PACAF AEROMEDICAL EVACUATION, DA NANG AB AND TAN SON NHUT AB, VIETNAM; CLARK AB, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS Reel 1 · Part 3

Description

Covers evacuation of wounded soldiers from Vietnam to Clark AB, Philippine Islands by C-118A, C-121G and C-130E. Shows patients being moved by ambulance from Navy Casualty Center tent ward area and airlifted out of Chu Lai by C-123B, patients being loaded aboard C-118, C-121G and C-130E, medication during flight and offloading at Clark AB. Also shows establishing shots of USA Hospital, US Navy Headquarters Support Activity Saigon Station Hospital and Det 6, 9th AMES Air Evacuation Building. (Shot list to follow.) Reel 1, 771': (Rolls M62C-N-9, N-8, N-7, N-6, N-5, N-4, N-3, N-2 and N-1) 1) MS's & MCU of duffel bags and B-4 bags being loaded into truck at tent ward area at Navy Casualty Center. 2) MLS & MS of field ambulance pulling up behind another ambulance with ECU of red cross on side of ambulance. 3) MS's of stretcher case being carried into MATS C-121G from lift -- shows lift operator and his hands as he operates lift, aircraft engine starting and C-121G taxiing out. 4) Scenes of Navy medics offloading patients from USA-marked ambulance and placing stretchers on ramp under wing of C-121G -- shows flight nurses standing by and completing records. 5) Shows MATS C-121G taxiing up in front of base operations -- CU of sign on building: BASE OPERATIONS, TAN SON NHUT AIR FIELD, VIETNAM. 6) Scenes of litters being carried into C-130E from 463L loader at Clark AB. 7) MS's of operator lifting bed of 463L loader and litters being carried inside C-118. 8) Scenes of patients being offloaded from field ambulance and placed on 463L loader. Reel 2, 718': (Rolls M62C-N-10, N-11, N-13, N-14, N-15, N-16 and N-17) 1) MS of USMC field ambulance convoy, followed by truck with walking patients moving out from field tent ward at Navy Casualty Center and on dirt road. 2) Shows 463L loader pulling up to C-118A, litter cases being offloaded from field ambulance, flight nurses checking list and walking patients standing under aircraft wing watching; then they get on the 463L loader. 3) LS & MS of flight nurse entering gate past guard and going into the USA Hospital at Tan Son Nhut AB, Vietnam. 4) MLS of flight nurse exiting USA Hospital with USA captain. 5) LS of Navy Hospital in downtown Saigon -- shows MS of flight nurse entering gate past MP. 6) CU sign: US NAVY HEADQUARTERS SUPPORT ACTIVITY SAIGON STATION HOSPITAL. 7) MS's of flight nurse walking out door of hospital and exiting gate. 8) MS's of MATS C-121G taxiing out from Tan Son Nhut AB Operations. 9) LS's to MLS's of C-121G and C-124C taking off singly over camera from Tan Son Nhut AB. 10) LS of C-130A taxiing right at Tan Son Nhut AB. 11) Scenes of C-130E taxiing right and onto runway and just after takeoff to left (Tan Son Nhut AB). 12) CU of sign on louver: DET 6 9TH AMES AIR EVAC, AIRLIFTED BY 311TH AIR COMMANDO SQUADRON, BLAST THEIR Assistant 13) MS of flight nurse leaving 9th AMES Air Evacuation Building. 14) LS's to MS's of MATS C-121G landing and taking off at Tan Son Nhut AB. Reel 3, 721': (Rolls M62D-L-l, L-2, L-3 and L-4) 1) Scenes of litter cases being offloaded from ambulance onto 463L loader and loader raising to door of C-118A -- shows flight nurse holding glucose bottle (Da Nang AB). 2) Shows litter cases being offloaded from Army-marked ambulance, 463L loader pulling up to C-130E, litter cases carried into aircraft, glucose bottles hung up and 463L loader backing away from aircraft (Da Nang AB). 3) Scenes during C-130E flight showing flight technician talking to patient; flight nurses taking patient's pulse, checking dextrose bottle, attending patient and checking records; and medical technicians changing dextrose bottle. 4) Night scenes of litter patients being offloaded from C-130E and transferred to ambulances at Clark AB, Philippine Islands. Reel 4, 859': (Rolls M62D-L-5, L-6, L-7, L-8 and L-9) 1) Night scenes of litter patients being transferred from C-130E onto ambulance bus and bus pulling away (Clark AB, Philippine Islands). 2) LS of MATS C-121G parking on ramp at Tan Son Nhut AB. 3) Scenes of flight nurse and technicians walking toward C-121G, lift raising up to door of aircraft and patients being carried inside and put in position at Tan Son Nhut AB. 4) Scenes at Navy Casualty Center tent ward area showing field ambulance backing up to tent, Marine stretcher cases being carried out of tent, put into USMC ambulance and ambulance doors being closed. 5) LS & MS's of Marine ambulance convoy moving on mountain road and highway. 6) Scenes of USMC ambulance parked beside Air Evac C-118A -- shows patients being unloaded from ambulance by 9th Aero Medical Evacuation personnel and placed onto 463L loader. 7) Shows flight nurse checking walking patients aboard C-118A. 8) Scenes during flight of nurses filling out medical records and medical technician talking to patient and taking pulse. Reel 5, 763': (Rolls M62D-L-10, L-11, L-12, L-13 and L-14) 1) MS's of flight nurse giving patient injection, medical technician giving medication to patients and litter cases being offloaded from C-118A at Clark AB. 2) LS's from different angles of Navy Casualty Center tent ward area. 3) ACU of C-123B pilot during flight. 4) AV's through C-123B windshield during landing and takeoff from airstrip (Possibly Chu Lai). 5) Scenes of ambulance pulling up and patients being transferred into C-123B at Chu Lai. 6) Scenes of litter patients being offloaded from C-123B, put into USMC ambulance and ambulance pulling away (Da Nang AB). 7) LS's to MS's to LS's & MLS of two C-123B's taking off to right singly and two landing singly at Da Nang AB.

Collection

Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities