https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/ce5bd643-d80e-4b3a-9cee-3950e50924f8 Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCddem5RlB3bQe99wyY49g0g/join Help us preserve, scan and post more rare and endangered films! Join us on Patreon. Visit https://www.patreon.com/PeriscopeFilm Visit our website www.PeriscopeFilm.com As his service in Vietnam was coming to an end, U.S. Army combat cameraman David Plenn put a group of 16mm films into a metal box and shipped them back to the USA. These films included both material he'd shot as a cinematographer for the Army, and materials shot by other members of combat camera. The films remained in their box for three decades while Plenn pursued a successful career as a Hollywood cameraman. In the 2000s he donated the films to Periscope Film in hopes of having them preserved and made available to the public. This particular film dates to September 1967 and shows a joint Posting the Colors Ceremony between the Thai Army 9th Infantry Division and the US Army 9th Infantry Division based at Dong Tam Base Camp in Southern Vietnam. The footage includes shots of important personnel including Major General George G. O'Connor and General William Westmoreland as well as ground artillery like the M101A1 Howitzer. Film opens, close-up orange cardboard container for safety film dated to 22 Sept (0:06). Major General George G. O'Connor (June 1967- February 1968) stands alongside other Thai Generals and observes joint Posting the Colors ceremony between the Thai Army 9th Infantry Division and US Army 9th Infantry Division (“Old Reliables”) (0:18). Members of US 9th Infantry Division Artillery band play brass instruments (0:47). Members of Thai and US Army stand side-by-side in salute; Posting the Colors ceremony continues (1:07). General O’Conner addresses troops (2:01). Close-up ceremonial plaques showing solidarity, unity between the two 9th Infantry Divisions (2:16). Thai general addresses troops (2:22). Thai cameraman captures ceremony using a Bolex H-16 Reflex (2:43). Officials exit ceremony (2:45). New roll of film, continuation of Thai ceremony captured on Bolex H-16 Reflex (2:55). Ceremonial firing of a M101A1 Howitzer (4:53). New roll of film (5:41). Signage on exterior of building for Division headquarters, Dong Tam Base Camp (5:51). General William Westmoreland and other generals get into Willys MB Jeep, convoy of Jeeps (5:59). Thai Generals get into vehicles, convoy exits camp (6:28-7:58). Film ends (7:59). 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, 2k and 4k. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPiQepKhC54 Mirrored from Periscope Film (https://www.youtube.com/@PeriscopeFilm) Sat, 13 Jun 2026 12:52:44 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/ce5bd643-d80e-4b3a-9cee-3950e50924f8 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.