Aircraft and Leathernecks at Khe Sanh Come Under Bombardment by North Vietnamese Mortar Fire, Khe Sanh, Vietnam Part 1

Description

26 Steel planking is off-loaded from a C-130 on the air strip and "Seabees" weld the planks in place to repair holes in the runway caused by the mortar rounds. Air Force C-123 "Provider" aircraft land at Khe Sanh with replacements from some of the battle-weary troops and a number of the Khe Sanh veterans are air-lifted out. The C-123's often come under fire and must take off through heavy smoke and dust kicked up by enemy bombardment of the air strip. SEQUENCES FOOTAGE VIDEO 12 (a) Pan shot of area at Khe Sanh 7 (b) Seabees digging trenches and filling sandbags 10 (c) Troops ducking for cover 29 (d) C-130 with gas leak taxiing and mortar rounds exploding around it 2 (e) Troops ducking for cover 8 (f) C-130 taking off 5 (g) Downed CH-53 8 (h) Casualties being taken care of 4 (i) Ambulance going near runway 11 (j) Para-drop of supplies from C-130 19 (k) Pick up of supplies by helicopters 7 (1) Planking being unloaded from C-130 11 (m) Seabees repairing runway 20 (n) C-123 getting troops on and off loaded 2 (o) C-123 taking off through smoke and dust NOTE TO EDITORS: 156' 16mm color master released to CBS-TV for servicing TV and theatrical pool members. Color master to be forwarded to Deluxe Laboratories 850 Tenth Avenue, New York City, within 72 hours.

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Filmed News Releases