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Cam Ranh Bay, Scenes From 1966-1968

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Cam Ranh Bay, Scenes From 1966-1968 features 483rd Tactical Airlift Wing (TAW), 12th Tactical Fighter Wing, 12th USAF Hospital, 14th Aerial Port Squadron. Includes airmen in day-to-day activities at the base exchange, dining halls, gym, and beach. Great action scenes on the flight line.

Please Note! This video contains no narration. There are captions, a music soundtrack, and actual broadcasts of Armed Forces Radio segments recorded during the war in Vietnam.

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Run time: 65 minutes

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Review of "Cam Ranh Bay, Scenes From 1966-1968"

Video Includes The Following Scenes:

Coverage of new BX on opening day showing military personnel waiting in line and interior scenes of servicemen buying items and looking around. Also shows the old BX and personnel waiting in lines. Scenes of military personnel waiting in line, leaving BX, line at beverage BX with barbed wire in foreground and paying for soft drinks with cut-in shot of sign

Scenes of lines and crowd in front of new BX. BX showing merchandise, military personnel purchasing items and standing in line at cash registers -- shows Vietnamese women cashiers and personnel coming in and leaving BX.

Covers recreational facilities available to assigned personnel. Airmen and Vietnamese laborers working on foundation of new base gymnasium. Personnel sunbathing on beach and wading in surf -- also shows lifeguard on platform. Personnel leaving and boarding bus at beach. Shows base gymnasium -- inflatable structure. Personnel playing tennis, touch football and shooting baskets on basketball court. Scenes of American Red Cross Recreation Center.

Covers interior and exterior scenes of the five different dining halls at Cam Ran Bay AB which service 6700 men each meal. Shows kitchens, cooks preparing food, personnel going through chow lines, waiting in line, signing in and sterilizing and scrubbing mess gear. Scenes in kitchen showing cooks making hamburger patties and putting them in oven, mixing vegetable salad, stirring gravy, slicing bread and carrying hot food to serving line. Airmen going through chow line and registering. Shows airmen going to tables and eating. Airmen lined up to get into dining hall, sterilizing mess gear before using and washing them afterwards. Scenes in kitchen showing cooks stirring vat of potatoes, slicing bread and frying fish. : Shows K. P. cutting up vegetable for salad, cooks putting hot food into serving pans and mixing it with gravy. Total footage in reel. Shows cooks carrying food to steam table and airmen getting salad table ready for Friday dinner. Airmen going through chow line and being served. Scenes in the NCO dining hall showing kitchen, NCO's signing in, going through chow line, being served and cooks frying meat. Shows cooks working in kitchen, mixing salad with hand, stirring spare ribs and taking food to serving line in the Officers' Mess. Scenes of officers going through food line and being served. Pan left to dining halls Nos. 4, 3 and 2. : LS of EM sterilizing mess gear and waiting in line to get into dining hall No. 2. CUs sign: PLEASE STERILIZE MESS GEAR BEFORE USING and mess gear being dipped in hot water and sign: DINING HALL #2. Scenes of Enlisted Men dumping waste food into garbage can and scrubbing mess gear. Scenes of NCO's waiting in line at dining hall No. 1, sterilizing mess gear, dumping waste food and washing mess utensils. Pan from dining hall No. 4 to dining hall No. 3. Scenes of Enlisted Men sterilizing mess gear and waiting in line. 652': LS of field mess gear washing area between dining halls Nos. 3 and 4. Officers waiting in front of their dining hall. Officers dumping waste food and stacking their trays and silverware by kitchen at back of dining hall.

Coverage of Gen John P. McConnell, AF CofS, Maj. Gen William C. Garland, Mr. Lewis Turner, Dep to the Assistant Secy of AF for Installations, and party arriving at Cam Ranh Bay AB for tour and visiting the 483rd Tactical Airlift Wing (TAW), 12th Tactical Fighter Wing, 12th USAF Hospital, and Gen McConnell breakfasting with a number of senior NCO's at the Robert F. Worley Dining Hall. Staff cars pulling into the 483rd TAW parking area, shows Gen McConnell and party getting out of cars and going inside building. Scenes of Gen McConne1l walking down C-7A ramp, crew members saluting and shaking hands with Gen McConnell, and Gen McConnell listening to short briefing. Gen McConnell walking toward T-39A, talking to Maj. Gen Royal N.

Baker VComdr 7th AF, then Gen McConnell boards T-39A and aircraft taxis out. Name tag on blouse: T-39 taxiing in and coming a stop. Scenes of Gen McConnell, Maj Gen Garland and Maj Gen Baker alighting and being greeted by Col F. White, Comdr 12th TFW and other base officers, then party departs by staff cars for base tour. Scenes of Gen McConnell and his official party pulling up in front of 12th TFW Alert Facility Identifying sign -- shows party entering and exiting the alert facility and leaving by staff car. A major and lieutenant colonel saluting. Sign: 12TH TFW. Gen McConnell pulling up in front of 12th TFW Hq and going inside facility with rest of party. Scenes of several base VIP's arriving at the Robert F. Worley Dining Hall followed by Gen McConnell coming through the door, greeting senior NCO's, talking to CMSgt of AF Airey, SMSgt Bartolotti of the 555th Red Horse Construction Squadron eating, Sign: ROBERT F. WORLEY DINING HALL, a painting of Maj Gen Worley, Mr. Turner, Maj Gen Garland and Gen McConnell receiving plaques from Col White and Gen McConnell and his party leaving the dining hall. Scenes of UH-1B from the 20th SOS landing, Gen McConnell getting out of copilot's seat, going to waiting staff car, then car departs area. Gen McConell and party entering the 12th USAF Hospital. 394" Int scenes of Gen McConnell talking to patient in the 11th Ward. Sign: 483RD TACTICAL AIRLIFT WING. Scenes of Gen Mcconnell arriving at the 12th TFW entering and leaving the facility, inspecting a C-7A, talking to crew and Col. Turk. T-39A taxiing into revetment area with MS of Gen McConnell alighting, going to staff car, and car pulling area. Sign at main gate: CAM RANH BAY AIR BASE. Security police saluting and waving cars through main gate. Staff cars coming through main gate. Gen McConnell walking toward UH-1B, talking to crew chief and pilot, Gen McConell boarding helicopter and putting on a helmet. (out of focus) UH-1B landing, Gen McConnell getting out of helicopter and into staff car and car driving away.

Covers activities of 14th APS at Cam Ranh Bay AB, showing variety of equipment being loaded and unloaded from C-131s and C-141As, and Pan-AM 707; passengers being ticketed and boarding C-123K and C-130 aircraft; and munition being placed on pallets and loaded onto aircraft. Includes scenes of C-130s landing and taking off. Pallet being tied down on K-Loader. Forklift approaching C-141A with pallet. C-130A landing to right, followed by C-130B, then another C-130A. C-141A taxiing past camera to right. K-loader driving up to cargo ramp of C-141A. Pelletized cargo being off-loaded from C-141A onto K-Loader and being chained down. C-130B taxiing to halt behind C-123. Military personnel boarding C-123 and C-130B. LS pan right C-130E taking off, followed by C-130A. Sign on terminal - THROUGH THIS AERIAL PORT PASS MORE MEN WHO BELIEVE IN FREEDOM AND HUMAN DIGNITY THAN ANY OTTER AERIAL PORT IN THE WORLD. Palletized cargo being loaded aboard Pan-Am 707. Men pushing load of telephone poles. Ramp controller signaling taxi instructions to C-141A. CU of airmen setting up C-141A tail jack. Forklift moving two crates from truck, then dropping them. Army truck driving into loading area, then forklift removing crates from truck and positioning them on pallets. K-loader with palletized cargo driving away from C-141A. Tug pulling cargo dollies across flight line, then driver unhooking tow bar from tug. Ramp controller talking on jeep radio. Sequence showing C-141A taxiing to halt, then cargo being off loaded onto K-loader. C-130s in revetments, taxiing and taking off. Troops boarding U-123. Activity in cargo storage area. Forklift loading palletized artillery shells aboard C-130E. Palletized Modular containers and other cargo being loaded onto K-loaders from Pan-Am 707. K-loader driving up to Pan-Am 707 cargo door, being loaded, and driving away. Sequence showing modular mail containers being loaded onto K-loaders from Pan-Am 707. 14th APS motor pool area, showing parked forklifts and K-loaders. Pallet of artillery shells being loaded aboard C-130E by forklift and tied down. Pan-Am 707 taxiing to halt, then K-loader driving up to cargo door and being loaded. Series of scenes of forklift loading 155mm shells onto pallet, then being hooked to ammunition train. C-123K flyover, tilt down to C-130E turning onto runway and taking off away from camera. C-130A landing. C-130E landing, followed by C-130B. Pelletized telephone poles being loaded aboard K-loader. Series of scenes of poles being loaded onto K-loader. Series of scenes around ticket counter in terminal. Scenes of troops inside terminal waiting for planes.. Forklift carrying palletized ammunition from dump, placing it on dolly train, then hooking up to train and towing it out frame left. Passengers being issued tickets in terminal. Troops walking toward C-130B and boarding. Palletized containers being loaded onto K-loader from Pan-Am 707, then K-loader lowering platform and driving away.