THE RAZORBACKS (Location, Saigon) Part 1

Description

1) LA CU Side view of one of the RAZORBACK gun ship (UH- 1B), situated on the deck of unidt ship; Rotors engaged. G 2) ECU Insignia reading, "First and Finest". VG 3) CU Shoulder patch a No. 1, with a bee, dressed up in clothing with his hands wrapped around the No. 1, below it reads, "Seaborne". G 4) Life ring of the USNS CORPUS CHRISTI BAY (ARVH-1). VG 5) MLS Flat- bed moving towards the BG, the bodies of two helicopters on the flat-bed; jeep drives by in the mid BG; Man on the machine gun. F 6) CU Sign over the doorway reading, "RAZORBACKS INC. URBAN RENEWAL. 7) CU Holes in the helicopter; Pan to the right showing the sign written by one of the Creman, "You Missed". G 8) CU Slash, rip inside of the helicopter, caused during one of the strikes over VC. G 9) CU Bullet hole in one of the helicopters. G 10) CU RAZORBACK Insignia on side of helicopter. G 11) CU View of Crewman opening up a wooden box disposing four small boxes of amo. which he pops open. G 12) CU Looking down over the belted ammo. for the machine guns, being loosened and taken out by the Crewman; Long belt of ammo. which he sets inside of the helicopter. G 13) CU Silver belts of ammo. hanging in the doorway of the helicopter, more being placed in by the Crewman. G 14) CU Crewman in the helicopter, loading his machine guns. G 15) CU Looking down over one of the ammo. cans setting on the ground. 16) CU Helicopter windshield covered with white powdered substance for cleaning, someone wrote with their fingers, "You cry, We fly". G 17) HA CU Looking down over army cot; Pan up to the left several boxes in a stack apparently of ammo. G 18) CU Boxes of ammo. G 19) MS Three men next to one of the gun ships, preparing the helicopter for flight. G 20) AG-MLS View of houses burning in Saigon, caused by strikes by the gun ships on the VC hiding in the various homes, during their attack on Saigon; Large column of smoke rises from the burning buildings in the FBG. G 21) CU Legs of the door-gunner; Much of Saigon is seen in the BG, smoke rising from buildings in the FBG. G 22) AG-MS Saigon River and area, part of the hatch of the helicopters in the FG. G 23) AG-MLS Looking down over a Canal, many damaged buildings flattened to the ground, appear to be private homes, (SV) of the Saigon area unidentified F OX 24) MCU Pilot standing next to the helicopter with the door open. G 25) CU Pilot donning a flight jacket, getting into the cockpit, setting his shoulder harness in place; Zoom in for a CU. G 26) CU Several empty boxes of ammo. strewn about the ground. G 27) LA MLS Tail-away view of the helicopter in-flight. G 28) CU Rear view of a gun ship on the ground in the revetment, the rotors engaged. G 29) LS Helicopter with rotors engaged, ready for take off. G 30) MLS Pan view of two helicopters taking off, one to the right, one to the left. G-F 31) AG-CU Pan over the flat green terrain; some areas appear to be rice fields, ready for harvest. G 32) MS Looking through the windshield at a house in the banana grove; smoke rising from the house durng the attack by the RAZORBACK helicopters to clear out the VC hiding house. G 33) MCU Crewman sitting on a work bench, working on a machine Gun. G 34) CU Side view of the man lubricating a weapon unidt. (SV) G 35) CU Interior view of the shop containing IBM Machine; A man enters the scene from the right, puts some IBM cards in the machine, cards are seen separating in slots. G 36) CU Stack of cards being placed in the machine by the operator. G 37) LA CU Cards being separated in the various slots of the IBM Machine. (SV) VG 38) CU Looking down over a wide long sheet of paper, coming up through a teletype machine. 39) ECU Machine, unidt., but is automatic. G

Collection

General Records of the Department of the Navy

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities