311TH AIR COMMANDO SQUADRON, C-123 RESUPPLY, VIETNAM Reel 2 · Part 1

Description

Coverage of 311th Air Commando (C-l23B) Squadron activities showing diversity of cargo carried. Includes loading and unloading of pigs, chickens, rice, gasoline, 90mm howitzers and troops; AV's of C-123B in flight and landing; ground camera views of C-123B landing and taking off from forward airstrip; simulated fuzing and dispensing flares; and aircrews in briefing session prior to mission. Reel 1 - 1) AV' s of C-123B in flight behind camera, extending landing gear, then landing on forward strip. 2) USAF captain talking to ARVN paratrooper on airstrip. 3) ARVN personnel loading supplies onto truck from C-123B. 4) MS sign: WELCOME TO DA NANG INTERNATIONAL. 5) CU of 311th Air Commando Squadron insignia outside building. 6) AV of airstrip from C-123B cabin window during approach and landing. 7) ARVN troops debarking from C-123B, then boarding trucks. 8) Shows airstrip as seen from cabin during takeoff. 9) Shows fuel drums being rolled out of C-123B cargo door. 10) CU pan right with C-123B taxiing on dirt strip. 11) MS pan left with C-123B landing on strip, then taking off to right. 12) MCU of C-123B turning on PSP, then being unloaded. 708' Total footage in reel. Reel 2 - 1) ARVN troops unloading chickens, pigs and rice from truck and aboard C-123B. 2) C-123B pilot and copilot in cabin during flight. 3) AV of jungle and mountain terrain. 4) Ambulances backing up to C-123B and patients being placed aboard ambulance from aircraft. 5) AV of C-123B in flight along coastline, then lowering landing gear. 6) Shows fuel drums being rolled out C-123B cargo ramp. 7) Shows truck towing 90mm howitzer from C-123B. 850' Total footage in reel. Reel 3 - 1) INT C-123B showing airmen fuzing flares, putting them in dispenser tubes, then pushing them out (simulated drop). 2) Scenes of C-123B engine start on forward airstrip, then aircraft taxiing to left and taking off past camera. 3) LS of C-123B landing to left on forward airstrip. 4) Shows two USA 0-1F's taxiing along strip with C-123B in background. 5) ARVN tops rolling duel drums into position behind barbed wire entanglement along strip. 6) Shows C-123B taking off overhead, then landing to left. 7) View from C-123B cockpit during approach and landing. 8) Scenes of Vietnamese personnel unloading C-123B and troops debarking. 9) USAF aircrews in briefing session. 10) CU of finger tracing route on map of Republic of Vietnam. 11) Show: C-123B's parked on flight line at Da Nang AB. 833' Total footage in reel.

Collection

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

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities