76TH AEROSPACE RESCUE AND RECOVERY SQUADRON, HICKAM AFB, HAWAII, PEARCE RAAF STATION, AUSTRALIA, CHANGI RAF STATION, SINGAPORE AND PAGO PAGO, AMERICAN SAMOA Reel 1 · Part 2

Description

Covers activities of the ARS 76th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron which is responsible for large areas of the Pacific, including their deployments to stand-by areas for recovery of Gemini-5. REEL 1: 1' AV's INT HC-97G showing rescue packages being dropped and pararescue men jumping over water. (Hickam AFB area) 92' MLS and MS barracks at Changi RAF Station, intercut with three ARS personnel walking and entering building -- sign at door: RAF CHANGI SERGEANTS MESS. 134' Scenes of ARS alert crew in barracks, playing chess, writing letters and playing cards at Changi RAF Station. 193' AV's INT HC-97G showing pararescue men receiving assistance with Scuba and parachute gear and jumping over water. (Hickam AFB area) 387' INT of Rescue Control Center showing ARS personnel on duty, receiving messages and using transmitter at Changi RAF Station. 449' Directional radio antenna atop hill turning. 468' ARS officers talking with RAF member on Changi flight line. 481' Shows three Singapore airmen observing as ARS crew checks Scuba equipment. 524' RAF Hastings C.Mk.2 transport parked -- pan to HC-97G parked at Changi RAF Station. 544' Scenes of airmen fueling HC-97G. 553' Shows RAAF ground crew rushing to HC-97G, spray painting Kangaroo emblem on fuselage and leaving. (Pearce RAAF Station) 700' Total footage on reel. REEL 2: 1' Shows Maj Baird briefing Capt Gilmore, l/Lt Dougherty, Maj Halloran and crew at Pago Pago. 161' INT of Rescue Control Center showing Lt Col Ernest J. Trexler, Capt Falk and airman on duty at Pago Pago. 185' AV's INT HC-97G showing jumpmaster at door, rescue packages being dropped and pararescue men jumping over land. 292' MS's of HC-97G taxiing from parking position at Pearce RAAF Station. 329' Group of RAAF officers standing together, watching HC-97G taxiing in, greeting Maj Williams and crew as they leave aircraft, intercut with HC-97G taxiing to parking position and No. 2 engine stopping. 473' RAAF ground crew at RAAF Vampire F. Mk.30 fighter and pushing air compressor and ladder from front of aircraft. 500' HC-97G landing -- NG sunshade in frame. 528' Shows gate, guard and sign: RAAF PEARCE. 587' ARS crew scrambling to HC-97G. 637' MCU HC-97G No. 1 engine starting. 667' INT Rescue Control Center showing Lt Col Trexler, Capt Falk and airman on duty, receiving reports and plotting on wall map at Pago Pago. 787' ARS personnel and Samoan boys playing ball. 856' Total footage in reel.

Collection

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

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities