A Day In The War In Vietnam, Tan Son Nhut Air Base And Saigon, Vietnam Reel 3 · Part 3

Description

Covers early morning activities of USAF personnel at Tan Son Nhut AB and civilian personnel in Saigon. Scenes include maintenance crew relief shift taking over on flight line, market place in Saigon, farm scenes and USAF personnel washing, shaving, and eating. Also A-1E and C-123B aircraft taxiing on flight line and AV's of the Mekong Delta and ocean at dawn. Reel 1: 1) USAF personnel taking showers. 2) Vietnamese natives working in rice paddy. 3) Pan right across flight line at dawn. 4) Shows starting engine on flight line. 5) Shows A-1E engine start (sunrise effect), then pan right down flight line with bomb dolly. 6) Shows A-1E wings unfolding. 7) Shows A-1E pilot donning helmet. 8) Scenes of two F-100D's in revetment as maintenance crew is relieved. 9) C-133B aircrew arriving at aircraft. 10) Group of ARVN paratroopers being checked out before boarding aircraft. 11) Airmen shaving and brushing teeth in bathhouse. 873" Total footage in reel. Reel 2: 1) CU's of rooster crowing on patio. 2) Shows water buffalo grazing in field. 3) USAF FAC officer washing face and combing hair in Army field camp, then going through chow line with soldiers. 4) Airman working on camera mounts in nose of RF-101C and being relieved as shift changes. 5) Scenes of F-105D's on flight line at sunrise and day shift crew arriving in truck. 6) LS of C-123B making low pass over field at dawn. 7) Shows CH-3C taking off at dawn. 8) Bakers at work making biscuits and rolls in kitchen. 9) AV's of Mekong Delta area and ocean in bg at dawn. Total footage in reel. Reel 3: 1) Scenes of HH-43B landing in field, two men jumping out and one standing guard with other picks up injured pilot and boards helicopter. 2) Para-rescue man being lowered on sling from hovering HH-43B to recover injured pilot. 3) Scenes of maintenance men working on F-100D cannon, C-47 engines and C-123B engine. 4) USAF FAC officer eating Army troops at field kitchen. 5) CU of HH-43B pilot at controls during flight and helicopter approaching downed pilot in field. 6) CU of injured pilot setting off locator flare, then being carried aboard HH-43B. 7) Injured pilot being hoisted into hovering HH-43B. 8) AV of Vietnamese village with ambulance parked near hut. 9) Scenes of injured pilot being hoisted into HH-43B. 10) Scenes of HH-43B fly-bys to right. 870': Total footage in reel. Reel 4: 1) CU of rooster. 2) Scenes around Vietnamese market place in early morning. 3) Scenes of A-1E's, with 500-lb GP bombs, taxiing on PSP. 4) CU of baby water buffalo beside pond. 5) Shows traffic passing Tan Son Nhut main gate. 6) Shows pilot with radio lying in field -- HH-43B landing in bg. 7) CU of pilot talking on radio, firing signal flare, HH-43B approaching and making pickup. 8) Shows HH-43B lifting off and flying away. 9) Scenes of pilots grouped around map and planning mission (pilot wearing F-102 insignia on sleeve patch). 10) Shows C-133B being loaded on Tan Son Nhut flight line. 11) Shows C-123B's taxiing to left on flight line. 12) Baker putting biscuits in oven. 13) CU of baker's hands rolling out biscuit dough. 937': Total footage in reel. Reel 5: 1) Maintenance crew working on F-100D in revetment at dawn. 2) People entering and leaving Tan Son Nhut main gate at dawn. 3) Early morning scenes of marked place in Saigon. 4) Scenes of night maintenance crew being relieved at dawn in F-100D area. 5) Shows water buffalo grazing in field near huts. 6) CU of parrot in tree. 7) Airmen waking up in cot under mosquito bar, turning off alarm and getting out of bed. 947': Total footage in reel.

Collection

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

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities