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Air base runway crew gets up from and looks at the sky.

Several military runway ground crew members resting outside. They get get up together and look at the sky. One crew member counts on his hand as he looks at the sky. Another picks up wheel chocks as the crew moves off camera.

Date: 1943
Duration: 39 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675078330
U.S. Air Force B-52 crews begin Operation Arc Light missions to Vietnam from U-Tapao Airbase, Thailand, during the Vietnam War.

Opening scene shows a message being received on a teletype machine from the U.S. 3rd Air Division. Two Air Force officers are seen seated at desks. One is labeled "Ops-Plans." The on duty operations officer passes on the message to his staff where it goes through operation, operation planning, maintenance, ordinance and armament. Technicians preparing the guns and loading ordnance for the mission, on a B-52 aircraft. Air crew members ate seen assembled in their briefing room, Glimpse of the mission briefing officer at a podium. View of wristwatch as narrator speaks of navigators synchronizing their watches. A B-52 crew stepping from their crew bus as they arrive at their aircraft. As other crew member climb aboard the plane, their aircraft commander reviews the aircraft status, as reflected on its Form 781, with the aircraft crew chief. Crew members then begins a pre-flight walk-around inspection, starting with the landing gear and wheel wells. The last of the crew enter the aircraft via a bottom hatch, which a ground crewman then fastens from the outside. Inside, crew members are seen going through pre-flight check lists at their respective duty stations. Back at the Command Post, the duty controller receives the order via secure telephone, from 3rd Air Division headquarters, to execute the mission. He informs the Aircraft Commander and the B-52 starts its engines. View of throttles being pushed forward in the cockpit, as the aircraft begins takeoff. View from ground as the B-52 takes off and flies overhead. Glimpse of the aircraft commander in the cockpit wearing helmet and oxygen mask. Hand of radar observer is seen as he checks out his equipment. Aerial closeup of a B-52 in flight. View of radar observer placing the aircraft controls in so-called "Second Station," with the autopilot controlled by the bombing navigation computer. Inflight closeup of B-52 opening its bomb bay doors and starting to drop bombs. Glimpse of the aircraft commander in cockpit and of B-52 aircraft in flight, as narrator states they are returning to U-Tapao Airbase,or to Guam. The aircraft in the mission are seen landing back at U-Tapao Airbase, Thailand, where other B-52s are parked on the ramp. They taxi to their parking places and crew members board buses back to operations for a mission debriefing.

Date: 1967
Duration: 5 min 35 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675047099
U.S. warplanes operating at Chu Lai air strip in Vietnam

U.S. Marine Corps A-4E/Fand F-4B aircraft taking off from Chu Lai, Vietnam. A C-130 on the active runway. An A-4E flying directly overhead. An A-4E lands and deploys drag chute. (Vietnam War period).

Date: 1967, October 9
Duration: 2 min 46 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675025757
U.S. Army soldiers at landing zone of FSB Nancy await helicopter pickup

United States troops move and relax at a landing zone of U.S. Fire Support Base Nancy while waiting for helicopter pickup. A UH-1D helicopter lands nearby. Soldiers are carrying their guns and bags. Wire fence is seen around the area in which soldiers appear. (Vietnam War period).

Date: 1969, November 27
Duration: 2 min 43 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675023793
In air refueling by HC-130 P aircraft servicing HH-3E Jolly Green Helicopter at Da Nang, Vietnam.

HH-3E Jolly Green Helicopter in flight refueling by HC-130 P at Da Nang, Vietnam. HH-3E Jolly Green Helicopter and HC-130 P aircraft in flight. HC-130 P aircraft with its trailing drogues. HH-3E Jolly Green Helicopter attaches its pointed tube to the trailing drogues of HC-130 P aircraft. Pilot seated in cockpit operates controls.

Date: 1970, March 18
Duration: 2 min 17 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675043127
UH-1Ds loaded with U.S. 199th Light Infantry Brigade troops, take off from a field during Vietnam War

UH-1D helicopters come in for landing at grassy field at U.S. 199th Light Infantry Brigade's base camp during the Vietnam War. Soldiers board UH-1Ds. The UH-1Ds take off from the field.

Date: 1968, January 15
Duration: 1 min 24 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675030466