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OPERATION STEELPIKE (U.D.T. SEAL PARADROPS) (MN-10042) Part 2

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1) MS Looking out over what appears to be part of runway; hilly terrain in BG. F2) GtoA MLS Man jumping from UH-34D-type helicopter; PAN with man drifting down with chute, leaves scene at top. G3) LA MS PAN, man drifting down with chute, man releases object which drops on line below him, object lands in water and follows U.D.T men believed to be SEAL team, khaki chute lays off in water in BG; PAN to left showing second SEAL diver landing in water. G4) MS Third SEAL diver landing in water with khaki cute, air is release from from chute. G5) MLS SEAL diver swimming in water between chute and raft; low bridge is seen in far BG. VG6) MLS Looking out toward member of SEAL team, around side of raft; parachute partially fill with air lays on water in BG; other members of team swim toward liferaft. VG7) LS Large raft with SEAL team aboard moving to left, another man is seen swimming toward raft; parachute is at right on surface of water as other SEAL diver is picked up from water.8) G to A MLS UH-34D helicopter in flight for paradrop, leaves scene at right. G to F9) LA MS SEAL diver floating down on his parachute after jump from helicopter, these are U.D.T. personnel called SEALS, man leaves scene momentarily and camera swish PANS back picking him up; PAN away showing SEAL member releasing liferaft on line still attached to man, dangling below him; PAN down showing raft hitting water followed by man and then chute; zoom in showing man off beach area, some posts and fence are seen on beach in FG. F10) MLS Two SEAL members landing in water off beach area; zoom in toward two men in water with their chutes, one collapsed and the other still containing air. (SV) G11) MLS SEAL team members in rubber raft, paddling in through surf to beach. G12) MS SEAL members in black rubber raft paddling in through surf to beach. G13) MCU Raft with SEAL members aboard as they paddle through surf, raft hits bottom, men jump out of boat; zoom away from men pulling raft into dry beach, man sits down on raft, begins to remove his fins. VG

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Collection

General Records of the Department of the Navy

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities

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Date
1964-10-01
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3:07