MORTAR ATTACK DAMAGE, TAN SON NHUT AB, VIETNAM Reel 1 · Part 2

Description

Aerial and ground coverage of damage to aircraft and buildings from Viet Cong mortar and recoilless rifle fire during night of April 12 - 13. Shows damage to USAF RF-4C, C-123B and C-121 aircraft; burned-out VNAF C-47s, mortar holes in runway, hangar and barracks; burning fuel tanks, with firemen fighting to keep fire from spreading; USAF airmen starting to repair barracks; and Gen. Westmoreland visiting casualties in hospital. Reel 1 1) Series of scenes of damage, showing shrapnel holes in C-123B, airmen cleaning debris from mortar crater on runway, VNAF C-47 with nose blown off and airmen working on badly damaged H-3C. 2) AVs of Tan Son Nhut showing holes in hangar roof and smoke rising from burning fuel tanks. 3) Series of scenes of damage to barracks. 4) MS of burned-out VNAF C-47. 5) Airmen working on damaged RF-4Cs in revetments, smoke rising from fire in background. 6) Strategic Air Command B-47E on flight line--smoke rising in background. 7) Series of scenes of fuel tanks burning before, during and after rainstorm. 8) Series of scenes of fuel tank burning at night. 95l': Total footage in reel. Reel 2: 1) Series of scenes of United States of America and Vietnamese firemen spraying burning fuel tank and neighboring tanks to keep fire from spreading. 2) United States of America personnel in hospital pajamas cleaning weapons. 3) Gen. Westmoreland talking to casualties in hospital. 4) Airmen examining mortar crater on ramp--camera tilts up to damaged tug in background. 5) Smoke rising from burning fuel tanks. 6) AVs of barracks area showing holes in roof and burned-out C-47s on ramp. 7) Airmen starting to replace corrugated iron roofing on barracks. 8) MSs and CUs of damaged C-123B. 9) Airmen policing up runway. 10) Airmen checking damage to camouflaged C-123B. 11) Tan Son Nhut Terminal building--smoke from burning fuel tank rising in background. 12) CU damage to C-121 tail. 800': Total footage in reel.

Collection

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

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities