USAF,USN and ARVN personnel requiring air transportation through the 8th Aerial Port squadron terminal on Tan Son Nhut Air Base in Saigon, Vietnam. Aerial Views of 8th Aerial Port Squadron facilities and aircraft parked on ramp including C-123 Provider an American military transport aircraft, Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Army of the Republic of Vietnam (VNAF) aircraft Douglas C-47 Skytrain, Douglas C-133 Cargomaster and Douglas C-124 Globemaster II aircraft. (Vietnam War period).
USAF,USN and ARVN personnel requiring air transportation through the 8th Aerial Port squadron terminal on Tan Son Nhut Air Base in Saigon, Vietnam. A camouflaged Army of the Republic of Vietnam (VNAF) aircraft A-1H Skyraider on approach and lands. Shows camouflaged C-130A on approach and landing to left. Shows camouflaged USA CV-2B aircraft on approach and landing to left. Shows USN Lockheed P2V-5FS (SP-2E) Neptune on approach and lands. Shows camouflaged RF-101Voodoo taxiing out. (Vietnam War period).
USAF,USN and ARVN personnel requiring air transportation through the 8th Aerial Port squadron terminal on Tan Son Nhut Air Base in Saigon, Vietnam. A sign on building reads 'WELCOME TAN SON NHUT USAF-VNAF PASSENGER SERVICE'. Personnel with baggage walk on ramp and wait outside terminal. Airmen sit outside building and wait. A airman stands.
USAF,USN and ARVN personnel requiring air transportation through the 8th Aerial Port squadron terminal on Tan Son Nhut Air Base in Saigon, Vietnam. Airman writes on a board. Airman works at passenger counter. Airman talks to others. A airman stands at counter.
USAF,USN and ARVN personnel requiring air transportation through the 8th Aerial Port squadron terminal on Tan Son Nhut Air Base in Saigon, Vietnam. U.S. and Republic of Vietnam (RVN) personnel with baggage leave terminal and walk towards a C-130B Hercules and a camouflaged American military transport aircraft C-123B Provider. Trucks parked outside a building. Parked C-13OB and a camouflaged C-123B aircraft. Personnel aboard the aircraft. Airmen wait to board.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Gemini program activities to prepare for the Apollo moon mission. Footage spanning multiple years in 1960s. Multiple views of the Saturn V launch vehicle (rocket) on launch platform and as it is moved into position at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida. Helicopter lifting off beside Saturn V with rocket and launch tower in background. Spotlights at night shined onto a Gemini Titan II rocket. Narrator explains purpose of Gemini as precursor to Apollo program. A specially configured USAF C-135 (Boeing 707) aircraft taking off and views inside, as it performs parabolic sweep maneuvers to give astronauts some experience with "weightlessness"and the operation of equipment in such conditions. View of a swimming pool with Gemini astronauts practicing neutral buoyancy with their vehicle and equipment in semi-weightless conditions. Views of Gemini astronauts training in a simulator and undergoing special parachute training. Astronaut survival training including exits from capsule at sea, desert, and jungle training. Gemini astronauts boarding capsule for an orbital mission from Launch Pad 19 at the Kennedy Space Center. Narrator names all the Gemini astronauts: Grissom, Young, McDivitt, White, Cooper, Conrad, Borman, Lovell, Schirra, Stafford, Armstrong, Scott, Cernan, Collins, Gordon, Aldrin. View of NASA Gemini astronauts entering capsule, being seated, secured, and door closed and secured before launch.