OPERATION CEDAR FALLS, LAI KHE AB, VIETNAM Part 1

Description

Coverage showing C-130s being loaded and offloaded; wounded being brought to base by UH-1B and moved to ambulancees; huts and tunnels used by Viet Cong near base; and AVs of F-100Ds and B-57Bs making air strike in support of ground operations. 1) Overall view of Lai Khe airstrip, soldier digging in foreground and burning hut in background. 2) CU of burning hut and hidden tunnel entrance. 3) UH-1Ds landing on Lai Khe strip, casualties being offloaded and carried to ambulance, then helicopter lifting off. 4) CU sign: LAI KHE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. 5) CU sign: DOZIER U. S. ARMY AIRFIELD. Shows jeep and trailer offloading from C-130B. 7) Soldiers loading trailer onto C-130B at Lai Khe, then aircraft taking off to left. 8) AV of O-1E circling over jungle, then F-100Ds and B-57Bs dropping General Purpose and napalm bombs near marker smoke. 9) Shows C-130B taxiing on strip, then equipment being loaded aboard. 10) Troops standing in line on airstrip, then boarding C-130B. 11) Soldiers unloading ammunition from truck near airstrip. 12) Group of soldiers (with dog) resting at edge of strip. 13) C-130B crew chief and pilot checking manifest. 14) Casualties being moved from UH-1B to ambulance and ambulance driving away. 15) Shows fork lift removing cargo from camouflaged C-130B. 16) Shows water trailer being loaded aboard C-130B, cargo door closing, and engines starting. 17) Scenes around 28th Infantry camp showing UH-1Ds on airstrip, Viet Cong structures burning in background, and soldiers inspecting tunnel entrance. 18) MS of UH-1B parked at Lai Khe.

Collection

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

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities