Sweeping shot captures the fiery launch and run of the Aero Med Fluid Tank sled, which carries a chimpanzee submerged in water during live animal testing. The rocket sled accelerates along the Holloman High Speed Test Track (HHSTT) at great speed, a fiery blaze behind. Second, closer view of the launch. Scene changes to post-launch. The door of the fluid chamber is opened and water is drained. Men inspect the chimpanzee inside. Close ups of the harnessed chimp, chest rises and falls. The chimpanzee, strapped to a stretcher, is removed from the sled chamber. Harness is removed and the chimpanzee is transferred to the back of a vehicle. Close up of the now-empty stretcher and harness rig.
UH-1D helicopters at the American 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) base camp on Ankhe Airfield in South Vietnam. A UH-1D lands in the foreground. CH-47A helicopter takes off. Lined up UH-1D helicopters on the airfield.
UH-1D helicopters come in for landing at the U.S. 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) base camp on Ankhe Airfield in South Vietnam. Lined up CH-47As on the airfield. UH-1D helicopters fly over. A CH-54A Skycrane flies over. Group of UH-1Ds flies off. Several military vehicles on the airfield.
Opening scene shows a message being received on a teletype machine from the U.S. 3rd Air Division. Two Air Force officers are seen seated at desks. One is labeled "Ops-Plans." The on duty operations officer passes on the message to his staff where it goes through operation, operation planning, maintenance, ordinance and armament. Technicians preparing the guns and loading ordnance for the mission, on a B-52 aircraft. Air crew members ate seen assembled in their briefing room, Glimpse of the mission briefing officer at a podium. View of wristwatch as narrator speaks of navigators synchronizing their watches. A B-52 crew stepping from their crew bus as they arrive at their aircraft. As other crew member climb aboard the plane, their aircraft commander reviews the aircraft status, as reflected on its Form 781, with the aircraft crew chief. Crew members then begins a pre-flight walk-around inspection, starting with the landing gear and wheel wells. The last of the crew enter the aircraft via a bottom hatch, which a ground crewman then fastens from the outside. Inside, crew members are seen going through pre-flight check lists at their respective duty stations. Back at the Command Post, the duty controller receives the order via secure telephone, from 3rd Air Division headquarters, to execute the mission. He informs the Aircraft Commander and the B-52 starts its engines. View of throttles being pushed forward in the cockpit, as the aircraft begins takeoff. View from ground as the B-52 takes off and flies overhead. Glimpse of the aircraft commander in the cockpit wearing helmet and oxygen mask. Hand of radar observer is seen as he checks out his equipment. Aerial closeup of a B-52 in flight. View of radar observer placing the aircraft controls in so-called "Second Station," with the autopilot controlled by the bombing navigation computer. Inflight closeup of B-52 opening its bomb bay doors and starting to drop bombs. Glimpse of the aircraft commander in cockpit and of B-52 aircraft in flight, as narrator states they are returning to U-Tapao Airbase,or to Guam. The aircraft in the mission are seen landing back at U-Tapao Airbase, Thailand, where other B-52s are parked on the ramp. They taxi to their parking places and crew members board buses back to operations for a mission debriefing.
U.S. Marine Corps A-4E/Fand F-4B aircraft taking off from Chu Lai, Vietnam. A C-130 on the active runway. An A-4E flying directly overhead. An A-4E lands and deploys drag chute. (Vietnam War period).
A truck convoy of U.S. 199th Light Infantry Brigade troops waiting to move out of base camp. Soldiers rush to 105mm Howitzer and prepare to fire. Soldiers load, aim and fire the Howizer. Soldiers read letters and newspapers. (Vietnam War period).
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