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General John P. McConnell decorates officers at Takhli Royal Thai air force base in Thailand during the Vietnam War.

U.S. Air Force General John P. McConnell at Takhli Royal Thai Air Base in Thailand during the Vietnam War. A sign reads ' Briefing for General McConnell '. A Silver Star, two Distinguished Flying Crosses, Airmen's Medal and Air Force Commendation Medal on a pillow. General John P. McConnell pins the medals on four officers. (The second officer is Captain Mike Gilroy. The third in line is Lieutenant Ed McCaffery.) A Chief Master Sergeant in the 355th TFR Wing headquarters briefing room. Commander of 7th Air Force, Lieutenant General William W. Momyer; Commander of 13th Air Force, Lieutenant General James W. Wilson; and Commander of 13th Air Force, Major General Charles R. Bond, Jr. are present. (The officer handing the medals to General McConnell is Colonel Robert Scott, who assumed command of the 355th Tactical Fighter Wing , on August 4, 1966.)

Date: 1966, August 28
Duration: 2 min 23 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675042569
Modified C-135 aircraft of the Strategic Air Command (SAC) serve as "Combat Lightning" aircraft in Vietnam War

Opening scene shows two U.S. Air Force F-105 Thunderchief aircraft taking off in pre-dawn from Vietnam on a bombing mission, in 1966, during the Vietnam War. Next, the F-105s are seen diving and dropping bombs that explode into fire and smoke on the ground. Closeup of a Strategic Air Command (SAC) KC-135 aircraft in flight. It has been modified to serve as as a "Combat Lightning" aircraft that serves as a communication link between the Tactical Air Reporting Center at Monkey Mountain, near Danang, Vietnam and ground radar, airborne radar and any U.S. aircraft operating over North Vietnam. KC-135 "Combat Lightning" crew members are seated in a briefing room at the U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield, in Thailand. A briefing officer explains their mission, using charts and a map labeled SECRET Noforn (no foreign access) showing Vietnam and the Gulf of Tonkin. The briefer points to an area in the Gulf, and sketches a figure eight, showing where and how the KC-135 should maneuver in a holding pattern during its mission. Crew members rise and leave at the end of the briefing. View of a Strategic Air Command EC-135L that arrived on May 29, 1967, along with another, to support 24 hour "Combat Lightning" operations. Ground crewman directs the EC-135L as it taxis out and then takes off, past a C-130 aircraft holding short of the active runway. (Narrator notes that by the end of July, 1967, there were four "Combat Lightning" C-135 aircraft operating at U-Tapao airfield.) View from above of EC-135L aircraft in flight above clouds, en route to its assigned location over the Gulf of Tonkin. View of radio operator inside the aircraft, who is in radio contact with U-Tapao and the aircraft they are going to relieve. View of map showing their destination figure-eight holding pattern. Radio operator establishes the same contacts used by the aircraft they are relieving, to assure continuity of communications. Remainder of the film contains extended views of the radio operator at his station and of the EC-135 aircraft in flight. Near the end, the crew's Armaments and Electronics Technician is seen pulling a piece of malfunctioning electronic gear from a rack and replacing it with a spare, stored nearby.

Date: 1967
Duration: 5 min 49 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675047100
United States President and Mrs Lyndon B Johnson visiting Bangkok, Thailand

A boat sails at sunset in Bang Saeng Beach (Chonburi), near Bangkok Thailand. Aerial view of Thailand. President and Mrs. Johnson greeted by Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej and Queen Sirikit at Bangkok. Military band playing music. Royal Thai Air Force performs aerobatics over the Ananta Samakhom Throne Hall (Royal Plaza Dusit, U-Thong Nai Road, Bangkok 10300, Thailand) to welcome President Johnson. Queen Sirikit and Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson getting in a car followed by President Johnson and King Bhumibol. Procession of cars passing on road. Large paintings of President Johnson and Mrs. Johnson are seen along the roadside. Views of the complex of the Grand Palace Bangkok (Na Phra Lan Road, Grand Palace, Phranakorn, Bangkok 10200) are shown. President and Mrs. Johnson with King Bhumibol and Queen Sirikit arriving for State Dinner. President and others in Chakri Throne Hall of Grand Palace. View of Thai classical dancers dancing at National Theatre (Thai National Theatre Rachinee Rd., (Prapinklao Bridge), Pranakorn, Bangkok 10200). President and wife sailing in royal motorboat along the Bang Luang canal, known as the “Venice of the East”. A Thai man paddles a boat in the canal. People giving gifts to Mrs. Johnson. President Johnson shaking hands with students from car window. Crowd of students holding American and Thai flags as the procession of cars passes by. President in a factory and receiving an honorary doctorate in political science at Chulalongkorn University. View of Thai ladies bowing President Johnson. View of Thai ladies bowing President Johnson.

Date: 1966, October 28
Duration: 5 min 7 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675039500
United States President Lyndon B Johnson at Manila Summit Conference with other six nation's leaders.

Kittikachorn of Thailand, Chairman Nguyen Van Thieu and PM Nguyen Cao Ky of Republic of Vietnam and Lydon B. Johnson at the Manila Summit Conference. “We are going to Manila. To try to find the formula for peace, to try to review our military operations, to try to exchange views with the leaders of seven countries. We do not expect any magic wonders, we do not expect any miracles. But we do think that each nation who has man committed to die, their leaders opt to get around the table and get the best thinking of the best man those nations can send” said President Johnson. Cameramen taking pictures as the leaders of seven nations walk and followed by others. Participants of summit conference seated in a private meeting in palace. Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos delivers welcome speech to SEATO members. “On behalf of my people, therefore, I extend warm and affectionate welcome to each and everyone of the heads of government and heads of state who are here. I greet President Park Chung Hee of the Republic of Korea. I greet Prime Minister Thanom Kittikachorn of Thailand. I greet Chairman Nguyen Van Thieu of the Republic of Vietnam. I greet Prime Minister Nguyen Cao Ky of the Republic of Vietnam. I greet Prime Minister Harold Holt of Australia. I greet Prime Minister Keith Holyoake of New Zealand. And I greet President Lyndon B. Johnson of the United States of America.” Ferdinand Marcos said. “For there is a fresh new wind that sweeps over the face of Asia; its peoples are more perceptive, its leaders are more dedicated, passionately, to the interest of their people; and Asia can no longer accept western formulas without questioning or participation. Asia hopes that it shall be given participation in the determination of its own destiny.” says Ferdinand Marcos during his introductory speech. SEATO delegates and other dignitaries walking. Man prints briefings of the conference at the International Press Center of the conference. Women distribute press briefings to foreign newsmen. 2000 international newsmen covering the conference in Manila. First ladies of the states, such as Imelda Marcos, Lady Bird Johnson, and Yuk Young-soo, touring. Filipino women embroider traditional Piña textile. Mrs. Lady Bird Johnson speaks with Filipino women embroiders. View at the conference. Large number of photographers taking pictures. Leaders signing documents. Philippine President speaking and crowd watching the broadcast on television. Views of men typing. Men on their phones. A Filipino emcee reads from a paper. President Ferdinand Marcos concludes the Manila Summit Conference. A traditional Christmas Filipino “Parol” lantern and Christmas decorations (common in the Philippines as early as September), at the Congress Building in Manila (Padre Burgos Ave, Ermita 2004 Manila National Capital Region). Brass band plays the traditional Filipino song “Bahay Kubo” in the background. Filipinos carry Parol lanterns in a parade. President Lyndon B Johnson and other SEATO dignitaries watch the festivities. A woman and a man, dressed in formal Filipino “Reyna Elena” attire, during the festivities. A Filipino man dressed as a bishop (likely Saint Nicholas of Myra). People pull a Karosa or carriage of the Virgin Mary as the Immaculate Conception, who is considered as the Marian Patroness of the Philippines.

Date: 1966, October 25
Duration: 6 min 41 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675039498
Prime Beef teams lay out pipe lines in a ditch for water supply at Korat Royal Thai Air Base in Thailand.

Construction activity of Prime Beef teams in Thailand. Men work on pipes in a ditch at Korat Royal Thai Air Base as they lay out pipes for water supply. Pipes being placed one over the other. A man ties wire around a pipe. A man attaches the mouth of one pipe to another. Thai female workers carry spade onto their shoulders.

Date: 1966, July 21
Duration: 2 min 48 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675042838
Workers mix and pour cement into a trench at Korat Royal Thai Air Base in Thailand.

Construction activity under the auspices of the Prime Base Engineer Emergency Force 'Prime Beef' unit in Thailand. Workers at Korat Royal Thai Air Base mix cement in a cement mixer. The cement is poured into wheelbarrels. Cement is poured around pipes in a ditch. A worker floats and levels the cement surface with the back of a hoe. Another worker hammers an iron tie into the ground. Women wearing scarfs fill baskets with gravel. Baskets filled with gravel are piled up.

Date: 1966, July 23
Duration: 2 min 46 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675042839
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