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Operation Big Spring - Part 1

1967 · National Archives and Records Administration (via FedFlix)

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The record names a federal body as the creating agency: Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations. US Army Audiovisual Center. A work prepared by an officer or employee of the United States Government as part of that person's official duties has no US copyright (17 U.S.C. 105; before 1978, section 8 of the 1909 Act).

The record names a federal body as the creating agency. A work prepared by an officer or employee of the United States Government as part of that person's official duties has no US copyright (17 U.S.C. 105; before 1978, section 8 of the 1909 Act). This says nothing about copyright outside the United States, or about music, stock footage or other material the film may incorporate.

Creating body, as recorded
Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations. US Army Audiovisual Center
National Archives Identifier
31277 (local identifier 111-LC-51475)
Internet Archive item
gov.archives.arc.31277 (uploader's licence mark: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)

The record

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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) ARC Identifier 31277 / Local Identifier 111-LC-51475 1967 Operation Big Spring - Part 1 OPERATION BIG SPRING 173D AIRBORNE BRIGADE, BIENHOA AND WAR ZONE D, SOUTH VIETNAM, 02/14/1967 - VS, soldiers of the 2nd Battalion, 503 Abn Infantry, 173rd Abn Bde, rest, read papers, and look at pictures in their wallets while waiting for helicopters. VS, soldiers advance through grass and through jungle. Soldiers dig shallow shelters in the jungle. VS, crew loads and fires 81mm mortar. Engineers prepare demolition charge and place it into cave. LS, explosion behind trees. VS, soldiers advance through jungle. Soldiers move into clearing and prepare to set up for the night. Fox holes are dug and radio antennas are erected. VS, UH-1D lands. Empty water cans are thrown out and supplies are loaded aboard. DVD Copied by Thomas Gideon.

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