AIR STRIKE, SOUTH VIETNAMFOOTNOTE: Footage taken by LCDR. ROBUGE of VA-23 flying an A-4E, shows strikefootage over Viet Cong troop concentrations 13 miles west N.W. Saigon, troops in wooded area along bank of canal showing bombing runs, strafing runs and the rendezvous. Footage taken by LT. SLOAT of VA-23 flying an A-4E shows bombing runs, on Vietcong concentration 50 miles west of Saigor Part 4

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1) A-A HA MS Rear view of an A-4E banking left over strike area; plane continues over a heavy cloud coverage bend of a river seen in right; camera a/c banks sharply, picks up the strike a/c as it makes a stbd. turn and diving at the same time along a thin canal leading in from the river. Bomb is dropped by the A-4E, leaves scene at bottom, strike a/c pulls up across the river leaves scene at top. G2) A-G MS Pan left picking up an A-4E in flgt. directly ahead of the camera a/c; gray smoke rises from the ground off to right, the pass is made over the canal, bomb is dropped from the stbd. wing of the a/c. G3) A-A HA MLS Rear view of an A-4E in flgt. over the clouds and leaves scene at top, picked up again on its run and lost again and again picked up; it banks right, diving down over the Vietcong concentration. G-F4) A-A MS Rear view of an A-4E in flgt., heavy cloud formation off to right; a/c flies out over the cloud formation; bomb cluster seen under the belly, two bombs are released; the strike a/c is lost in the clouds, camera a/c pulls out into the clearning, many farms seen below. G5) A-A HA MS Rear view of an A-4E diving down on the Vietcong concentration; gray smoke comes up from the area; two bombs are released from the bomb racks, the a/c pulls out over the river; pan up with the a/c as it leaves the scene off to the left. G6) A-A MS Rear view of an A-4E in flgt., leaves scene to left; camera a/c banks left and picks it up; strike a/c banks right, gray smoke seen rising from the ground; the A-4E moves in on the run, the 250 1b. bomb is dropped; camera a/c pulls up, shock from the explosion is felt by the camera a/c on the pull-out of over the farms seen below. VG7) A-A HA MS Rear view of the A-4E strafing the Vietcong concentration along the canal, followed by a pull out of the area. VG8) A-A LS Rear view of the A-4E in flgt. directly ahead of the camera a/c. G9) A-A MLS Banks sharply to left over the strike, 50 miles west of Saigon; farm terrain seen below. Oamera a/c straightens out; some bomb craters seen below along the canal; a/c banks right, then left, smoke rises from a canal from the right, partly out of the scene from a bomb hit; camera a/c banks right picking up the smoke flying on down the canal, shock is felt by the camera a/c on the pull-out. G-F10) A-G MLS Bank left out over the river, banking left over the canal, farms below; A-4E flies into scene from left, flying on down the canal following the left bank, a/c lost out of scene; terrain seen below; strike a/c comes into scene from bottom on the pull up.11) A-G MLS Bank left out over the strike area; an A-4E seen flying far below; smoke seen off to left along the canal.12) A-A LS A-4E in flgt. flying along through the over cast. G

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General Records of the Department of the Navy

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Moving Images Relating to Military Activities