Reel

Bomb Rips United States Embassy

Bomb Rips United States Embassy
Clip: 529489_1_1
Year Shot: 1965 (Actual Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 1734
Original Film: 038-027-01
HD: N/A
Location: Saigon, Vietnam
Timecode: 00:22:07 - 00:22:35

See also catalog # 426592 Vietcong terrorism hits at the U.S. Embassy in Saigon as a bomb explodes in front of the building after it was planted in a parked car. Two Americans and eleven South Vietnamese were killed. 183 injured, many seriously. The cameraman records the scene as rescue workers ignore danger to probe the wreckage for the wounded. Most of the Vietnamese dead were passersby or workers on the first floor of the Embassy. Reaction to the outrage was one of dismay and shock in Washington. Saigon, Vietnam The damage to the US Embassy due to a bombing. MS - Dead, or near dead pedestrians injured by the bombing, laying in the street, two of the people have movement. CU - A man kneeling down giving comfort to a badly injured man. MS - A grotesque sight buildings that are gutted due to the bombing and dead bodies laying on the street in a mass of blood.