USS CONSTELLATION (CVA-64) OPS Part 2

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1) LA CU Pilot in cockpit of aircraft, canopy open. 2) CU Brown shirt attaching power hose to side of aircraft. G 3) CU Brown shirt, right hand raised. G 4) CU Brown shirt working around nose wheel of aircraft, another brown shirt in BG; tie down chains are removed. G 5) CU A-4C taxiing slowly off to left. VG 6) HA MLS Rear view, A-4C being launched from #1 cat, RA-5C on #2 cat; group of flight deck personnel in center part of deck. G 7) CU Four brown shirts relaxing, chatting after the launching. VG 8) CU Brown shirt chatting with his friends. F 9) CU Two brown shirts chatting. 10) MS Four brown shirts chatting. G 11) LA LS Group of A-4C's in "V" formation on fly-by, brown shirt in FG. G 12) MLS PAN A- 4C making a recovery; an ordnanceman approaches up deck with a bomb on a bomb cart. G 13) CU Head of a brown shirt, nose of an A-4C directly above his head. G 14) CU Brown shirt, blue shirt and a yellow shirt under nose of an A-4C. 15) CU Brown shirt putting ladder up to cockpit area of A-4C and climbs up ladder and assists the pilot in unfastening his gear. G 16) LA CU Brown shirt talking with pilot, the pilot hands some gear to plane captain. G 17) CU Plane captain chatting with pilot. G 18) CU Face of plane captain. G 19) LA MCU Green shirt bent down over top of rotor of 'copter. G 20) CU Purple shirt walking past with a gas hose in his hand. G 21) CU UH-2A, man wiping windshield down; man in far BG checks the tail rotor. G 22) LA CU Brown shirt greasing fittings on the tail rotor. G 23) LA CU Man in light flight suit standing up alongside the exhaust of 'copter engine. G 24) LA CU Man up on a work platform; PAN down to man wiping down the wheel struts of UH-2A. G 25) LA MS Work platform being lowered, with two men up around opening of engine compartment; green shirt closes part of the opening alongside the engine. G 26) LA CU Cockpit area of UH-2A 'copter, helmet on seat in FG. G 27) CU Interior view, UH-2A, looking, thru doorway to right BG. G 28) CU Man in a flight suit simulating the use of aircraft's rescue seat sling and hoist; he places the strap around his neck and under his arms; PAN up, showing the hoist. 29) LA CU 'Copter's hoist. F to P 30) CU Words; "USS CONSTELLATION" painted on wheel well of copter. G 31) CU Words: "City of Tijuana" painted on side of copter. G 32) MS UH-2A, men working around in front of 'copter. VG 33) MS Two ordnancemen standing at bomb elevator, the elevator comes to flight deck level with bombs on a bomb cart. G 34) MS Ordnancemen, one backing off with a bomb cart loaded with bombs. G 35) MS Man walking backwards over flight deck with two bombs on a bomb cart; AO in left FG backs off elevator with two bombs on a bomb cart, wheels the cart over flight deck towards the aircraft. G 36) CU Looking down over a Bullpup attached under wing of an A-4C, red shirt off to left, others under wing of aircraft. G 37) CU Red shirt pulling on a bomb cart. G 38) CU Three bombs on pylon under A-4C. 39) CU PAN Bomb carts on flight area next to island ready for loading aboard aircraft; AO is wheeling two bombs in FG. 40) MS Red shirt under wing of an aircraft; PAN to another AO working with two bombs. G 41) CU Bombs and rockets on pylon, more smaller bombs on pylon to the left, which is on the out board wing of aircraft. G 42) MS F- 4B, with men working around aircraft, getting it ready for flight. 43) CU Looking down over the box on bomb cart loaded with fuses; AO wheels box past camera. 44) CU Two AO's hoisting up a section of the rocket pod and securing it to the rack. G 45) MS AO wheeling up two bombs. 46) CU PAN Down to the AO working around under wing of aircraft. G 47) MS AO with his red shirt tied around his waist, working over after section of port engine. G 48) HA MS General view of flight deck area, showing tractors moving about; two F-4B's in right BG, an A-3B in left BG. G 49) CU AO, with a belt of 2OMM ammo walking past camera. 50) MS Two men, one in a skivvy shirt, one in a green shirt, making repairs on a parachute pack on flight deck next to an aircraft. G 51) CU Man's hands tying a small piece of thread on side of a parachute pack. 52) CU Green shirt working over the parachute pack. G 53) CU Green shirt working underneath an RA- 5C, second green shirt off to right. G 54) LA CU Men lowering a panel underneath the aircraft, using a rag to clean after camera mount on RA-5C. F to P 55) CU Two green shirts working underneath the RA-5C, closing the little panel to camera mount area. G 56) CU RA-5C, words: "USS CONSTELLATION" and "Navy VAH- 12". 57) MLS Purple shirt up alongside the RA-5C refueling the aircraft. G 58) ECU Fuel hose being attached to side of RA-5C. G 59) CU Purple shirt, his hand on the fuel hose. G 60) MS Two purple shirts up along the starboard side of RA-5C while plane is being refueled. G to F 61) CU A-4C taxiing over flight deck, blue shirt holding onto a tow bar walking along in front of aircraft during spotting; blast fence is up in BG aft of #2 cat. G 62) MS F-4B taxiing over deck off to right past the port side of an A-4C parked in mid FG. G 63) LA MS A-4C being respotted. G

Collection

General Records of the Department of the Navy

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities