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A Firebee drone recovered by MARS equipped CH-3 Helicopter is deposited at Edwards AFB California, United States.

Teledyne Ryan BQM-34F remotely piloted vehicle (drone) being recovered at Edwards Air Force Base in California, United States. Aerial view of CH-3E helicopter at very low altitude, with BQM-34 Firebee drone suspended below it on a cable. The CH-3 hovers over the tarmac. The drone's drogue chute flutters about. The CH-3 slowly lowers the drone to the ground, releases it and flies away.

Date: 1971
Duration: 2 min 13 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675067713
The Battle of Fire Support Base Ripcord, the last major engagement in the Vietnam War

Elements of the U.S. Army 101st Airborne Division battle North Vietnamese regular Army forces at Fire Support Base Ripcord in the A Shau Valley, South Vietnam, in the last major confrontation of the Vietnam War. View of Fire Support Base Ripcord from inside an arriving helicopter. An OH-6A Cayuse / AH-6J (Little Bird) approaching to land at the Fire Support Base. The helicopter lands on a heli-pad. Another OH-6A is parked in the background. Scene shifts to a Bell UH-1 Iroquois (Huey) helicopter leaving the Fire Support Base. It has, white stripe on the top, behind greenhouse, and red dot on the tail boom. This identifies it as belonging to A Company, 158th Aviation Battalion (Assault Helicopter) "Ghost Riders." Views of much work going on to fortify the Fire Support Base. An American F-4 Phantom jet fighter aircraft flies overhead at hight speed and drops ordnance on a nearby hilltop. View from Ripcord Base of fire and smoke rising from the target. Soldiers setting up Claymore mines along side of the base, for nighttime protection. More views of fire and smoke at the target hill. A soldier sitting atop Support Base structure, speaking on radio telephone. Closeup shows "Screaming Eagle" patch of the 101st Airborne Division on his left shoulder. More views of defensive work going on, including the setting up of several 155mm howitzers by Battery B 2nd 319th Artillery. A UH-1 flies low overhead. A Boeing CH-47 Chinook helicopter is seen approaching with supplies suspended underneath in a net sling. Soldiers placing parcels in a UH-1 with engine running, about to depart. Glimpse of hooch with sign reading "FSB Ripcord" and displaying a large ace of spades. A CH-47 descending closeby. More views of bombs exploding on the neighboring hilltop.

Date: 1970, July 8
Duration: 2 min 53 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675067835
U.S. Army 319th Artillery supports 101st Airborne Division defending Fire Support Base Ripcord, in the Vietnam war

U.S. Army 319th Artillery attached to 101st Airborne Division strengthens defenses of Fire Support Base Ripcord to combat North Vietnam forces in the A Shau Valley, South Vietnam, during the Vietnam War. Opening scene shows Captain David F. Rich, Commander of Battery B, 2nd Battalion, 319th Artillery, conversing with Lieutenant Brennan, in very windy conditions atop the Fire Support Base. The carriage of a 105mm towed howitzer is seen in the foreground, with two shells set on it. View of howitzers and shells stacked atop the Base. The wind whipping aross the Base. African American soldier working on a howitzer. Another fighting the wind, as he carries canisters of propellant charges. He tosses them behind the sandbagged artillery position. Other soldiers join in moving gunpowder canisters. Closeup of two soldiers as the wind blows the hat off one.

Date: 1970, July 8
Duration: 2 min 2 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675067837
Aircraft take off and crew men on deck of USS Coral Sea underway in the South China Sea during the Vietnam War.

United States Navy 7th Fleet operations in South China Sea during the Vietnam War. A United States Navy aircraft RF-8A Crusader catted from USS Coral Sea. A United States Navy aircraft A-4E Skyhawk catted from deck of the ship. A United States Navy aircraft A-3B Skywarrior takes off. Cameramen on deck. A United States Navy aircraft F-4B swishes on catapult.

Date: 1965, May 10
Duration: 1 min 9 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675067888
Men work on a plot board and jot down information in ordnance control room aboard the USS Coral Sea in the South China Sea.

United States Navy 7th Fleet operations in South China Sea during the Vietnam War. A Sign reads 'Ordnance Control'. Man talks on microphone and writes information on a plot board. Man jots down information on plot board in Ordnance Control. Man works on the plot board and talks on sound powered phones. Chief Warrent Officer J.F. Hayes answers the phone and gives orders. Holster hangs on bulkhead. Bulkhead reads 'Operation Quick-draw'.

Date: 1965, May 13
Duration: 3 min 50 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675067893
Views from within Gemini spacecraft practicing docking maneuvers in space.

Views of Earth from NASA Gemini 7 spacecraft, as it moves in formation with the spent 2nd stage of its Titan II launch rocket. Glimpse of astronaut in capsule, as it moves over an ocean on earth. Gemini 6 approaching within 1 foot of Gemini 7, accomplishing the first rendezvous of manned vehicles in space. Narrator states that Astronaut Frank F. Borman, II, On Gemini 7, prepares to photograph Gemini 6. In change of sequence, the unmanned Agena space vehicle, is seen as Gemini 8 docks with it in a practice maneuver. But a failed thruster on Gemini 8 causes too much yaw and roll, so Command Pilot Neil Armstrong undocks. Gemini 8 rolling at an excess rate of 1 revolution per second, which Astronaut Armstrong had to struggle to overcome before completing the mission.

Date: 1965, December 16
Duration: 3 min 49 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675068011