Contra Wedding Massacre, Wiwili, Nicaragua

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Copy of raw footage shot in Wiwili, Nicaragua by Jan Van Bilsen and Dirk Van Der Sypen, two Dutch video photographers,  when they happened upon a village recently attacked by Contra soldiers.  Includes scenes of villagers gathering, washing the seven bullet ridden bodies, visiting where the truck was ambushed,  interviewing the FDM commander, Jimmy Leo, and shots of the soldiers on a hillside above them.   The main program is an edit the photogphers sent MACV; the extra footage they sent to CCTV on 3/4" tape.

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