TV FEATURETTE - OP. SEA DRAGON TONKIN GULF MAIL MEN AND HMAS HOBART Part 1

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1) AtoA HA MS S-2E in flight over water, with MAD gear lowered; PAN, with aircraft. F (jumpy) 2) AtoA MLS S-2E banking to left over water; Russian Merchant Freighter is seen in BG, the TYMLAT; S-2E is checking the ship's speed course, cargo, etc. F to P 3) AtoG LS Russian Freighter TYMLAT, S-2E flying some distance off the starboard beam. FtoP 4) MCU Pilot on deck of USS HORNET (CVS-12) preflight checking an S-2E aircraft; PAN to pilot. G to F 5) ECU Face of pilot as he pre-flights plane. G 6) CU Two pilots pre-flight checking an S- 2E; PAN from pilots. F 7) CU Pilot and Plane Captain pre-flight checking aircraft, as they look over the nose wheel strut. F 8) LA CU Pilot and co-pilot at controls of SH-3A in flight, instrument panel seen in BG between the two pilots. G 9) CU Face of co-pilot. G 10) CU Pilot at controls. F to P 11) CU Looking past the right side of pilot's head, as 'copter makes an approach to USS CONSTELLATION (CVA-64); the ship is seen occasionally thru the windshield in distant BG, DD escort trailing behind in the wake. F 12) AtoG MS Starb'd beam view, USS CONSTELLATION underway in Tonkin Gulf. F 13) MCU Two crew members of the SH-3A working with mail bags at open hatch. F 14) MCU Men lowering mail by hoist to the Destroyer beneath 'copter. G to F 15) MCU Men working with mail bag, getting it hooked up to hoist. F to P 16) MCU S-2E moving onto catapult. F 17) CU S-2E launched out of scene. G 18) CU Yellow shirt directing an S-2E onto cat. G to F 19) CU Cat crewmen working underneath aircraft, preparing it for catapult (SV). G 20) MCU After section of S-2E, hold-on cable is released, the plane leaves scene on catapult. F (OX) 21) LS C- 1A making a recovery, rolling to a stop; Yellow shirt looks on from mid FG. F 22) CU C-1A taxiing off to right. F 23) CU Crewmen loading mail bags into a wire basket on a forklift. (SV) F 24) CU Starb'd lookout scanning the shoreline aboard the HMAS HOBART, while underway in Tonkin Gulf. (SV) G 25) CU Lookout scanning the shoreline in distant BG using the long glass. VG 26) MS Three men on the open weather deck area; USS BOSTON (CAG- 1) in distant BG. (SV) G 27) CU Man on long glass, BOSTON framed in distant BG (SV). G 28) MS Man looking towards shoreline with the long glass. G 29) MS Captain and several men looking towards shoreline with binoculars. G 30) CU Man looking thru the long glass towards shoreline; ship's guns are firing in BG, G 31) MS Captain on the wing of bridge. G to F 32) MCU Captain looking thru long glass. G 33) CU Captain, small part of ship's bow seen in BG. G 34) CU Ship's Captain, BOSTON framed in distant BG. 35) CU Captain on bridge. 36) CU Captain on bridge scanning beach with binoculars. G 37) CU Captain holding his ears as guns fire in BG. G

Collection

General Records of the Department of the Navy

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities