On this day in 1972, there occurred one of the heaviest attacks during the Vietnam War. Here is a British Movietone report showing supplies carried on bikes by hundreds of Viet Cong.
Poor quality film, developed in the jungles of Vietnam, by a Hanoi cameraman, who took shots of supplies carried on bikes by hundreds of Viet Cong, down the Ho Chi Minh trail.
Tank and gun coming through bush. North Vietnam forces carry supplies through jungle. SV supplies carries through jungle on bikes. SV two columns on trail through jungle. CU North Vietnam soldier talking to girl carrying bombs on pole. SV soldiers crossing river. LV soldiers advance across field. LV troops jumping from American helicopter. SV soldier with gun on hill top. GV troops advancing. SV gun firing in jungle clearing. LV another gun firing. GV American jets dropping bombs pan with bombs to explosion. SV troops in trench. LV gun firing in jungle. SV tank gun firing. CU North Vietnamese soldier looking through sights of gun. SV soldier with woman. SV woman pushing bike through jungle and rifles on their backs, CU BV rifle on woman's back. LV supplies carried through jungle by North Vietnamese.
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