Air operations aboard the USS Constellation (CVA-64), during the Vietnam war. Several aircraft of Carrier Wing 14 being launched from Constellation flight deck. Yellow shirts giving signals for catapult launches. A-4E moving onto #1 catapult A-4E on catapult area, pilot in cockpit, yellow shirts in right foreground. Bridle is attached. A-4E being launched and airborne with ordnance for airstrike. F-4B is seen from left being launched from #2 catapult. A-4E being launched. A-4E ready for launch, catapult officer gives signal. Green shirt stands,partially inside open hatch in center deck. A-4E being launched and airborne.
Burning Aircraft Carrier, USS Oriskany (CVA-34) off South Vietnam. Fire resulted from accidental ignition of flares. Three officers in the cabin, one of them sitting on the table top, while other two are on chairs and are engaged in an informal conversation (on same reel of footage, taken before the fire). View as sailors rip material from ship's side to gain access to fire. Smoke billows from side of ship. Several sailors run from area of heavy smoke, to get breath of fresher air. Injured sailor carried on stretcher.
U.S. President Richard Nixon and other officials on Midway Island during the Vietnam War. A U.S. Air Force officer saluting. Honor guards and officers in charge in the background. President Nixon leaving a speaker's stand on an airfield. The President with a Commanding Officer and other officials walks past the officers in charge of honor guards. People gathered watching the President and the officials. The doorway to a terminal building in view. A sign above the doorway reads 'Aloha'. The President and the officials entering the terminal through the doorway. Civilians and other officers watching them. U.S. Navy personnel and the civilians gathering around the President in a fenced area. The President shaking hands and talking with the navy personnel and a few people in the crowd. An officer with a walkie talkie beside the fence. Various views of the President shaking hands with people in the crowd. The President walking away with the Commanding officer. Several navy personnel in white uniforms in the area. President Nixon talking with the flight stewardesses in blue uniforms. U.S. U.S. Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird and U.S. Secretary of State William P. Rogers standing behind the President. Other civilians in the area. U.S. Marines standing in formation in the background. One of the stewardesses and a few men taking pictures with cameras.
United States Air Force (USAF ) support for the evacuation of Cambodian refugees from Boung Long, Cambodia during the Vietnam War. A Cambodian refugee camp : Damaged tents and utensils on the ground. Refugees carrying belongings come out of a jungle. Children walk with their belongings. A man pulls a cart loaded with belongings.
USAF Strategic Air Command (SAC) in South East Asia during Vietnam War. Wash crew of Okinawa, wash and clean aircraft. Maintenance crew work on the aircraft and inspect the working of all systems. SAC crew load bombs on a forklift truck. The forklift truck carry bombs and load onto an equipment. A flat bed trailer truck carries bombs and drives towards the aircraft. An officer speaks on a radio device from check post. Personnel load bomb on Boeing B-52 Stratofortress aircraft. The B-52 takes off.
A film about aerospace medical evacuation and first aid operations for injured soldiers during the Vietnam War. Major Lolo Ball boards United States Air Force C-141 aircraft at an airport in Philippines to carry the wounded soldiers to their homes. She talks to other medics aboard the aircraft. She talks to wounded soldiers and instructs them about the precautions to be taken aboard the plane.
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