Vietnamese Orphans and Escorts Leave Saigon, Clark Air Force Base, Philippines

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DEPARTMENT OF DEPARTMENT FILM RELEASE S OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE (PUBLIC AFFAIRS) UNITED STATES of AMERICA WASHINGTON, D.C. 0 20301 PLEASE NOTE DATE IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 10, 1975 OXford 7-6161 Release #25-75 Footage: 107' 16mm Color Original VT Room 2E 773 Time: 2:59 100383 492XXX 104206 VIETNAMESE ORPHANS AND ESCORTS LEAVE SAIGON 100271 (Official U. S. Air Force Film Released by Department of Defense) 106474 101193 DATE/PLACE: This footage was shot on 10 April 1975 on board an evacuation aircraft and at Clark Air Force Base in the Philippines. 103705 102403 SCOPE: This coverage is of Vietnamese orphans airlifted from Saigon, Vietnam to Clark Air Force Base, the Philippines. BACKGROUND: As of 10 April, 1,318 Vietnamese Vietnamese orphans have arrived in the continental U. S. Of the 565 orphans airlifted from Saigon by the Agency for Inter- national Development (AID)-sponsored U. S. military aircraft, 64 are at Clark Air Force Base in the Philippines receiving the medical care necessary to prepare them for the long journey to the U. S. Since the first flight on 2 April, there have been 21 orphan flights from Indochina to date, both AID-sponsored and private. All of the orphans on these flights have prospective adoptive parents. SEQUENCES Footage: Video: 13' Orphans on plane from Saigon to Clark AFB. 22' Orphans debark plane at Clark and board buses. 15' Orphans leave buses for processing area. 10' Doctor examines baby. 12' Orphans leave buses and board plane to U. S. 35' Interior of plane carrying orphans to U. S. This film was originally released unprocessed to CBS in Bangkok, Thailand for pool use. NOTE TO EDITORS: Please credit Department of Defense in title or commentary. C his motion picture released to CBS for duplication and distribution to interested television and newsfilm pool members. This original footage may not be cut and is to be returned within 72 hours to the Department of Defense Audio Visual Acquisitions Branch, Room 2E 773, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C. 20301.

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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

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Filmed News Releases