South Vietnamese troops fighting against the Vietcong in a ferocious battles on the Newport Bridge during the Tet Offensive. The South Vietnamese sustained heavy casualties and injured children caught up in the crossfire were rescued.
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Men from all around the world compete in the World Beard & Moustache Championships in Carson City, Nevada. After taking part in the annual Nevada Day Parade the contestants take the stage to compete in the Imperial and the Freestyling categories showing off their unusual styles of facial hair
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Amusing predictions by american fashion designers from the 1930s of what the well-dressed man and woman would be wearing in the year 2000.
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As the communists pushed further forward the South Vietnamese Army retreated along Highway 1 with some soldiers walking until they were picked up and others who were too badly wounded had to stay where they were until rescued.
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In Llanwrtyd Wells, Wales crowds watch competitors swim up and down a 133 meter bog filled with sulphurous, weedy water. Some wear silly costumes but all entrants must not use conventional swimming strokes, relying on flipper power only.
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US Marines hold on to their base at Khe Sanh near the North Vietnamese border. Fighting against the Vietcong they used large 175 field guns to ward off an attack. US action was controlled by computers at the nearby Camp Carol which sustained damage from shelling.
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South Vietnamese troops and US Marines battle to recapture the town of Hue, with bodies being checked for booby traps and civilians caught up in the fighting and leaving. The battle was part of the Tet Offensive.
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South Vietnamese planes dropped Napalm on a village near Saigon by mistake, during a battle with the North Vietnamese nearby. Many civilians including children and babies were badly injured.
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Heavy fighting along Highway 13 as refugees in the nearby town of Chum Dunh are forced to pack up and leave what has become a crucial war zone.
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Communists have reached An Loc 56 miles north of Saigon. Government troops moved further along Highway 13 but were halted 11 miles south of An Loc. Wounded soldiers were evacuated.
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Waterskiing squirrel shows what it can do at a boat show in New York. As well at staying upright on waterskis he is able to jump onto another boat.
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A 49 year-old Orangutan at a Japanese zoo has developed a taste for house cleaning. Visitors to the Tama zoo in Tokyo watch as Gypsy the orangutan methodically cleans her enclosure. It is thought she learnt how to house clean by imitating the zoo's cleaners.
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Using only his bare hands, french Spiderman Alain Robert scales an 150 meter building in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. People watch as Robert easily reaches the top of the National Telecommunications building in 20 minutes.
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