Video Parts (10 across 2 reels)
This clip is Reel 1, Part 6 of a 10-part film. Watch from the beginning
AIRCRAFT MAZE, TAN SON NHUT AB, VIETNAM Reel 1 · Part 6
Description
Covers different types of military and civil aircraft at Tan Son Nhut, and the crowded conditions at the base. (NOTE: All C-46s shown are silver with no markings.) REEL 1: ROLL: R30C-9X-283. Shows Cathay Pacific Airways Convair 880 taxiing; high angle shots of vehicles crossing runway; RF-4C taxiing; C-130B taxiing; Pan American 707 (cargo version) parked near C-46s and DC-3s; tug pulling DC-3; C-133A parked near C-130s in revetments; and C-123K taxiing. 108' ROLL: R30C-9X-285. Shows Pan American 707 (cargo version) taxiing followed by C-7A; traffic lights at intersection of road and runway; C-7A, U-6A, AC-47, and RF-101C waiting for takeoff; C-46, U-6A, PC-6A Turbo Porter, C-7A, Pan American 707 (cargo version) and C-123K taxiing past traffic light at road and runway intersection; and C-130B taxiing followed by A-1H. 215' ROLL: R30C-9X-2199. High angle shots of Cathay Pacific Airways Convair 880, Air Vietnam DC-6's, DC-3's, and C-46's parked; B-57D taxiing; two B-57Ds and F-4C waiting for takeoff; C-123K and C-130B taxiing past intersection of road and runway; Pan American 707 (cargo version) taxiing and parked near Cathay Pacific Airways Convair 880 and Air Vietnam DC-6's; and AC-47, C-47 and DC-3 waiting for takeoff. 306' ROLL: R30C-9X-2832. High angleshots of airlift 727 parked; vehicles crossing runway; Pan American 707 (cargo version) DC-3s and C-46s parked; Air Vietnam Caravelle parked; DHC-4 (C-7A) no camouflage and no markings but US flag on tail, crossing intersection of road and runway; C-7A turning off runway; and DC-3s and U-1A taxiing past intersection of road and runway. 412' ROLL: R30C-9X-2976. Shows C-7A taxiing past intersection of road and runway; Air Vietnam DC-6s and Boeing 727 parked; O-2A, U-6A, U-1A and C-7A parked; DC-3s parked; Cathaway Pacific Airways Convair 880 parked and taxiing; and C-7A's taxiing. 516' ROLL: R30C-9X-3071. Shows A-1H taxiing followed by C-123K, C-7A, and U-10A; C-46 taxiing followed by air Vietnam DC-6; VNAF A-1Hs taxiing; DC-6 parked as U-10A (Silver and no markings) taxies past; U-1A parked; C-130E taxiing; VNAF A-1H's waiting for takeoff and starting takeoff runs in front of DC-6; airlift 727 and C-130E taxiing past inter-section of road and runway as seen from truck. 622' ROLL: R30C-9X-3088. Pan American 707 (cargo version) parked, C-141A taxiing, and Vietnamese controllers in control tower. 719' ROLL: R30C-9X-3089. Shows RF-101C taxiing as seen from bunker, fuel truck pulling away from Pan American 707 (cargo version), TSN terminal; AC-47s and C-47s parked in revetments; and C-130B taxiing past intersection of road and runway. 797' Total footage in reel. REEL 2: ROLL: R30C-9X-045. High angle shots of ramp; C-130B taxiing; C-123K taxiing; DC-3 being towed; security policeman directing traffic at road; and runway intersection as Cessna 337 taxies by. 97' ROLL: R30C-9X-046. C-141A parked and taxiing; C-130B taxiing and parked near Air Vietnam DC-3s; and USN S-2Ds parked. 182' ROLL: R30C-9X-047. A-1H taxiing followed by C-46; AC-119 taxiing; AC-119, RF-101C, DC-3, U-6A, S-2D and C-7As waiting for takeoff; C-141A and C-123B taking off. 279' ROLL: R30C-9X-118. C-123B taxiing followed by C-123K; VNAF C-47 taxiing followed by RF-101C, VNAF U-6A and AC-119; Continental Airlines 707 taxiing followed by U-8F and VNAF U-6A, C-123K, VNAF U-6A, and 0-1E waiting for takeoff; and C-130B taxiing. 380' ROLL: R30C-9X-3091. World Airways 707 taxiing -- pan and zoom shots of Tan Son Nhut terminal; C-46 taxiing followed by C-123K and C-7A taxiing. 472' Total footage in reel.
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Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities