RECOVERY OF CH-21 HELICOPTER; DEPARTURE FOR EXERCISE DESERT Part 1

Description

The CH-21 was damaged during Exercise Polar Siege. Sign: "US Army Fort Greely." RVs, pilot at controls of airborne copter. He looks at map. AVs, rugged snow covered terrain. Ground views, damaged CH-21. Soldiers jack up tail section of copter. Mattresses are placed under the damaged CH-21. LS, snow-covered mountainous terrain. A CH-47 copter hovers over the CH-21. A sling is attached and the CH-47 picks up the damaged helicopter. (Pickup shown in fragmentary shots.) AVs, CH-47 carrying the CH-21 in sling. CH-47 starts to lower the CH-21 to the ground. (Note: Shaky in spots but usable.) Men and vehicles of the 5th Aviation Battalion, 5th Infantry Division, awaiting departure orders. HS, pan, lineup of vehicles. MS, soldiers board truck. LSs, trucks leaving Fort Carson and driving on highway.

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Motion Picture Films from the Army Library Copy Collection