OPERATION SAN ANGELO, SONG BE AND BOA LOC, VIETNAM Reel 3 · Part 4

Description

Covers airlift operations by C-130s, C-123s and C-7As in support of Operation San Angelo.(NOTE: 14" Magnetic tape has descriptions of duties and the airlift by USA and USAF personnel). REEL 1: ROLL: R30C-8X-1022 (SONG BE) 1) MSs of C-130E taxiing in, turning and stopping. 2) USA personnel at rear of C-130E as loading ramp is lowered. 3) Tao 3/4 ton trucks and 105mm howitzer offloading from C-130E. 4) USA personnel storing and securing ramp extensions, and C-130E cargo door closing. 5) C-130E Nos. 3 and 4 engines starting. 6) Crew chief watching engines start, and boarding of C-130E. 106' ROLL: R30C-8X-1386 (SONG BE) 7) C-130B taxiing in, turning and parked. 8) Forklifts offloading cargo from C-130B and onloading stack of empty pallets. 9) C-130B cargo door closing and aircraft taxiing out. 207' ROLL: R30C-8X-1396 (SONG BE) 10) MS of C-130B taxiing out and turning through right frame. 11) C-130B parked -- airman using motion picture camera from upper hatch. 12) MS of C-130B Nos. 3 and 4 engines starting. 13) C-130B nose section and crew door closing. 14) Forklift driver. 15) Forklifts offloading ammunition from C-130B. 304' ROLL: R30C-8X-1430 (SONG BE) 16) Forklift driver. 17) C-130E taxiing in and parked. 18) Jeep, trailer, 3/4 ton truck and 105mm howitzer offloading from C-130E. 19) C-130E cargo door closing. 20) C-130E taxiing out, turning through right frame and taking off to right. 21) Forklift loading pallet of ammunition onto truck. 408' ROLL: R30C-8X-1431 (SONG BE) 22) C-124C taxiing in, turning and parked. 23) C-124C cargo doors opening, offloading of 212 ton truck and trailer, ramps retracting and cargo doors closing. 24) Crew chief entering C-124C through forward crew hatch. 25) C-124C Nos. 3 and 4 engines starting. 26) C-124C taxiing out and turning. 514' ROLL: R30C-8X-1432 (SONG BE) 27) Forklift offloading oil drums from C-130B. 28) Soldier checking manifest at rear of C-130B. 29) USA personnel with gear walking from C-7A. 30) Two C-7As taxiing -- C-7A parked in foreground. 31) Forklifts offloading cargo from C-130B. 608' ROLL: R30C-8X-1433 (SONG BE) 32) Forklift loading pallets of ammunition and cargo onto truck. 33) Forklift driver. 34) Scenes of cargo-loaded truck on dirt road and arriving at storage area, as seen from following truck. 35) Driver checking load on truck. 36) Forklift offloading howitzer rounds from truck. 713' ROLL: R30C-8X-1434 (SONG BE) 37) Forklifts offloading pallets of ammunition from trucks, and carrying loads to storage areas. 38) C-130B taxiing through right frame. 39) RV of C-130B in takeoff climb. 798' ROLL: R30C-8X-1435 (SONG BE) 40) C-130Bs and C-130Es parked on flight line. 41) USA personnel with gear at rear of C-130E and boarding aircraft. 42) C-130E cargo door closing. 43) Crew chief walking from rear of C-130E to front of aircraft and watching No. 3 engine starting. 44) C-130B taxiing out. 884' Total footage in reel. REEL 2: ROLL: R30C-8X-1604 (SONG BE) (Slate in error - Shows ROLL: R30C-8X-1622) 1) Forklifts loading pallets of ammunition onto truck in storage area. 2) Trucks leaving storage area. 3) Four C-130Bs taking off to right. 71' ROLL: R30C-8X-1620 (SONG BE) 4) Drivers getting on forklifts and driving out of scene. 5) MS of C-130B taxiing in and turning. 6) USA personnel boarding C-130B. 146' ROLL: R30C-8X-1621 (SONG BE) 7) MLS of C-130E taxiing in and turning. 8) Jeep with trailer backing toward C-130E cargo compartment. 9) MS of C-130E taxiing to left. 10) Communications jeep parked atop mound of dirt and airman using radio. 362' ROLL: R30C-8X-1623 (BAO LOC) 11) C-130A parked, USA personnel boarding aircraft, aircraft taxiing out to left and taking off to right. 12) 3/4 ton truck with 105mm howitzer backing into C-130A cargo compartment. 461' ROLL: R30C-8X-1624 (SONG BE) 13) C-130B approach and landing to right. 14) LS of C-124C taxiing to right, turning and taking off to right. 15) C-130E approach and landing to right. 16) C-7A approach and landing to right. 17) MS to LS RV of C-7A taking off -- C-7A parked in foreground. 18) C-130B approach and landing to left. 565' ROLL: R30C-8X-1625 (SONG BE) 19) Airman using radio beside communications jeep. 20) Communications jeep parked atop mound of dirt as two C-7As and C-130E make approaches and landings nearby. 21) C-130B approach and landing to right. 670' ROLL: R30C-8X-1626 (SONG BE) (Action does not match captions for ROLL 1626). 22) Airman and non-commissioned officer (NCO) in bunker, NCO using radio. 23) Bunker and sign: SONG BE AIR BASE GATEWAY TO CAMBODIA HOME OF THE DIRTY DOZEN (Confederate flag on small mast above bunker). 24) SSgt C.J. Davis leaving bunker talking to three airmen (forklift drivers) and airmen leaving. 25) Sign: OLAR 8TH AERIAL PORT SQUADRON SONG BE, RVN. with unit insignia. 26) C-130E taking off to right. 774' ROLL: R30C-8X-1436 (BAO LOC) 27) C-130E taking off to right at Song Be. 28) USA personnel boarding C-130A. 29) Crew chief pulling chocks from C-130A gear, boarding aircraft and closing crew door, intercut with C-130A No. 1 engine starting. 30) C-130B taxiing in and parked. 31) Trucks, trailers, jeeps and 10mm howitzer moving onto flight line. 32) Truck backing to rear of C-130A. 878' ROLL: R30C-8X-1437 (SONG BE) 33) MS of C-130B taxiing to right. 34) Forklift moving to rear of C-130B. 35) USA personnel filling and carrying sandbags, and making bunkers. 36) Cook beside cooking unit at field kitchen site. 979' Total footage in reel. REEL 3: ROLL: R30F-8X-789 (BAC L0C AND SONG BE) 1) Lt Col R.G. Yerks (USA) watching personnel preparing mortar emplacement, approaching camera, sitting on sandbags and speaking. 2) Lt Col Noble A. Miller leaving C-130B and speaking. (Song Be) 3) Col Malcolm P. Hooker at rear of C-130 and speaking. (Bao Loc) 4) 1st Lt William H. Sterling speaking -- trucks, jeeps and C-130s parked in background. (Bao Loc) 5) Airman Dean, directing USA mechanical mule as it moves to the rear. 399' ROLL: R30C-8X-1449 (BAO LOC) 6) Lt Col Daryl D. Cole at side of C-130B and speaking. 449' ROLL: R30C-8X-1451 (SONG BE) 7) 2d Lt Richard P. Eudicone (USA) speaking -- forklifts operating in background. 8) SSgt Carl D. Hall checking loads on pellets against manifest and speaking. 9) SSgt C.J. Davis talking to forklift driver and speaking toward camera. 10) SSgt Davis watching C-130E, turning to camera and speaking. 11) C-130B taking off to left. 12) Lt Col Charles F. Braithwaite III speaking. 824' Total footage in reel. REEL 4: ROLL: R30C-8X-1438 (SONG BE) 1) USA personnel of 1st Infantry Division at rear of C-130B. 2) LSs of C-130E, C-123B, C-130B and C-7A on flight line. 3) 3/4 ton truck with trailer leaving C-130. 4) MS of C-130 cargo door closing. 5) Sign: FARLEY FIELD SONG BE RVN IN MEMORY OF SP4 GARY L. FARLEY, CO.D. 168 ENGINEER COMBAT BN. 96' ROLL: R30C-8X-1479 (SONG BE) 6) Two C-130Bs, two C-130Es and C-7A on approach and landing to right. 7) USA personnel leaving C-123B and waiting in staging area. 189' ROLL: R30C-8X-1610 (SONG BE) 8) Two C-130Bs taking off to right. 9) Forklift offloading cargo from C-130. 10) Two C-130Bs on approach and landing to right. 11) Two C-130Es starting takeoff runs to right, intercut with C-130B taking off to right. 285' ROLL: R30C-8X-1838 (SONG BE) 12) USA personnel leaving C-130E and walking from area. 13) Copilot at C-130B controls as seen from outside aircraft. 14) MS of C-130B parked. 15) USA personnel walking from flight line. 379' ROLL: R30C-8X-1894 (SONG BE) 16) MS of C-123B taxiing to right and stopping. 17) USA personnel leaving C-123B and walking from area. 18) MS of C-7A taxiing to right and stopping. 19) Forklift loading CONEX containers onto truck and truck leaving area. 20) Forklift driver. 477' ROLL: R30C-8X-1895 (SONG BE) 21) USA personnel leaving C-130B, walking from area, walking through field and relaxing in clearing as explosion occurs nearby. 583' ROLL: R30C-8X-1896 (SONG BE) 22) Cargo and fuel bladders stacked in area near parked and taxiing C-130Bs. 23) C-130E with two flat tires at end of runway. 24) Airmen working under disabled C-130E and on landing gear. 685' ROLL: R30C-8X-1897 (SONG BE) 25) C-130B taxiing to right. 26) 101st Airborne military police using radio and directing traffic while sitting on top of small bunker. 712' Total footage in reel.

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

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Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities