"MG PICKETT ARRIVES IN RVN" Part 3

Description

Summary: LS, UH-1D helicopter lands at Long Binh heliport. MG George E Pickett, Asst Chief of Staff for Communications- Electronics in Vietnam, and BG Thomas M Rienzi, CG 1st Signal Bde, leave helicopter, enter sedan and depart. Sign "Headquarters, US Army, Vietnam" with crest of units and map featuring Long Binh. MS, CU, helicopter lands; MG Pickett and party get out, enter sedan and depart. LS, helicopter lands at Tan Son Nhut airfield Wi BG Rienzi. The General leaves by sedan. VS, Pan American jet 707 taxis on airfield. MS, MG Pickett and BG Rienzi take off in helicopter. LS, Tan Son Nhut Air Terminal Building. Military and civilian personnel have passes checked as they arrive at gate. LS, Pan American jet on airfield. BG Rienzi greets MG Pickett as he departs jet. They enter sedan and depart. LS, Pan American jet lands and taxis. LS, air terminal building. Servicemen and civilians are checked at departure gate. Passengers board Braniff plane. LS, Pan AM jet on airfield. BG Rienzi greets MG Pickett and party. (MG Hugh Foster Jr, CG USA SCC, is in party.) MG Pickett enters sedan. MCU, officer speaks on camera near the air terminal at the arrival of the Pan Am jet. Vietnam Nationals, carrying baggage, walk across airfield. MS, control tower. LS, airlift plane lands. Pan American jet lands and taxis.

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Motion Picture Films from the Army Library Copy Collection