OPERATION PERSHING: 1ST CAV DIV Part 4

Description

Summary: *Note: 1st Cav Div (Air mobile). Air-to-air of UH-1Bs attacking enemy positions in mountainous terrain. Shot from UH-1B in flight as rockets streak to the ground. CU, rockets in pods of abn UH-1B. Copters fly over mountainous terrain. Shot from behind pilot as rockets are fired. Gunner fires M-60 MG from doorway of UH-1B. Air-to-air, copters attacking enemy position. Gunner at M-60 MG in doorway of abn UH- 1B. He fires the M-60. Air-to-air, UH-1Bs fly over mountains. Air-to-air, CH-47 in flight. AV, GH-47 lands on mountainside. CU, expended shells from MG falling from copter. Gunner firing the MG. Pilot at controls of abn copter. Shot from UH- B as it takes off from camp. AVs, river and rice paddies. Air-to-air of UH-1Bs flying over paddies. AV looking down at UH-1Bs as they hover over paddy and fly over river. CU, rocket pods on copter in flight. The rockets are fired. Gunner fires M-60 MG. AVs, smoke rising from mountainous jungle terrain. Rockets streak towards the ground. AVs, scenic sunrise from behind bank of clouds with mountains and rice paddies in fg. AVs, smoke rising from ground. (shaky) CUs, rockets firing from pods of UH-1B in flight. AVs, UH-1Bs fly thru smoke rising from the ground. Shot from behind pilot as rockets streak to enemy positions. Air-to- air of UH-1Bs attacking North Vietnamese position in mountainous terrain. Shot from ground. Pilot and copilot seated in cockpit of UH-1B put on flak jackets. CU, rotors on UH-1B start to turn. Pilot of airborne UH-1B checks map. AVs, mountainous jungle country.

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Motion Picture Films from the Army Library Copy Collection