THE DEANS Tan Son Nhut Airfield Part 1

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1) CU Two control tower operators giving flight clearance to helicopters, man in FG is PFC LARRY R. PERKINS, man in BG is PFC 1/c STEVEN R. OLIVER. (SV) VG2) CU Interior view of 120th Aviation Company"s ready alert room, three pilots playing scrabble in BG, they are 2nd Lt.NATHAN K. REED, CAPT. VIRGIL R. YARBROUGH and WOl PHILLIP S. GILBERT.3) CU PAN, three officers at table playing scrabble in ready alert room. G4) CU Officer smoking and playing scrabble. G5) CU Three officers seated at the table in the ready alert room playing scrabble. G6) CU Sign "Rules of engagement; armed helicopters are allowed to fire in self-defense, to protect troop carriers, on known enemy forces, where the target is clearly identified, U. S. ground observer, ARVN observer this is in the ready alert room. G7) MS Four men around the pool table at far end of ready alert room.8) CU End view of pool table, man taking shot with pool stick. F9) LA CU Exterior view of control tower; zoom away from the mobile control tower situated in rear of 6x truck, UH-1B type helicopter comes in low over field in BG, leaves scene at right. VG10) CU Windows of the mobile control tower, UH-1B flying by in mid BG; zoom away from the control tower in 6x truck, several helicopters parked in distant BG. (SV) VG11) CU Mobile control tower; zoom away from control tower showing tower in rear of truck, UH-1B helicopter activity in BG, some landing some taking off. (SV) VG12) LA MS PAN to left, UH-1B type helicopter coming in for landing, spins its tail around, moving around 180//0, hovering over the parking area. G13) MLS Helicopter touching down, tower in FG, second helicopter moves low over ground in BG for take off. VG14) LA MS UH-1B type helicopter in flight. G15) CU PAN, UH-1B type helicopter flying low over ground and taking off, leaving scene at left. VG16) MS Two men work over pile of sandbags next to small corrugated structure, in preparation for rearming of the gun ships. G17) MCU LOUIS D. SANCHEZ SP/4 carrying two rockets, placing them on ground, walking back toward far side of the building. G18) CU PFC STEVEN W. COVERT linking up machine gun cartridge belts prior to rearming of the gunships (Razorbacks), boxes are pulled out of tin, belts are spread out.19) CU Man with long belts of ammunition, spreading belts out on table, opening up another box of ammo. G20) CU Belts being linked up together to make longer belt. VG21) CU Crewmen inside UH-1B-type helicopter, S/SGT JOHN C. TROY steps out of helicopter, works with armament, man loads rockets into pod attached to side of helicopter. G22) CU Gunship being loaded with rockets by one man, second man stands by the open hatch with long belt of ammunition over his shoulder. G23) CU Rocket noses sticking out of pod along right lower side of helicopter, man comes into scene, loads another rocket into pod. G24) CU Two men rearming the machine guns with long belts of ammo. G25) CU Belted ammo being folded into ammunition box. G26) CU Top lid of ammunition box being closed after being filled with ammo for machine gun. G27) CU Large red painting of Razorback Hog in charging position, painted on side of helicopter, gunships are of the Razorback Platoon of 120th Aviation Company. VG28) AtoG LS Down over flat terrain, smoke rising from far BG, area is very lightly inhabited. VG29) AtoG MLS Smoke coming from area in mid BG, drifting toward left. G30) AtoG MLS Smoke drifting toward the left from area in center BG in scene from flat terrain. G31) AtoG HA MLS Gunships in flight, flat green terrain below; zoom in toward side of the Razorback, known as gunship, gunship begins firing its machine guns on run over delta area, rockets are fired, launched from pod, one every two seconds, helicopter continues moving toward right, leave scene at top; PAN to right, smoke rising from ground where rockets hit targets in small clusters of foilage along narrow canal. excellent32) AtoA HA LS Gunship firing rocke

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General Records of the Department of the Navy

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Moving Images Relating to Military Activities