SEABEES RESURFACING PHU BAI AIRSTRIP Part 1

Description

UNEDITED MILITARY FOOTAGE: 1) CU Seabee bent over stack of 2 X 12 ft. aluminum mats. G 2) CU Seabees picking up section of matting. G-F 3) MS Equipment being used, fork-lift brings stack of mats into FG. G 4) CU Seabee directing fork-lift to FG, matting is lowered, fork-lift backs away. G 5) CU Operations Tower; Vietnamese flag flying from tower; words "Phi Cang, Hue, and Phu Bai" seen on building. G 6) A-G MS Over runway, seebees working on last section. G-F 7) A-G MS Pan view, colpleted section and area of runway where seabees are still working. 8) A-G MLS Over Phu Bai area. G-F 9) A-G CU Pan along runway to area where seabees are working. G 10) A-G MS Over U.S.A Caribou a/c turning up on runway. 11) MS Vietnamese workers standing with seabees, assisting in laying matting; slow pan showing men working. G 12) MCU Two men place section of matting down, lock it in place. G 13) MS Seabees driving stakes into last mattings. G 14) MCU Two seabees using sledge hammers to drive long stake into ground. 15) CU Vietnamese women sitting on matting in FG, watching seabees work. G 16) MS Gang of seabees standing on end of completed runway. G 17) MCU Group of officers picking up last mat, locking it in place; seabees applaud in BG.

Collection

General Records of the Department of the Navy

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities