VIETNAMESE PARADROP, TAN SON NHUT AB Reel 2 · Part 1

Description

Coverage of USAF Combat Control Team parachuting into a combat zone and performing as pathfinders for C-130B's dropping Vietnamese paratroopers. (Shot list to follow.) Reel 1, 884': Aerial from onboard C-130 showing Vietnamese troops jumping from out of door. 37' ALS troops jumping from C-130B taken from cockpit of another C-130. 129' MS Vietnamese troops on ground assembling and going toward the equipment and supply drop area. 243' MS USAF Combat Control Team member firing a flare pistol, talking on radio and pan up to C-47A dropping cargo. 319' MS to MLS's Combat Control Team jumping from C-130B and landing. 415' MS's Combat Control Team setting up control point with radio, smoke bombs and firing of the flare pistol. 585' LS troops jumping from C-130B's and landing. 693' MS to MLS C-130B's dropping troops -- shows the troops landing and members of Combat Control Team setting up a radio beacon at the control point. Reel 2, 965': MS's of Vietnamese paratroopers boarding C-130B aircraft. 70' MS's of C-130B taking off. 124' MS C-123B takeoff. 154' AMCU from onboard C-130 showing Vietnamese troops jumping out of door. 187' ALS's of troops jumping from C-130B's. 258' CU jump light in a C-123B door going on. 272' ALS RVN C-47A in flight with a USAF CH-3C helicopter flying alongside. 399' AMS USAF Combat Control Team jumping from C-123B. 540' AMS to AMCU troops jumping from C-130B. 585' AMS to AMCU VNAF C-47A dropping cargo. 703' AMS troops parachuting from C-130B's. 829' AMS Combat Control Team control post -- shows smoke bombs and troops assembling on the ground.

Collection

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

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities