CONTRACT AIRLINES STORY, TAN SON NHUT AB, CAM RANH BAY AB, AND DA NANG AB, VIETNAM Reel 1 · Part 3

Description

Covers arrival, passenger/cargo offloading, and departure of various airlines under contract with the government to supplement military airlift to Southeast Asia.(Note: All scenes are at Tan Son Nhut unless stated otherwise.) Reel 1: Slick Airways Canadair CL-44 parked and fork lift offloading cargo. 95' Flying Tiger Air Services Super Constellation parked and fork lift offloading cargo. 145' Seaboard World Airways Canadair CL-44 parked and fork lift offloading cargo. 159' Shows Southern Air Transport DC-6 taxiing. 169' Scenes of fork lift offloading cargo from CL-44. 185' Flying Tiger Air Services Super Constellation Nos. 2 and 1 engines starting. 196' Continental Airlines Boeing 707 taxiing in, parked, US military personnel leaving aircraft, and baggage being offloaded. 271' Civilian (Flying Tiger clerk) filling out flight forms at desk. 317' Pan American Airways employees (Vietnamese) at teletype machine and talking on microphone. 360' INT World Airways Boeing 707 as military personnel board aircraft and take seats. 430' CU FV of Boeing 707 engine starting. 443' Shows Boeing 707 landing gear as aircraft taxis out. 454' Seaboard World Airways Canadair CL-44 parked, No. 2 engine starting, and aircraft taxiing out. 513' Southern Air Transport Boeing 727 taking off to left. 532' TWA Boeing 707 taxiing in, US military personnel alighting and entering terminal, and Vietnamese fueling aircraft -- hostesses at door as passengers leave. 632' US military personnel showing boarding passes, entering TWA Boeing 707, loading ramp moving away, door closing and aircraft taxiing out and taking off to left. 695' Crew in Boeing 707 cockpit during preflight check of instruments. 744' Officer inspecting passenger accommodations and galley in Boeing 707. 785' Total footage in reel. Reel 2: US military personnel boarding World Airways Boeing 707 and aircraft taxiing out. 55' Seaboard World Airways Canadair CL-44 parked and mechanic working on No. 1 engine. 67' Vietnamese fueling DC-6. 97' Pan American 707 parked and mail and cargo containers being loaded aboard aircraft. 200' INT Pan American Airways Boeing 707 showing cargo door opening and closing. 218' Civilian ground crewman with headsets near Pan American Airways Boeing 707 and aircraft taxiing out. 262' Continental Airlines Boeing 707 taxiing in -- also shows Air Vietnam SE 210 Caravelle being towed by tug. 295' Flying Tiger Air Services Super Constellation parked and fork lift offloading cargo. 338' Southern Air Transport DC-6 parked and fork lift offloading cargo. 359' Vietnamese pulling chocks from landing gear. 365' Shows flow meter on fuel truck pump. 371' Vietnamese making fueling connection on Seaboard World Airways Canadair CL-44. 386' Flying Tiger Air Services Super Constellation parked and fork lift offloading cargo. 398' US military personnel leaving Continental Airlines Boeing 707. 440' Southern Air Transport Boeing 727 taxiing in, US military personnel leaving aircraft, and aircraft taxiing out. 500' Pan American Airways Boeing 707 taking off and landing to left. 537' DC-6 taking off and Seaboard World Airways Canadair CL-44 taking off to left. 551' Pan American Airways Boeing 707 and Braniff International Boeing 707 parked on ramp and personnel boarding aircraft as seen from terminal balcony. 628' USA sentry under wing of Pan American Boeing 707. 634' Three civilians at front of Braniff International Boeing 707 -- also shows intake cover on No. 2 engine. 644' Continental Airlines Boeing 707 parked. 655' Pan American Airways Boeing 707 taxiing in and US military personnel leaving aircraft. 700' Braniff International Boeing 707 parked and fork lift offloading cargo. 740' Pan American Airways Boeing 707 and Braniff International Boeing 707 parked on ramp as seen from terminal balcony. 761' Southern Air Transport Boeing 727 taking off, TWA Boeing 707 landing, Pan American Airways Boeing 707 landing, and Seaboard World Airways DC-8 landing. 785' Shows DC-6 No. 1 engine starting. 806' Shows Pan American Airways DC-6 taxiing. 815' Scenes of Boeing 727 gear, DC-3 gear, and Boeing 707 gear during taxi out -- intercut with Boeing 707 engine starting. 868' Shows Pan American Airways Boeing 707 tail section. 877' Total footage in reel. Reel 3: Pan American Airways DC-6 taxiing and taking off to right at Da Nang AB. 24' Pan American Airways Boeing 707 on approach, landing to left, and parked as mail and cargo are offloaded at Da Nang AB. 103' Pan American Airways DC-6 taxiing in, parked, US military personnel boarding aircraft, No. 2 engine starting, and aircraft taxiing out at Da Nang AB. 248' Shows GCA unit near runway. (Da Nang AB) 256' Pan American Airways Boeing 707 landing (NG) and parked as mail and cargo are offloaded at Da Nang AB. 282' Continental Airlines Boeing 707, Braniff International Boeing 707, and Pan American Airways Boeing 707 taxiing to left -- row of concertina wire in fg. 349' DC-3 parked on taxi strip -- pan to C-118A on approach. 374' Seaboard World Airways Canadair CL-44 taxiing to ramp. 413' Northwest Orient Airlines Boeing 707 taxiing in, parked, and baggage being offloaded. 478' Airlift DC-6 taxiing in and parked behind Pan American Airways Boeing 707. 504' Shows Boeing 707's and DC-6's parked on ramp. 513' Scenes of mail and cargo being offloaded from Pan American Airways Boeing 707. 548' Vietnamese fueling Airlift DC-6. 581' Braniff International Boeing 707 taxiing in, US military personnel leaving aircraft, and baggage being offloaded. 656' Pan American Airways Boeing 707 and Braniff International Boeing 707 parked on ramp. 684' Pan American Airways Boeing 707 on approach and landing to left -- USA U-1A and Air Vietnam DC-3 parked in fg. 735' Seaboard World Airways Canadair CL-44 on approach, landing, and taxiing in --sandbag bunker in fg. 768' Northwest Orient Airlines Boeing 707 on approach and landing -- concertina wire and sandbag bunker in fg. 785' Total footage in reel. Reel 4: Saturn DC-6 on approach and landing to left at Cam Ranh Bay AB. 24' Pan American Airways Boeing 707 taxiing out and taking off to left at Cam Ranh Bay AB. 53' Airlift DC-6 taxiing in, parked, and crew leaving aircraft at Cam Ranh Bay AB. 90' Slick Airways Super Constellation landing, taxiing in, parked, and crew leaving aircraft at Cam Ranh Bay AB. 193' Flying Tiger Lines Boeing 707 parked and cargo being offloaded at Cam Ranh Bay AB. 293' Shows Pan American Airways Boeing 707 parked -- US military personnel leaving bus and boarding aircraft at Cam Ranh Bay AB. 395' Saturn DC-6 parked and AP's boarding aircraft. 421' Pan American Airways Boeing 707 taxiing out and taking off. 457' Airlift DC-7 taxiing in and Nos. 1 and 2 engines stopping. 499' Saturn DC-6 parked and US military personnel leaving aircraft. 527' Trans International DC-8 parked and US military personnel leaving aircraft. 590' Total footage in reel.

Collection

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

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities