Views of civilian airlines and examples of how they and U.S. Air Force Reserve and National Guard aircraft augment the active U.S. military airlift Command capability in time of emergency. Civilian narrator speaks from inside the U.S. Air Force Military Airlift Command (MAC) Headquarters Command Center, at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. Next scene shows U.S. commercial airline passenger airplanes parked on a ramp. United Airlines, Delta Airlines, American Airlines, and Pan American aircraft are seen, some taxi, some parked, some taking off. A Boeing 727 jet taxis on the ramp. A Western Airlines 727 taxis behind a set of baggage carts being pulled by a tractor. The Narrator is discussing the Civil Reserve Air Fleet (CRAF) to which most U.S. airlines belong, and which can be activated by the Secretary of Defense, for airlift support in the event of a national defense emergency. The Western 727 aircraft takes off. A TWA 727 aircraft takes off. U.S. military personnel and dependent women and children are seen descending a stairway from a commercial airliner contracted by the Department of Defense. Military supplies are seen being offloaded by U.S. Airmen, onto a traveling cargo carrier, from a Flying Tigers Boeing 707 aircraft. Refugees from Southeast Asia are gathered and processed at an airport and then board an American Airlines Boeing 747 aircraft. Refugees from Vietnam and Cambodia boarding an Overseas National Airways Boeing 747. An American Airlines 747 taking off. A glimpse of the narrator in MAC headquarters, at Scott Air Force Base, is followed by a mix of private and military aircraft on a parking ramp, including a, presumably privately owned, Japanese Nakajima B5N Navy Type 97 Carrier Attack Bomber (Kate) with Japanese markings. U.S.Air National Guard C-130 and C-123 aircraft are seen taxiing, and taking off from this civilian airfield.
Sewers in the back yards of a residential area in Oakland, California. Point of view (POV) shot of Police car driving on road, as seen from another moving car. Congressman Ron Dellums speaks in his office about police brutality on African Americans during 1960s. View of Black Panther Party demonstration outside the Alameda County Court House circa 1968, with African American men and women participating. marching, protesting, and pumping their fists in the air ("black power" symbol). Former Oakland Police Chief Charles Gain speaks in his office. Meeting between Oakland Police Department and civilians. Deputy Chief Thomas Donohue speaks.
United States Marines of the 9th Marine Expeditionary Brigade, 7th Fleet land on a beach in South Vietnam. U.S. Marines will guard the area around Danang Air Base. Vietnamese soldiers set down landing mats on the beach. Vietnamese and U.S. officers on the beach. They salute and shake hands. They wait for the arrival of the U.S. Marines. Commanding Officer of 9th U.S. Marine Brigade Brigadier General F.J. Kach talks with Major General Key of Vietnam I Corps. Vietnamese schoolgirls carry floral wreath and walk across the landing mats. The girls pose in a group. Surf rolls up on the beach. Cameramen stand on the beach to take photographs. (Vietnam War period).
United States Marines arrive in South Vietnam to guard the area around Danang Air Base. The U.S. Marines of the 9th Marine Expeditionary Brigade, 7th Fleet land on a beach in South Vietnam. Ships advance towards the beach. Vietnamese soldiers stand on the beach with a rifle. An LVTP-5 (Landing Vehicle Tracked) rolls onto the beach. U.S. Marines run on the beach. An LCM (Landing Craft Mechanized ) comes on the shore. The LVTP-5 driven on the beach. Marines run across the beach. Several marines lay against an embankment. Other marines stand on the beach. (Vietnam War period).
General James F. Collins Commander of United States Army, Pacific, visits 121st Aviation Company (former 93rd Transportation Company - Light Helicopter). He is seen walking across the ramp, accompanied by Major Edward C. Seymour, Commander of the unit. Members of his staff walk behind. Scene shifts to General Collins, pinning Air Medals and Purple Hearts on soldiers of the "Soc Trang Tigers" at their base in Soc Trang, Closeup of a Purple Heart medal. (Vietnam War period).
United States HH-53 helicopter crew on a mission in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Crew of United States HH-53 helicopter prepare for the flight. Pilot and co pilot wear helmets in the cockpit of the helicopter. HH-53 taxis along the air base with two other helicopters parked in th background. It lifts off and in flight.
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