U.S. 1st Air Cavalry Division soldiers on a field watch as other soldiers rappel from helicopters during a training exercise in Ankhe, South Vietnam. Soldier unfastens safety harness. Troops rappel from a hovering helicopter, one after the other. (Vietnam War period).
Accidental fire aboard the USS Oriskany (CVA-34) from burning flare, while she was operation off the coast of Vietnam. Men from damage control party don breathing apparatus. A-4E type aircraft parked on flight deck. Men gather around a scorched A-4E aircraft. Control party holds fire hoses all over the deck area. Medics move several injured crew members on rolling stretchers.
The crew men work on flight deck with fire hoses all over the deck area of USS Oriskany (CVA-34) aircraft carrier in South China Sea, off South Vietnam. Several men holding fire hoses and spread water all over the deck above a fire burning below. smoke is seen seeping through the deck. A helicopter flies over the deck area. Men running through smoke to rescue crewmen. Four men carry an injured on a stretcher. Smoke spreads all over the ship.
Accidental fire started by a flare aboard USS Oriskany (CVA-34)aircraft carrier off South Vietnam. Men from damage control party work to control fire and smoke. Men gather around UH-2A helicopter after it lands bringing firefighting supplies. Sailors take a chow break and eat combat rations. (Vietnam War period).
USS Oriskany (CVA-34) on fire in South China Sea, off South Vietnam. Brief glimpse of smoky passageway, below decks. A helicopter lands on the deck. Sailors holding fire hoses all over the deck. Smoke comes through deck cracks from fire below. Crew members walk about on the flight deck among parked aircraft. Smoke everywhere. A large elevator rises to the flight deck. Groups of sailors all about the flight deck.
Burning Aircraft Carrier, USS Oriskany (CVA-34) off South Vietnam. Fire resulted from accidental ignition of flares. Three officers in the cabin, one of them sitting on the table top, while other two are on chairs and are engaged in an informal conversation (on same reel of footage, taken before the fire). View as sailors rip material from ship's side to gain access to fire. Smoke billows from side of ship. Several sailors run from area of heavy smoke, to get breath of fresher air. Injured sailor carried on stretcher.