- Title: CF695
- Date:1960s
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Summary:
02:00:45 - 02:03:47
Mute marines footage. Soldiers file down ladder of ship to landing craft. Soldiers walk to CH-47 / Chinook helicopters on field which taxi and take off. 3 CH-47s in flight over mountainous terrain.
02:03:48 - 02:08:36
Soldiers head for beach. MCU, 1st Cavalry marines come onto beach. Soldiers walk to assembly area. General John K Waters talks to soldiers waiting to be airlifted out of area. CH-47s landing. Soldiers seated on ground. Soldiers board CH-47. CH-47 takes off. Soldiers get off CH47s and move into grassy area at Ankhe.
02:08:39-02:14:07
Sound - Fire burning in jungle from artillery hits. CH-47s in flight. UH-1Bs /Hueys in flight over coastline. CH-47s and UH-1Ds in rice paddies with rotors turning. Soldiers can be seen walking to the helicopters. The UH-1Ds start to take off. Artillery shells landing on mountains along coast. UH-1B firing rockets and flying through smoke. UH-1D lands on mountain.
02:14:08 - 02:17:34
Soldiers rush off the helicopter and deploy. Shot from behind pilot of UH-1B as it takes off and in flight. Other UH-1Bs can be seen. Coastline. CU, rockets as they are fired from rocket tubes of airborne UH-1B. UH-1Ds flying over coast and landing on beach. Another flight of UH-1Ds fly over the beach.
02:17:35 - 02:21:48
Good shots of UH-1B in flight and firing rockets. CU, rocket tubes on UH-1B as rockets are fired. Shot from behind pilot of airborne UH-1B as rockets streak to the ground.
02:21:49-02:25:33
UH-1Ds in landing zone. Artillery emplacements on mountainside with UH-1Ds parked near them. UH-1B has gone down in rice paddy. Soldier uses the rice paddy as a trench. CU of crashed helicopter. Good shot of multiple airborne helicopters slying in formation.
02:25:34 - 02:30:10
HA shot above helicopters flying over beach. Pilot of airborne UH-1B checks map. CU hands of pilot on controls of UH-1B. - TYPE:Historical
- DATE:1960s
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- Colour:Colour
- Keywords:USA, VIETNAM WAR, SIXTIES, FIRST CAVALRY, 35MM RUSHES, 1967, AIR STRIKE, APOCALYPSE NOW, 16MM
- Master Title:CF695
- Segment:0
- Sound:Silent
