AIR STRIKE MISSIONS, VIETNAM Reel 1 · Part 1

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SLATE: ROLL: R33D-8X-3965. 29 JULY 1967. ALS's of F-100's dropping GP bombs and CBU's - both impacting; hut lined up on both sides of road; military truck moving on road; supply area; water; and moving in and out of air base. (YT 0025) 181' SLATE: ROLL:- R33D-8X-3978. 29 JULY 1967. ALS's of F-4C on strafing passes and dropping napalm; 0-1E flying in over target; F-100D dropping GP's, CBU, and napalm; self-propelled antiaircraft artillery gun M42A1 and convoy moving on road; stilled Army trucks; old building; craters; old rubber plantation buildings; 1st Infantry Div base camp; and sign on shack defueling spot: JP-4 POINT, HOURS OF OPERATIONS 0700 - 1930, then camera helicopter pulls up. (YT 0025) 401' SLATE: ROLL: R33D-8X-3980. 29 JULY 1967. ALS's of B-57B making GP bomb runs and dropping napalm; F-100D dropping napalms, bombs, and making strafing passes; 0-lE fly-by and circling target area; and F-4C's dropping bombs, CBU, and napalm -- all impacting in target area. (YT 0025) 611' SLATE: ROLL: R33D-7X-3246E. 27 JULY 1967. ALS's of F-100 during bomb and CBU runs showing impacts and bomblets bursting; landing boats docked -- friendly troops moving away from river and through rice paddy. (YT O524 and two kilometers from that coordinate) 738' SLATE: ROLL: R30C-8N-004. 24 NOVEMBER 1967. AELS's of F-100 dropping napalms and CBU's. (Suspected enemy location) 845' SLATE: ROLL: R-30C-8N-008. 24 NOVEMBER 1967. AELS's & ALS of smoke and foliage in target area and 0-lE flying in target area. 896' Total footage in reel. Reel 2 - SLATE: ROLL: R30C-81-1028. NOVEMBER 1967. AELS's of A-lE's dropping GP bombs and napalms in dense wooded area near Dak To. 81' SLATE: ROLL: R30C-8X-1029. NOVEMBER 1967. AELS of F-100 dropping bombs on very rough terrain. 129' SLATE: ROLL: R30C-8X-1036. NOVEMBER 1967. AELS's and ALS's of F-100 making bombing and strafing runs over rough terrain. 196' SLATE: ROLL: R30C-8X-1037. NOVEMBER 1967. AELS's and ALS's of F-100's making bombing and strafing runs over rough and wooded terrain. 275' SLATE: ROLL: R30C-8X-1038. N0VEMBER 1967. AELS's of F-100 dropping bombs and napalms on dense wooded area. 324' SLATE: ROLL: R30D-8X-56. AV's of bombing area, F-100's and F-4C making bomb and napalm runs over target area; camera aircraft flies over river, bridge, the bridge with low clouds, and river bend; C-7A in flight; base; craters; buildings along road; huts; low clouds; fields; C-l23B in flight; and two A-1E's flying together. 531' EDITOR'S SLATE: ROLL: R30C-8X-11. 22 JULY 1967. 538' Shows troops deploying in an outward perimeter of defense, 10 UH-1D's in flight, landing, troops of Company A, 3rd Battalion, 196th Light Infantry Brigade offloading, then helicopters fly away. (10-12 miles northwest of Chu Lai) 610' LS of APC and tanks in a securing formation. 618' EDITOR'S SLATE: ROLL: R30C-8X-16, 22 JULY 1967. LS's of USA CH-47A depositing an underslung 105mm howitzer and ammo on ground, then helicopter lands and troops offloading; and gun crew moving 105mm Howitzer into position. (10-12 mile's, northwest Chu Lai) 692' Total footage in reel. SLATE: ROLLS: R30C-8X-l and 6'. 22 JULY 1967. Aerial coverage of three F-100's making repeated napalm and bomb drops on target area in direct support of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade on a search and destroy mission. (Coordinates 479886 - 483886) 175' SLATE: ROLL: R30C-8X-12. 22 JULY 1967. Ground coverage of three F-100's making air strikes on target area -- few Army troops in foreground. (Coordinates 479886 - 483886) 253' LS of USA CH-47A depositing underslung 105 mm howitzer and ammo on ground. 265' SLATE: ROLL: R30C-8N-003. 20 NOVEMBER 1967. AELS's of A-1E No. 893 rolling in on bombing run, delivering M-81 (25O-lb) bombs and bombs impacting and A-1E No. 857 in flight. 367' Total footage in reel.

Collection

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

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities