United States Air Force pickup truck leads a C-141A 'Starlifter' that taxis to a halt. U.S. Air Force signalman signals the aircraft to a halt. United States Air Force unit personnel get off the plane. Unit personnel board buses. Personnel get off the United States Air Force blue colored buses. (Vietnam War period).
355th Tactical Fighter Squadron (TFS) of United States Air Force moves to Phu Cat. F-100F 'Super Sabre' plane taxis left and parks in revetment area. Aircraft crew debarks from cockpit and is greeted by U.S. Air force officers. Pilot drinks from a can. F-100F is pushed in to revetment by tug. Another F-100F plane arrive at the Air Force base. Crew are greeted. Pilot drinks from a can while he talks. (Vietnam War period).
Broad view of the valley in which the Phu Cat base is taking shape during construction. Many structures are already complete. Hills visible in distance. Areas of newly cleared earth visible. Carpenters seen on roof of a building being framed, in a row of wooden buildings. Closeup of U.S. Airmen (members of 819th Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineers, AKA RED HORSE). They are installing corrugated asbestos cement roofing sheets on a new building. View of Airmen on ground handing roofing sheets up to installers. View of a man in fatigues and cap smoking a cigarette, as he watches the airmen work. (He wears no military insignia, and is possibly a civilian working with the construction consortium: RMK-BRJ (Raymond International & Morrison-Knudsen, Brown & Root & J.A. Jones Construction.) The Airmen of 819th pause for the camera, then reach out and install some more roofing panels.
Coverage of joint USAF - Navy participation in construction of air base at Phu Cat. Shows arrival of men and equipment. U.S. military men offload lumbar. Truck convoy en route to base construction site. Flatbed transport truck gets stuck in a mud hole. Erection of early facilities including mess hall, 120 kilowatt power generator and water purifier. Airmen and sentry dogs patrol base perimeter.
Training film and simulations Illustrate how to protect against nuclear detonation. Two U.S. soldiers throw themselves in a ditch to protect themselves from thermal radiation and heat. A soldier takes cover of a tree log by lying flat next to it. A soldier lies flat on ground to protect himself from thermal radiation. A soldier is caught in thermal radiation as he runs for cover.
Training film and simulations demonstrate measures to be taken by soldiers for protection after nuclear blast. U.S. soldier tries to make contact on radio. Soldiers dig fox holes. Sergeant asks soldier to check radiation level. Soldier looks at watch and checks radiation level on radiometer. Sergeant walks over to dead soldier and takes his dog tag. Sergeant makes radio contact and checks information received. Soldier checks radiometer. All soldiers get inside their foxhole and cover them with canvas. Soldier checks radiation dosage with a pocket dosimeter.
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