https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/b7cb282e-6057-43cf-a3d2-843ddb34cca4 Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCddem5RlB3bQe99wyY49g0g/join Want to learn more about Periscope Film and get access to exclusive swag? Join us on Patreon. Visit https://www.patreon.com/PeriscopeFilm Visit our website www.PeriscopeFilm.com View our Amazon store here: https://amzn.to/3XQHsVD This 1968 documentary "The Return of Private Youngblood" was made during the Vietnam War. It examines the return of the body of PFC Boyd James Youngblood, who served with Company C, 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, United States Army Vietnam. This heartfelt film covers different stages including the return of the body to the USA, the funeral ceremony, and the burial. The film also shows monologues and footage of relatives of Youngblood, including his wife and his mother. It was produced and written by Hal Suit, who worked as a news director at radio and television Station WSB, Atlanta, Georgia and was a relative of Youngblood. Youngblood is honored on Panel 55W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial in Washington, D.C. 0:14 text and statistics on the dead in the Vietnam War including Private Boyd James Youngblood, who died on June 21, 1968 as a result of small arms fire in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam 0:50 a group of graves diggers, older men digging a grave with shovels, 2:06 “The Return of Private Youngblood” titles, 2:18 a DC-8 landing, 2:34 ground crew unloading coffins from the aircraft, 3:04 men continue digging grave, 4:04 a man sits on his porch with his dog, 4:55 friends and family at the funeral procession in a small church with an American flag draped over the coffin, 5:52 friends and family sit down, 6:24 funeral orator begins his speech, 7:08 Youngblood’s wife walking through a green field, 7:37 the wife speaks to the camera, 8:29 a man sings a song while playing guitar, 10:37 the pastor gives a speech while overlooking the coffin, 14:30 Youngblood’s mother in the kitchen, 15:05 the flag is lifted off the coffin and folded, 15:27 coffin is opened, 15:40 people pay their respects at the coffin, 17:08 wife goes up to the coffin to pay her respects, 17:53 coffin bearers move the coffin as the people in attendance follow, 18:27 a procession of cars going up a winding road, 18:54 coffin bearers carrying the coffin to the grave, 20:18 soldiers hold up flag over coffin as a speech is being made, 21:02 soldiers begin 21 gun salute, 21:25 soldier playing the trumpet, 22:10 soldiers begin folding American flag, 23:03 his wife watching the folding of the flag, 23:48 soldiers leave, 24:23 his wife leaves with the flag, 24:32 coffin is lowered into the ground, 25:00 the coffin is buried which is shown from different angles, 25:25 different shots of his, 26:40 a poem on the screen by Burma Sexton Youngblood, 27:47 Director of Photography Patrick O’Dell, Photographed by Ray Young, Roger Conner, John Pruitt, Dennis Suit, 28:10 Written and produced by Hal Suit, 28:18 a Production fo CBC WSB Television News, Atlanta. Georgia 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. This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD and 2k. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0xzZSxzfms Mirrored from Periscope Film (https://www.youtube.com/@PeriscopeFilm) Fri, 12 Jun 2026 03:24:58 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://peertube.dngr.us https://peertube.dngr.us/lazy-static/avatars/41a6fee9-7f57-42d0-a5fc-5db4f1af2e31.png https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/b7cb282e-6057-43cf-a3d2-843ddb34cca4 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://peertube.dngr.us/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.