Live Grenade Removed From Man's Back 1965

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Saigon, Vietnam.

MS. A South Vietnam farmer, Nguyen Van Chinh. He was struck in the back by a three-and-a half inch grenade which lodged beneath his skin above his kidney and it never exploded. Various shots of a team of American Air Force surgeons led by Major General James Humphries in a...

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
88506
Sort Number:
UN 4077 B
Time in/Out:
01:21:57:00 / 01:23:17:00
Canister:
UN 4077 B
Film ID:
3144.06
Issue Date:
1965

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