Crew Chief/ Door Gunner (UH-1Ds), Vietnam, Reel 1 of 2

Creator(s): Department of Defense. Department of the Air Force. 9/26/1947- (Most Recent)
Series: Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities, 1947 - 1984
Record Group 342: Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations, 1900 - 2003
Description: Covers airlift of troops and cargo to and from combat area and role of gunship by UH-1Ds of the 68th Assault Helicopter Company, 145th Combat Aviation Battalion, in support of ground operations near Bien Hoa AB. (Note: Crew chief serves as right door gunner.)
Note: This film footage is silent
Shot List: 1) Scenes aboard USA UH-1D showing gunners with M-60 machine guns at doors; redeployment of USA troops from rice paddies to rice paddies; troops aboard helicopter; evacuation of wounded Vietnamese civilians to aid station; and pilot and copilot at controls. 2) AV's of rice paddies, villages, tent city, engine storage area, and smoke grenades burning in landing zone; USA UH-1D's in flight, landing, and taking off from rice paddies; firing passes at huts; and formation of ten USA UH-1D's in flight as seen from USA UH-1D. 3) Wounded Vietnamese civilians being loaded aboard USA UH-1D, being removed from helicopter at aid station, ammunition crates being loaded aboard helicopter, and USA UH-1D's parked on elevated ground in paddies. 4) MS of USA UH-1D rotor hub starting.
Contact(s): National Archives at College Park - Motion Pictures (RDSM), National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road
College Park, MD 20740-6001
Phone: [phone], Fax: [phone], Email: [e-mail]
National Archives Identifier: 70401
Local Identifier: 342-USAF-42644
National Archives Catalog: catalog.archives.gov/id/70401