A DAY IN THE WAR IN VIETNAM, SOUTHEAST ASIA Reel 5 · Part 3

Description

Covers activity of various aircraft in Vietnam, showing F-100s, F-105s, F-104's, FAC 0-1s and B-57s in action. FAC aircraft is shown marking target for fighter attack; other aircraft are shown being loaded with bombs taking off, in flight and landing; F-105s are also shown bombing targets in Vietnam. Reel 1 - 1) Man fusing 750 lb bombs in front of F-100. 2) ECU man fusing 750 lb bombs. 3) F-100 being loaded with bombs by bomb loader. 4) F-100s carrying 750 lb bombs as they take off left past Vietnamese digging ditch alongside runway. 5) F-100s landing. 6) Series of scenes of maintenance men working on landing bar of F-100s. 7) AV of air base with F-100s ready for takeoff. 8) AMS RSV four F-100s on ground preparatory to takeoff. 9) AV LSV F-100 taxiing to takeoff. 10) Series of scenes of F-100s taxiing to stop and pilots debarking and entering van which drives away aircraft being towed away. 11) Series of scenes of F-100s taking off -- aircraft carry 750 lb bombs on outboard pylons. 12) Scenes of pilots preflighting and boarding F-100s. 13) MS LFV F-100 engine starting and aircraft starting to taxi out. 990' Total footage in reel. Reel 2 - 1) Armed F-105 taking off. 2) F-105 engine starting and aircraft taxiing out -- aircraft carry bombs on center pylon. 3) F-105s lined up and starting takeoff run. 4) Spotting rocket being fired by FAC 0-1 as seen from the aircraft. 5) AMS FAC 0-1 firing rocket -- smoke burst visible in foreground. 6) Aerial views of bombing strike as seen from FAC 0-1. 7) AVs of F-105s diving low over riverside target area, dropping bombs and climbing away. 8) AVs of riverside target area -- smoke rising from bomb explosions. AVs of target area seen over shoulder of 0-1 pilot. 9) Bombs being loaded and fused on F-105 pylons. 1025' Total footage in reel. Reel 3 - Series of scenes of bombs being loaded on aircraft wing pylons and being fused. (Poor focus) 545' Total footage in reel. Reel 4 - 1) Scenes of F-104s taking off and landing. 2) Series of scenes showing flight line, bomb carrier train moving across screen and C-47 parked. 3) Bombs being loaded on B-57. 4) Scenes of B-57s landing. 5) F-104 taxiing in past C-130s and past armed B-57s. 6) Fusing and loading of bombs on B-57 wing pylons. 7) B-57s and F-100s landing and F-104s taking off. 777' Total footage in reel. Reel 5 - 1) FV crew chief signalling aircraft to park. 2) MS front LV B-57 being serviced; flight crew preflighting and boarding the aircraft. 3) MS FV crew chief signalling as armed B-57 starts engines. 4) Armed B-57 taxiing out for takeoff. 5) B-57s taking off to left. 6) AMS F-104s landing. 7) AMS LSV B-57 taking off. 8) MCU loaded bomb rack of B-57 rotating to closed position. 9) Series of scenes on flight line - B-57s lined up and starting to taxi. 10) Scenes of F-104s taking off. 11) AMCUs and AMSs B-57s in flight through clouds. 925' Total footage in reel.

Collection

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

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities