Army's Airmobile Division Alerted For Vietnam Duty, Various Locations Part 1

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE OFFICE OF NEWS SERVICES THE PENTAGON, WASHINGTON 25, D.C. - LIBERTY 5-6700 AUDIO-VISUAL DIVISION - RADIO-TV-NEWSFILM BRANCH ROOM 2E791 - EXTENSION 75111 (A) Release No. 158-65 DUPE NEGATIVE TO: Footage: 150' 16mm color FINE GRAIN TO; July 29, 1965 ARMY'S AIRMOBILE DIVISION ALERIED FOR VISTRAK DUTY (Official Army footage released by Department of Defease) Stock footage depicts the 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) during maneuvers in the late stages of organization. The tactics, techniques and procedures employed by the Airmobile Division provide a new approach to tactical problems. It is capable of conducting operations in all types of terrain. The Division can react quickly and maneuver rapidly over large areas. Personnel and equipment can be airlifted, air dropped or lovered into objective areas. Sequences show: (a) Helicopter pilots briefing. (b) Troops board helicopters. (c) Reverse angle of loading. (d) Helicopters taking off. (e) Helicopters in formation flying toward objective. (f) Armed helicopters fire on objective. (g) Troops repel from helicopters into vooded area. (h) Helicopters unload troops on the ground. (1) Helicopters return for more troops. (1) Troops moving on foot. (k) Chinook helicopter lands and unloads artillery. (1) Artillery firing. (m) Caribou uses low level extraction techniques to unload cargo without using parachutes on landing. (n) Chinook "tanker" refuels assault helicopters. (o) Sky crane is used to evacuate disabled assault helicopter. (p) CU of Major General Harry W. O. Kinnard, Cdr. of the Division. NOTE TO EDITORS: 150' 16mm color print handed out to UPI-Newsfilm for servicing TV and theatrical pool members. Color print to be forwarded to Army Pictorial Center, 35-11 35th Avenue, Long Island City 1, New York, within 72 hours. NOTE TO EDITORS: PLEASE CREDIT DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE IN TITLE OR COMMENTARY The fine grain master positive, released to the company designated above, is for duplication and distribution to interested TV and Newsreel pool members. It is then to be returned within 72 hours to the Film Library, Army Pictorial Center, 35-11 35th Avenue, Long Island City 1, New York. The master positive must not be cut in any manner. A dup e negative is also for release to the company designated above for distribution to pool members so desiring for duplication purposes. Within 24 hours it will be delivered to DeLuxe Laboratories, 850 Tenth Avenue, New York, N. Y., telephone Circle 7-3220 where it will be avail- able to non-pool members and other authorized organizations which make satisfactory financial arrangements with DeLuxe Laboratories. The dupe negative must not be cut in any manner. D23413

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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Filmed News Releases