Elephant being airlifted from Trang Phuc to Chu Lai Air Base in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. 463L loader rolls up to the a United States Ari Force Lockheed C-130E Hercules aircraft at the Chu Lai Air Base. Pallet, with drugged elephant wrapped in cargo net and secured with straps, being unloaded from the aircraft onto the loader. The loader being driven away. Soldiers walk on the air base. A United States Marine Corps (USMC) CH-53A Sea Stallion flies in toward the loader.. The aircraft flies away with elephant on the pallet, suspended underneath.
An orientation film for United States Air Force personnel assigned to Southeast Asia. The Phan Rang Air Base, south of Nha Trang in Vietnam. Aerial view of the Base. Parked U.S. airplanes. Several runways at the Base. Hills in the background. Smoke rises up towards the sky in the background. Several intersecting runways. Buildings, sheds and barracks. Trees surround the area at the base of a hill. (Vietnam War period).
An orientation film for United States Air Force personnel assigned to Southeast Asia. USAF airmen at the Phan Rang Air Base south of Nha Trang in Vietnam. 'CBPO' written on a shed. A Vietnamese stands in front of it. U.S. airmen walk towards and enter the building. Local Vietnamese doing construction work at the Directorate of Personnel. Airmen enter inside. Airmen enter and leave the Phan Rang Zebras Gray Eagle Club, a sign above the entrance. Airmen enter and leave the Air Post Office. Sign above the door reads 'Air Post Office, 9th Air Force, Postal Squadron'. A sign for Chapel No. 1. A notice board states the various mass timings. Military vehicles parked. A banner for a tailoring, barber, laundry and souvenir shop. (Vietnam War period).
An orientation film for United States Air Force personnel assigned to Southeast Asia. USAF airmen at the Phan Rang Air Base south of Nha Trang in Vietnam. Airmen carry a boat motor into a building. A sign outside reads: 'Personnel Services - Athletics, R&R, Education, Theater, Library, Beach'. Stationary military vehicles outside a building. Trucks drive past as one halts before the building. Airmen get off the military truck and go inside. An illustrated sign for 'The Bamboo Viper', Phan Rang AB NCO Open Mess. An open air theater on the Base. Barracks, buildings and storage facilities. Two openings in a shed on an open ground. A sign on the door reads 'Women'. (Vietnam War period).
An orientation film for United States Air Force personnel assigned to Southeast Asia. USAF airmen at the Phan Rang Air Base south of Nha Trang in Vietnam. An enclosure with an opening. A burnt log in the ground. Military vehicles parked. Vehicles pass a barrack. Airmen near the barrack. (Vietnam War period).
Missions by 463rd Air Division in support of humanitarian and combat operations in South East Asia. C-130 Hercules parked at Cam Ranh Air Base in Vietnam. Pilot briefs C-130 crew in front of the aircraft. C-130 Hercules parked on dirt airstrip during transfer of fuel. Vietnamese women carry head load of sticks. Aircraft takes off from Trang Duc Special Forces Camp. (Vietnam War period).
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