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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
General Catton at MAC post at Tan Son Nhut air base in Vietnam and takes off in HH-43 B helicopter.

United States Air Force General Jack J. Catton on a walking tour of Tan Son Nhut Air Base in Vietnam. General Catton and other officers move out of a building and get into a car and drive away. General Catton arrives at MAC (Military Airlift Command) post. A United States HH-43B being refueled. Catton's car pulls up at the base. Crew of HH-43 B lines up as General Catton speaks to them. He enters the helicopter and it lifts off. (Vietnam War period).

Date: 1969, October 6
Duration: 2 min 44 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675042939
U.S. B-29 Superfortress with Bell X-1A aircraft under its wing takes off from from runway at Muroc Army Air Field in California.

United States experimental aircraft at Muroc Army Air Field (Edwards Air Force Base) in California, United States. Bell X-2 being pushed by several men across the flight line. Bell X-3 taxis out of hangar. Bell X-4 taxis and takes off from the runway. Pilot in the cockpit of X-1A aircraft. Ground crew make a final check. U.S. Air Force B-29 Superfortress takes off from the runway with X-1A under its wing. X-1A releases from B-29 Superfortress in mid flight and begins a solo flight. X-1A lands on the runway.

Date: 1956
Duration: 1 min 50 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675063971
U.S. General Paul McConnell disembarks from UH-1B helicopter during his visit at Cam Ranh Air Base in Vietnam.

Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, General Paul McConnell visits Cam Ranh Air Base in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. General Paul McConnell and party n staff cars drive past the security gates. General boards HU-1B helicopter. HU-1B helicopter lands at air base. General McConell disembarks from the helicopter and gets into staff cars.

Date: 1968, November 2
Duration: 2 min 27 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675064053
North American bomber B-25 Mitchell sprays DDT (Dichloro Diphenyl Trichloroethane) in Rockford, Illinois to eradicate polio.

North American bomber B-25 Mitchell sprays DDT (Dichloro Diphenyl Trichloroethane) in Rockford, Illinois. Military officials fill 500 gallons of DDT in the aircraft. Bomber B-25 Mitchell in flight sprays DDT over the city to eradicate polio.

Date: 1945, August 27
Duration: 1 min 6 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675064610
U.S. Air Force C-123B Provider aircraft spray defoliant agent orange in rural areas of Vietnam during Ranch Hand Operation.

U.S. Air Force C-123B Provider aircraft in Vietnam during Ranch Hand Operation of the Vietnam War. A fleet of aircraft in flight. Five C-123B Provider fly over water and a forest area. They pass over a shoreline and spray defoliant agent orange over rural areas in an attempt to deprive the Viet Cong of vegetation cover and food.

Date: 1968, July 31
Duration: 2 min 50 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675064711