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On the authentic A-camp set constructed at Fort Benning, Director-star John Wayne describes upcoming scene, while Director of Photography
Winton Hoch, ASC (white hat and string tie) looks on. Film is a Batjac production for Warner Bros.-Seven Arts. Photograph by David Sutton

THE VIETNAM WAR
AS FILMED FOR

"THE GREEN BERETS
By

WINTON

HOCH,

The hell of war in Southeast Asia is recreated with
stark realism on location at Fort Benning, Georgia.

ASC

The photography of any major feature is always a
challenge. The photography of "THE GREEN BERETS" was
not only a challenge, but a privilege and a responsibility.
Please remember - the motion picture audience sees
only that which ihe camera captures!
All the production expense, the sets, the terrain, the
military equipment, including millions of dollars worth of
aircraft and their operation, the fires and the explosions,
the mobs of people, the outstanding acting performances,
all must be skillfully recorded by the cameras. Patience is
essential. Few people ou side the industry can realize or
(ABOUT

THE AUTHOR:

one

Hollywood's

of

Iowa-born, WINTON HOCH, ASC, is not only

most honored cinematographers, but a

graduate

physicist from the California Institute of Technology. His scholar-artist's

appreciate how much money and effort is required for
every minute of finished film. Many major motion pictures
average less than two minutes of finished film, in the final
picture, per day.
"THE GREEN BERETS" is the first major motion picture
about the current Vietnamese war. This picture presents a
story of that elite group of fighting men who must be
triple volunteers. They must first volunteer for military
service - second, volunteer for airborne training and,
third, volunteer for and be accepted by the Green Berets.
They are multilingual and cross-trained to be experts in
at least two other classifications. For example, the com¬
munications officer is also highly qualified in two other
areas, let us say, in demolitions and as a medic.

approach to motion picture photography has won him three Academy
Awards ("THE QUIET MAN," "JOAN OF ARC," "SHE WORE A YELLOW
RIBBON"), a technical "Oscar" for pioneering work in rear-projection
photography, plus the 1966 "Emmy" Award in cinematography for the
"VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA" television series. He also
rates

as

one

of

the

miniature photography.)

654

industry's

top

experts

in

Special

Effects

and

Southeast Asia-In The Wilds Of Georgia
After a careful survey of potential location sites,
cluding Japan, Korea and Okinawa, John Wayne and
Batjac Productions selected Fort Benning, Georgia as
most practical site. This 285 square-mile Army base

in¬
his
the
of-

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