one of the patrols moving out. CU, CO continues to plot the route the patrol will take on the map. CU, 2 EM of 1st Plt., Company "B", put on extra bandoliers of ammo prior to moving out on patrol. MS, 2 EM change a battery on their PRC-25 radio. MS, Platoon Sgt talks to men. Roll No. 2: LS, Patrol moves down trail near DMZ. LS, B-52 air strike hits an NVA 122mm rocket position in the DMZ. CU, Platoon leader has some trouble with his radio. He checks the battery and tries to get through again but has no luck. He then sends three (3) men back to get a new radio. Roll No. 3: MS, 1st Platoon walks down a trail near the DMZ. MS, Patrol crosses a stream. LS, B-52 air strike on rocket ridge in the DMZ. LS, Aftermath of air strike. Roll No. 4: CU, Platoon leader talks to the CO on the radio. He tells him he has found some footprints suspected to be NVA. CU, Point man follows NVA tracks. CU, same. CU, Platoon leader talks with CO then goes to…

- Kind: Educational
- Year: 1971
- By: National Archives and Records Administration
- Genres: Education
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/gov.archives.arc.34325)
- Licence or status: [CC0 1.0](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) (as the archive states it)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

Not offered: its uploader marks it public domain, and the US Copyright Office's records do not settle that it is (a record that may be another film's, a film first published abroad, a year when renewal was automatic, or a country they do not name). Unclear is not offered.