Travis orphans, Travis AFB, California Part 1

Description

Covers arrival of Vietnamese orphans and their escorts at Travis AFB. Shows C-l41A landing, children and escorts debarking aircraft and boarding buses, and spectators observing from roped-off area. Reel 1: 1' MS C-141A taxiing and turning. 9' MLS to MS Red Cross personnel, USAF personnel and US civilians carrying babies and helping older children to waiting bus. 29' CU Vietnamese baby in cardboard bassinet, MS Vietnamese woman carrying child and crutches. 55' C-l41A on approach, landing, and taxiing behind Follow Me truck, airmen directing aircraft into parking area. 123' USAF personnel and women volunteer helpers on flight line and standing by bus, CU airman talking. 137' MLS to CUs Vietnamese children, holding toys and balloons, being carried and helped to bus--bus departs. 432' Woman handing toys to children as they are carried to bus, MSs of children and escorts on bus, bus departing. 494' Sign: UNITED STATES AIR FORCE TRAVIS AFB PASSENGER TERMINAL. 540' MS TV camerman on top of panel truck, MS spectators along flight line area. 584' MLS to MSs C-141A taxiing behind Follow Me truck, MSs to CUs escorts and Vietnamese children debarking C-141A and boarding bus--priest carrying girl with leg braces. 855' MLSs to CUs spectators, MSs to CUs of babies and small children being carried to bus.

Collection

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

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities