Vietnam Epilogue (the End of the Tunnel)

Synopsis: Presents a chronology of U.S. involvement in Indo-China from the fall of Dien Bien Phu in 1954 to the Vietnam cease-fire agreement in 1973.

Content:
Commercial for O’Neil’s department store---
CU moving bell
fade into MS building and moving cars
fade into WS couple in department store
MS of same couple
MS of couple in department store men’s room
WS of couple in different store room
Title “Distributed by your school authorities”
MS of moving airplane
WS of gathered spectators
CU of airplane wing: #60177, red cross,US flag, MAC
MS boys in military uniforms carrying flags
MS of man using microphone to address crowd
Fade into CU of soldier
MS soldier firing weapon
WS of dust explosion
CU of legs walking through weeds
MS man running with gun
WS men camouflaged in leaves running with guns
CU propaganda poster of Ho Chi Minh
CU of white star on red bg
MS of Ho Chi Minh laughing
MS of men at table
MS view of cloudy sky from airplane
CU of man speaking into microphone
WS parachuters falling from planes
WS parachuter landing
MS soldiers on ground preparing an attack
CU soldier firing machine gun
MS soldiers walking toward camera
WS men in International conference in Geneva
Shot of Vietnamese men planning for national elections
CU man signing documents
CU document signed
Zoom out to map of Asia
2 shots of soldiers walking toward camera
MS building with propaganda poster of Ho Chi Minh
CU Vietnamese girl clapping hands
MS Ho Chi Minh playing with little kids
MS of South Vietnam’s leader Rimir Zin (sp?)
WS crowd of gathered people
MS South Vietnamese men in uniforms, few women
WS of South Vietnam’s leader and other men
MS burning hut
CU burning hut
CU kids rummaging through debris
CU baby girl sitting in debris
CU injured woman in pain
CU medicine dispenser
MS injured man receiving aid
MS President Kennedy speaking
MS American soldiers talking
CU helicopter with armed soldier
CU South Vietnamese soldiers in helicopter
MS South Vietnamese soldiers jumping out of helicopters onto fields
CU of equipment “captured by the guerillas”
CU of “communist weapons”
MS woman crying with two children
MS Soldier talking to elderly South Vietnamese citizens
CU elderly South Vietnamese woman pointing finger
MS South Vietnamese citizens killed from attacks by North Vietnam
MS burning building, debris, dead S. Vietnamese people
CU bleeding American woman
CU bleeding American man on stretcher
MS bleeding American men tending to their wounds
CU American man holding a towel to his bleeding eye
MS blood flowing through streets
MS ship in sea
MS 3 ships in sea
CU President Johnson speaking in microphones
MS waves in water made by ship
CU U.S. fighter plane #8544 taking off on runway
CU men looking out window
MS U.S. Air force plane flying in sky
MS view from plane looking down
MS birds eye view of bombs exploding
WS tanks firing
MS explosion in air
CU U.S. pilot taken prisoner by North Vietnam
MS woman, baby, soldier
CU scared U.S. hostage
MS U.S. protestors with signs “Make Love Not War”
MS man with poster “Why are they sending you there?”
MS little girl on woman’s shoulders with poster “stay home and fight poverty”
MS protesters sitting down on sidewalk
MS railroad crossing
WS Train moving through crowd of protester
MS police in front of train
MS President Johnson in S. Vietnam
MS soldiers saluting
MS President Johnson giving a medal to a soldier
MS soldiers standing at attention
MS President Johnson and S. Vietnamese officials saluting
MS Chairman Mao Tse Tung of China with guests
CU Soviet Union’s Premier Alexi Kosikan (spelling error?)
CU Mao smiling
CU girl with flowers
CU Vietnamese soldier
CU man clapping
MS crowd cheering
MS Ho Chi Minh hugging man
MS Camp Holloway Airfield Operations
MS huge Explosion
MS burning building
MS helicopters prepare for flight
MS debris of helicopters
MS front of plane
MS man cleaning
MS President Johnson talking
MS American troops in building
MS US soldiers moving down stairs with flag
MS US troop huddled
CU American and S. Vietnamese flags waving
MS South Korean troops
MS South Korean people holding banner “Many Thanks to the Government of Korea for its Volunteers”
MS Australian troops saluting
MS Australian troops standing at attention
MS men receiving flower leis
CU woman smiling
3 MS armed soldiers moving through the jungle
MS then zoom out to crowd of Americans
MS of comedian Bob Hope
CU laughing audience members
MS red headed lady singing for the troops
MS soldiers in airplane
MS parachuters from plane
MS fortress with flag waving
MS jungle with smoke
3 MS soldiers walking through jungle
MS injured man on soldiers back
CU injured man with bandages
MS coffins covered with American flags
MS young men in uniform with their heads tilted down
CU coffin covered with US flag
3 MS crowd of soldiers
CU minister reading bible to soldiers
CU soldier listening to the minister
CU soldier looking up
MS soldiers in fatigues getting mail
CU smiling soldier in hat
MS soldier kissing a letter
CU package being opened
CU meat and goodies
CU soldier eating a piece of meat
CU soldier wearing glasses eating
ME shadow figure eating meat
CU President Johnson addressing US citizens
Birds eye view of helicopter
2 MS soldiers running through jungle
MS slight explosion in jungle
MS soldier emerging from cave with a hand grenade
MS soldiers talking to boy without a shirt
MS bomb dropped from plane causing explosion in fields
pan of explosions in field
Pan MS crowd of protesters holding signs “Honor Peace” “bring the GI’s home now”
pan of protesters in Washington D.C.
CU Dr. Benjamin Spock
MS crowd clapping
MS President Nixon talking about this personal responsibility to end the war
Zoom out, zoom in on President Nixon
CU Henry Kissinger
CU N. Vietnam officials
Pan through room during the Paris conference
CU Handshake of Kissinger and Lee Duc Toh(sp?)
CU seal of the President of the United States
MS President Nixon talking about Paris conference and peace settlement
MS Paris conference
4 MS officials signing the Paris conference documents
MS President Nixon addressing US citizens about Paris conference
3 MS P.O.W. returning from fighting
MS P.O.W.s entering planes
3 CU P.O.W.s returning home
MS P.O.W. aboard plane, heading home cheering
CU POW drinking from cup
MS POWS laughing and smiling
MS POWS greeting relatives
MS POW with puppy
MS POW winking
MS blond kissing POW
MS reporters ready to take pictures
MS man raising fist, entering bus
MS POW boarding bus
MS injured POW on stretcher getting off plane waving
zoom in on woman hugging man, man hugging kid
CU hugging couple
MS hugging couple
MS kissing couple with kid
MS crowd with banners and flags for the POW return
CU woman looking impatient
MS commanding soldier addressing crowd
fade out to department store building: O’Neil’s
3 MS department store buildings