SOUTH AFRICAN AIR FORCE (FLYING CHEETEA SQADRON) SUWON, KOREA ; EVACUATION OF HUNGNAM (UNDERWATER DEMOLITION TEAM), KOREA Part 2

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Signal Corps 111 ADC 8617-1 ADC 8617 SOURCE: AFCF (A-2758 and A-2759) Card 1 of 2 FILM: ARCH & APC MP, 917' ea Silent RG 111 SOUTH AFRICAN AIR FORCE (FLYING CHEETEA Accession SQUADR ON) III_NAV_210 Suwon, Korea - 17 Dec 50 (A-2758) Proj 50-224 Men, squadron, loading napalm bomb on wing of F-51. (Note snow and ice encrusted on top of napalm tank. & CU, pilot cleaning plexiglass. MS, CU, mechanic working on engine while engine is running. Men loading 50 cal. ammo into F- 5ls. Several CUs, same. CU, Capt G B Lipawesky of Randfontien, So Africa. Plane warming up and turn- ing on the ground. The Capt leaving plane and walking on field with Lt S Van Bredatheron. CU, national emblem of the So Africans. Another emblem on plane: "Flying Cheetea". CU, pilot in cockpit. He adjusts his mask, doesn't follow through. You see him without his mask and it cuts to him with his mask on. Short flash, F-51 taking off. Cut to, control tower. American Cpl Dale Fortin talking to planes over radio. MS, mechanic working on engine of F-51. CU, member of squadron. CU, of another man. (Note: Film has a flat look. It was shot during sub=zero temperature.) ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY ERBS/lzw Signal Corps 111 ADC 8617-2 ADC 8617 SOURCE: AFCF (A-2758 and A-2759) Card 2 of 2 FILM: ARCH & APC MP, 917 ea Silent RG 111 Accession III_NAV_210 EVACUATION OF HUNGNAM (Underwater Demolition Team) Korea - 23 Dec 1950 - Proj 50-185 (A-2759) Aboard destroyer Begore: Men loading explosives from a hatch on the fantail to an LCVP tied up alongside. Packing the explosives in LCVP. Shot aboard the LCVP as it pulls away. (The above scenes are a bit flat, but can be used. ) VS, packs of explosives are unloaded from the LCVP to pier. Few men of the team carry packs along the pier and then stack them. Sign on stack of explosives, "Danger ! Explosives". LCVP with the explosives underway. Shots of the craft tying up alongside pier and the men unloading explosives. Man, carrying two of the packs, walking into warehouse. Two Victory ships tied up at pier, seen from the LCVP. Aboard the LCVP as it approaches pier. Several of the men standing in LCVP; one of the men is a negro. Do not know whether he is a member of the UDT or not. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY ERBS/lzw

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities