AIR FORCE DOCTOR VISITS VIETNAMESE VILLAGE 30 MILES NORTH OF PHAN RANG, VIETNAM Part 1

Description

Coverage of Dr. (Capt) Jaroslav K. Richter and a medical team assigned to the 35th TFW hospital and dispensary along with Lt (JG) David S. Greenberg, Navy Advisor to the Vietnamese Coastal Patrol, providing medical assistance to patients isolated in a Vietnamese village halfway between Phan Rang and Cam Ranh on the coast of the South China Sea. Shows the medical civic action team going to village by yabuta junk which is manned by Vietnamese Coastal Patrol, setting up dispensary, treating patients, and return trip. SLATE:ROLL: R30C-7E-374. 3' MLS & MS of Dr. Richter and team carrying boxes of equipment out to yabuta junk. 31' LS of Vietnamese fishing boat underway. 36' MLS & MS of Lt (JG) Greenberg and Dr. Richter -- village in bg -- intercut with shot of Vietnamese sailor. 52' MS & MLS of medical team on junk -- shows sailor waving to villagers. 64' MS's of Vietnamese fishing boat moving up alongside junk and medical team transferring to it. 82' SLATE:ROLL: R30C-7E-375. 89' CU's & MCU's of Lt (JG) Greenberg and Dr. Richter. 120' MS of airman first class with rifle as fishing boat moves up. 137' CU's of Vietnamese sailor as seen through window and at pilot's wheel. 145' MCU FV of boat's pilot -- Lt (JG) Greenberg and Dr. Richter in bg. 153' LS's of junk, crew on junk, and waves hitting bow and sides of boat. 184' SLATE:ROLL: R30C-7E-376. 190' MS of Vietnamese on fishing boat. 192' Scenes of Dr. Richter handing rope over to man in fishing boat, medical team on boat during short trip to shore, Dr. Richter checking his medical kit, and boat moving toward shore -- villagers gathered in bg. 234' Shows Dr. Richter and medical team getting out of boat, wading in knee deep water to shore, and villagers greeting Dr. Richter. 266' SLATE:ROLLS: R30C-7E-377, 378, 379 and 380. 273' Scenes of villagers waiting on shore, Dr. Richter and medical team with equipment in boxes wading to shore, group walking up shore, and entering schoolhouse. 346' Scenes of medical team setting up dispensary in room at schoolhouse, Dr. Richter examining and treating men, women, and children for eye and skin infections and respiratory ailments -- shows doctor perspiring and interpreter giving directions for medicine to patients. (Fair-good, underexposed) 603' Scenes of Dr. Richter down shore with children farming around him. 618' MS of medical team pulling box of equipment through water to boat. 627' SLATE:ROLL: R30C-7E-381. 633' Scenes of children and villagers outside school, guards and children looking in windows, Dr. Richter leaving building, Dr. Richter and Lt (JG) Greenberg drinking from coconut, then group walks to shore. 723' LS of children gathered around Dr. Richter in water. 726' LS of boat near shoreline. 730' SLATE:ROLL: R30C-7E-382. 737' Shows TSgt Donald M. Gelinas, AlC Bernard Ricca, and Dr. Richter trying to relax on junk during a rough return trip. 764' Total footage in reel.

Collection

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

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities