https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/201320c0-4646-419e-ba9d-c3f6940852a6 This Vietnam era propaganda film displays Operation Golden Fleece. This mission was carried out by the US Marines in 1965 and 1966. The intention of the operation was to protect the rice harvest in the Mo Duc District from Vietcong forces. During this time period, the Viet Cong entered villages at night and taxed the villagers in rice in order to fortify the Northern Vietnamese Army and the Viet Cong themselves. Marine operations were designed to protect the villager’s rice harvests while simultaneously denying food to the enemy forces. It was considered to be a civic action mission designed to win “hearts and minds” of the Vietnamese people. This operation was considered to be less than successful however as they weren’t fully able to protect the villagers. A Vietnamese official was tortured to death for aiding the Marines. The operation was carried out by the first battalion, 9th regiment of the United States Marine Corps in the Song Con Bien Valley. This film was presented by the Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps (:10). The US Marine seal appears in the top left corner. The film opens with gunfire popping as a Vietnamese woman carries a small child across a dirt field (:21). Marines guide civilians to safety (:34). The narrator mentions the Vietnamese civilians were looking to the Marines for safety. Flare smokes rolls over the ground (:42). Wounded are airlifted (:50). Crates of food are unloaded (1:06). The narrator mentions the villagers were concerned about an upcoming raid by the Viet Cong for their rice harvest (1:20). A tank of the 1st Battalion of the 9th Marines rolls over dirt heading inland (1:26). Marines sit atop the LVTP-5 Amtrak (1:38). Fertile lands of Song Con Bien (2:00) appear. Two M50 Ontos roll by (2:14). Marines enter the village (2:24). Civilians detail hiding places of the Viet Cong to the Marines (2:51). The first phase; the Cutting Edge (2:59) is outlined. Combat patrol forces arrive in covered military vehicles (3:30). Marines wade through watery fields (3:46). Gunfire pops as they connect with a Viet Cong stronghold (4:14). A marine stands out of the hatch on the M48 (4:27). A Viet Cong member is searched (4:39). His weapons are examined (5:18). Prisoners are bound (5:25). A great shot watches the tanks as they roll past lush blue waves; mountains line the background (5:57). Injured villagers and youth (6:21) are lifted by the Sikorsky H-34 (6:27). The chopper lands on an air craft carrier (6:53). Litters are taken to carry the wounded (6:56). Rice is harvested in the field (8:07) as the ‘rice tax’ is discussed (8:07). Rice is loaded onto amphibious tractors (8:23). Villagers are brought in from the field to the collection point (8:36). Vietnamese are searched for weapons (9:04). Youth are given medical treatment (9:36). Food supplies are handed out (10:01). A young boy gives a Marine a bottle of wine (10:36). Servicemen and Vietnamese store the rice for safe keeping (10:50). The importance of rice is discussed including it’s variety of uses (11:15). A projector projects films for the Vietnamese with in the Amtrak (12:10). Pamphlets are passed out among the civilians (12:15). The harvest is zoomed in on (12:34). This film was produced by the U.S Naval Photographic Center (13:14). Motion picture films don't last forever; many have already been lost or destroyed. For almost two decades, we've worked to collect, scan and preserve the world as it was captured on 35mm, 16mm and 8mm movies -- including home movies, industrial films, and other non-fiction. If you have endangered films you'd like to have scanned, or wish to donate celluloid to Periscope Film so that we can share them with the world, we'd love to hear from you. Contact us via the weblink below. 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