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Checking of VNAF helicopter pilots at Ton Son Nhut Airport, Saigon, South Vietnam on April 4th,1970

VNAF helicopter pilots at Ton Son Nhut Airport. They bid farewell to families and friends inside airport terminal. Officials check boarding passes at terminal gate. Bags of VNAF candidates are also inspected. They board plane. American commercial airplanes, namely Seaboard World and Airlift, taxi down runway and take off. A plane in flight is shown. Ton Son Nhut Airport terminal building appears with flags flying at terminal entrance.

Date: 1970, April 4
Duration: 5 min 34 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675023713
Use of BLU-82/B bomb in Project Commando Vault, to create instant landing zone during Vietnam War

U.S. Project Combat Trap/Commando Vault using outsized bombs to create helicopter landing zones in the jungle, during the war in Vietnam. (At first, the project used 10,000 pound World War II M121 bombs. In 1970, it switched to the 15,000 pound BLU-82/B bomb, also called a "Daisy Cutter".) View from another aircraft, of a C-130 aircraft in flight overhead. View inside the cargo compartment of the C-130 flying , with its rear cargo door open, above a layer of clouds. A parachute trails behind the aircraft, attached to a large pallet on which a BLU-82/B (Bomb Live Unit-82) is fastened. The load is released and the parachute pulls the pallet and bomb out of the plane. Scene reverts to the view of the C-130 from another aircraft. The parachute and bomb are seen falling from the C-130. Camera follows them as they fall through the cloud layer. Next, a huge ball of fire is seen in the jungle below. Dense gray smoke billows upward. Scene shifts to view from a helicopter flying closer to the ground, which is obscured by dense tree canopy below. View of the explosion site shows depression in the jungle canopy, but the helicopter doesn't get close enough to reveal more.

Date: 1970
Duration: 1 min 43 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675042715
views from a helicopter circling Fire Support Base Charlie One in vietnam

View, from very low-flying helicopter, circling the perimeter of of Fire Support Base Charlie One in Vietnam. An observation tower is seen. Mountains in the distant background. Several circular gun emplacements are visible. (Elements of the 2nd Battalion, 94th Field Artillery were stationed at the base during this period.) Some smaller emplacements are seen closer to the perimeter. All structures on the base are low and flat. What appears to be a river and a town in the background. I was in Vietnam at Charlie 1 in 1970 (Jun to Nov) with 2nd BN 94th Arty. I was also at Camp Carrol (J.J. Carrol). They are two different locations, considerable distance apart. NO WAY was it " Fire Support Base Charlie One at Camp Carroll" To describe the "Underground Bunkers" picture Metal culverts about 8-10 foot in diameter, maybe 20 feet long in a wooden box covered in gravel with one end open with a door.

Date: 1970, June 5
Duration: 2 min 48 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675031452
Lt.Daryl R.Youngstrum and Major Jordan giving information to the crew members at Phan Rang AF,Vietnam.

Covers activities of 18th Special Operations Squadron at Phan Rang AF,Vietnam.Arrival of Lt. Daryl R.Youngstrum and Major Jordan with the crew members.Lt. Daryl and Major Jordan giving information to the crew members and showing certain locations on different maps. 16 January 1970.

Date: 1970, January 16
Duration: 6 min 39 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675026823
Bell Telephone advertisement chronicles costs for telephone calls reducing from 1915 to 1970.

Bell Telephone television advertisement depicts the cost of telephone calls over years from 1915 to 1970. Pictures of streets and houses in Boston. Portrait of Alexander Graham Bell. The cost of telephone from 20.70 dollars in 1915 reduced to 70 cents in 1970. Rapid paced montage of images (some still and some motion) from 1915 to 1970. Poster reads 'Japan at War'. Man and woman dance. Missile launched from launch pad. Aircraft parked on runway. The cost of long distance telephone charges reduced over the years. Different types of telephones seen in 1970.

Date: 1970
Duration: 2 min 1 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675023516
Gunners of U.S. 1st Battalion, 30th Field Artillery, engaged at Fire Support Base Bronco, during Cambodian incursion, Vietnam War

Opening slate identifies location as Cambodia, FSB Bronco, June 20, 1970. U.S. army gun crew of 1st Battalion, 30th Field Artillery Regiment are seen stripped to the waist, standing by their 155mm howitzer, listening to an officer at Fire Base Bronco, during the Cambodian incursion of the Vietnam War. After the officer leaves, they begin loading and firing their gun. Some hold their ears as the gun fires. Scene shifts to ammunition dump where gunners pick up more shells and bring them to the gun site. The crew begins firing again. Their officer is present and communicates by wireless phone. View of the fire support base, itself. Closeup of gunner making aiming adjustments.

Date: 1970, June 20
Duration: 2 min 17 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675062050