ARMED HELICOPTERS UH-1Bs Part 4

Description

Summary: Combat assault mission by the 197th Aviation Company against Vietcong positions. AV, smoke rising from jungle; M60 MG points from door of airborne UH-1B. Over the shoulder of helicopter pilots, tracers streak to the jungle below. Gunner firing M60 MG from door of UH-1B. RVs, pilot and copilot at controls of UH-1B. Soldier at M60 in door of UH-1B. Jungle terrain seen below. AVs, formations of UH-1Bs in flight. Soldier loads shells into M60 MG (on the ground). Soldier loads 2.75 HE rockets into pods on UH-1B. Helicopter being fueled. VS, M60 MGs being loaded. Line of UH-1Bs fly over landing strip. RVs, pilot and copilot at controls of airborne helicopter. MSs, CUs, gunner firing M60 MG from airborne helicopter. Spent shells can be seen ejecting from the MG. RV, copilot looks at map. AV, smoke rising from jungle. Over shoulders of pilot and copilot, rockets streak to jungle. UH-1Bs approach field for landings UH-1Bs take off from airfield. VS, soldiers load rockets into rectangular rocket launcher mount on UH-1B. Gunner firing M60 MG from airborne copter. RV, pilot looks thru aiming device. AVs, smoke rising from jungle. River in foreground. AV, rice paddies. AVs, flight of UH-1Bs over jungle. Gunner leans out of UH-1B in flight to repair M60 MG. CU, pilot looks thru aiming device. Gunner fires M60 MG from door of helicopter. AVs, UH-1B in flight.

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Motion Picture Films from the Army Library Copy Collection