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VIETNAM WAR – POST WAR AND RELATED

 

See also separate listing for Vietnam War, and Presidential Speeches, Peace efforts.

 

            220368          21:30:12 - 21:33:04            1970s COL      SD                    [Medal of Honor - Colonel Day]
Air Force Now
Awarded medal for record as Prisoner of War in North Vietnam.
Stills Colonel Day.  Reconstruction plane shot down, pilot ejects from plane thru jungle at gunpoint & arrive at camp.  Illustration of Day in jail. 
21:31:49  Day interview re his escape.  Escaped & pushed into water by two Vietnamese (recapture).
Actual footage of POW release 13Mar1973 and arrival in USA.  Stills of Medal of Honor award ceremony in  1976.
POW; Vietnam War; Awards;

            220349          13:27:42 - 13:35:53            1970s - 1980s          COL      SD                    Not Forgotten  Pt. 1 of 3
Air Force Now
re Vietnam POWs
Dramatic painting of eyes behind bars.  Montage, faces, thinking, fish bowl.
13:29:26  12Feb1973, first POWs from North Vietnam released: out of bus & in line to shake hands w/ Vietnamese military.  POW on crutches.  Vietnamese authorities at desk.  POW C-141 plane takeoff.  POWs aboard plane laughing, smoking. 
13:31:08  Plane lands in Philippines.  Families on airfield await arrival behind huge sign This stop: freedom.  First POW out of plane, Capt. Jeremiah Denton, US Navy, shakes hands w/ officer & makes speech re opportunity to serve their country, & God Bless America.  Latino family waves.  Family w/ sign God Bless America my Home Sweet Home & other patriotic welcome signs.
13:31:49  Montage:  Medical examinations, POWs eat at cafeteria, clothes given, haircut, manicure,  woman in miniskirt out of car, church, shop windows,  City  (NYC?) at night, Walk / Dont Walk lights, neon signs, Coca Cola sign, airfield and welcome home signs, hugging wives.
13:32:59  Interviews ex POW  re:  Vietcong telling POWs the USA considered American POWs criminals; Vietnamese pushing POWs to write anti-war statements; finding closeness to God; circumstances of capture; getting used to miniskirts is a big shock;  mens 1970s fashion styles.  Continued...
Vietnam War Aftermath; Americana; Military Captives; American Prisoners of War;

 

            220369          22:01:00 - 22:08:41            1970s - 1980s          COL      SD        Not Forgotten  Pt. 1 of 3
Air Force Now
re Vietnam POWs
Dramatic painting of eyes behind bars.  Montage, faces, thinking, fish bowl.
22:03:01  12Feb1973, first POWs from North Vietnam released: out of bus & in line to shake hands w/ Vietnamese military.  POW on crutches.  Vietnamese authorities at desk.  POW C-141 plane takeoff.  POWs aboard plane laughing, smoking. 
22:04:14  Plane lands in Philippines.  Families on airfield await arrival behind huge sign This stop: freedom.  First POW out of plane, Capt. Jeremiah Denton, US Navy, shakes hands w/ officer & makes speech re opportunity to serve their country, & God Bless America.  Latino family waves.  Family w/ sign God Bless America my Home Sweet Home & other patriotic welcome signs.
22:04:57  Montage:  Medical examinations, POWs eat at cafeteria, clothes given, haircut, manicure,  woman in miniskirt out of car, church, shop windows,  City  (NYC?) at night, Walk / Dont Walk lights, neon signs, Coca Cola sign, airfield and welcome home signs, hugging wives.
22:06:07  Interviews ex POW  re:  Vietcong telling POWs the USA considered American POWs criminals; Vietnamese pushing POWs to write anti-war statements; finding closeness to God; circumstances of capture; getting used to miniskirts is a big shock;  mens 1970s fashion styles.  Continued...
Vietnam War Aftermath; Americana; Military Captives; American Prisoners of War;

            220349          13:35:53 - 13:44:50            1970s - 1980s          COL      SD                    Not Forgotten  Pt. 2 of 3
re Vietnam POWs
Released POW shakes hands w/ Boy Scouts in uniform & famlies.  Psychiatrist re POWs sense of humor .
13:37:12  Welcome committee at airfield:  Welcome signs, children clapping.
POW re being proud to be an American, Vietnamese only ruling by force & fear.  Vietnamese man & woman MCU.  Stills of naked prisoner in cell.
13:38:17  POW reunions w/ family & children; intercuts w/ prisoner in cell.
13:38:43 1980s interviews w/ released POWs  re current career & activities.  Pitt Speciail aerobatic biplane in flight, stunting.  Re pride of wearing uniform.  CU trying to break chains.  Re would they do it again & was it worth it.  Re torture.  Re adjusting to family life.  Wife of POW re ways of dealing w/ absence, Christmas etc.
Vietnam War Aftermath; Released Military Prisoners of War;

            220371          23:01:01 - 23:13:07            1970s?           COL      SD        Vandenberg AFB, California; Warren AFB, Wyoming & Nebraska; San Antonio, Texas;  Air Force Now  (Minuteman III Missile; Wright Bros; A-10; Texas Vietnam Memorial)
Title Sequence
23:01:16  CU 24 hr clock.  Operator in control room, Enable switch, launch switch, missile silo door opens, fires.  Test launch of Minuteman III missile, Vandenberg AFB.  Control room w/ trainees.  SOF about training.
Aerials F.E. Warren AFB in desert.  Combat crew commander SOF re selection of combat crew team etc.
23:03:21  AFB kitchen.  Security police in office.  Commander to camera re security violations.  Armed security guards check fence.  Maintenance team arrive in trucks.  CU missile head.  Making repairs to missile in silo.
23:04:52  Pioneers of Flight - Wright Brothers
Wright Brothers & launching plane w/ 2 propellers.  First flight drawn into modern military plane in flight.
Bleriot & early aviation - inventions.   Flying demonstration for Army.  Jet in flight.
23:06:22  A-10 Thunderbolt at night taxiing.  Seen in daylight on airfield.  Inset interviews with pilots on tinted background showing Thunderbolts.  Loading ammunition.  CU A-10 Gatling gun.  More inset interviews pilots with ammunition loaded in bg.  Takeoffs & in flight.  Explosion on ground.  Flying low over field.
23:09:48  Monument to Soldiers lost in Vietnam Conflict]
Vietnam POWs released.  POWs aboard plane.  Military cemetery & military funeral (Red River Valley Fighter Pilots Association).  Monument with planes looking like crosses.  Barry Goldwater present.  Lt. Donald Riggs speaks to dedicate monument to soldiers lost in Vietnam War.  Uncovering plaque.  Lt. Gen. John Roberts speech.  Military funeral.  Planes fly over monument in slow motion.  Presented by Your Air Force.

            LN 504-041  22:35:55 - 22:36:49            1980 ca          COL      Sd        California        Air Force Now - Coming Attractions
ROTC program at University of Southern California; Wilford Hall Medical Training; A Day in the Life of a Vietnam Warrior, F-105 Thunderchief.  VS Students walking on campus, in class, ROTC patch, on parade ground, in training with stretcher, planes in flight F-105 Thunderchief.  Camera crew w/ 16mm camera and cameraman.
Trailer;

            220350          15:36:43 - 15:37:16            1980s col       Sd                    Air Force 40th Anniversary
Air Force Now
Short ad re first flying ace in Vietnam - Capt Steve Ritchie.  Aug72 Captain being congratulated after shooting down 5th Mig.
Promotional Film; Recruiting Film; Vietnam War;

            LN 504-017  01:34:09 - 01:35:02            1980s COL      SD        University of Southern California;    Air Force Now - Coming Attractions
Montage: college students walking on campus, in ROTC class, drilling at University of Southern California.  Air Force Personnel at Wilford Hall Medical Center, San Antonio, Texas,  Vietnam War F105 Thunderchiefs in flight.  Men w/ camera filming under camouflaged netting.
Military Propaganda; 1980s; Military Recruitment Films;

            LN 504-045  04:43:20 - 05:02:02            1980s COL      SD        randolph afb, tExas     Civil Air Patrol - USAF Technical Training
CU light plane landing, taxis to standstill on runway; pilot out & introduces AFN & Civil Air Patrol etc..
04:44:23  Montage & Title:  Air Force Now
04:44:46  Overhead of Civil Air Patrol light plane, pilot to cadets on ground.  SOF function explained to camera.  Aerospace Education program & summer workshops.  Civilian teachers in classroom learning about aerodynamics.  Cadet Program described by participant in uniform on airfield w/ light planes - cadet talks to camera.  Cadets graduating to senior members.  Search & Rescue function - emergency rescue exercise w/ briefing, light plane & truck searching for lost hiker.  CUs hiker stumbling on rocks.
04:48:46  Plane spots hiker waving coat.  Sheriff contacted for pick up.  Rescuer lowered.  Pilot re benefits of volunteering.
04:49:57  USAF recruits march at end of Basic Training.  Montage:  AF Technical Training science lab, firefighting, mechanic etc. 
04:50:54  Night, Air Training Command HQ, Randolph AFB.  Control room, classrooms.  Recruits march past sign:  Sheppard Technical Training Center.  Various classroom scenes & hands-on training, maps, maintenance crews, dentistry, broadcasting.  Instructors teaching & training.  Hospital, electronics; guard dogs; dental technicians.
04:53:04  Project Warrior  Title over Native American Indian riding horse in silhouette. 
04:53:30  Stock footage of Paris Peace Conference Dec72 ext shots.
04:53:44  Operation Linebacker II  18-29Dec72.  Christmas bombing, Vietnam War.  Bombers in flight & on ground w/ 3 crew members interview in 1973:  Reg Martin, Paul Winkler, Maj. John Dalton SOF on tarmac on their response to missions.  Dalton & others in plane intercut telling about emergency landing in Thailand.  AVs Vietnam & Night bombing.  B-52 used in Linebacker II operation on show shortly afterwards. 
04:56:06  27Jan73  Peace agreement signed by US & Vietnamese in Paris ending Vietnam War.  CU document; 12Feb73 - first of captured PoWs released in Hanoi - off bus.  End Project Warrior title.
04:56:47  Faucet dripping, coastal Florida scenes.  RAF officer stationed at MacDill AFB interviewed on jetty - Im in no rush to get back to England; part of instructor exchange program.  SOF roll to introduce USAF recruits to British & vice versa.  Pilots walking on tarmac.  Student pilot re positive experience of flying w/ RAF officer.  Briefing intercut w/ looking at planes.
04:58:56  Pilots w/ US & British helmets into fighter jets, along runway & in flight.  INT cockpit of F-16, turns upside down - air to air F-16s. 
05:01:00  RAF officer in order for NATO to work together effectively in wartime weve got to understand each other in peacetime.  Aerial of planes.
05:01:32  British family on beach at sunset. Presented by Your Air Force.

            220355          16:43:54 - 16:54:30            1980s COL      SD        Eglin AFB, Florida      Air Force Now  (Civil Engineers School; John Levitow, Medal of Honor Levitow)
Bulldozers.
Title sequence
16:44:40  Montage:  Runway w vehicles, planes, helicopters.  Aerial view barracks.  Throwing smoke device from tank.  Troops rush out w/ gas masks for alarm call.  Running camera.
16:46:03  Big explosions in slow motion; bomb crater & debris from runway
16:46:57  Aerial headquarters.  Damage assessment crew sent to site of explosions.  4-wheel drive, trucks & bulldozers for rebuilding airstrip.  Leveling, grading ground; laying tarmac.  Aerial view repaired airstrip.
16:49:30  Project Warrior - Medal of Honor
Winner of Medal of Honor, John Levitow, narrates.  Only AF enlisted man to win the award in Vietnam. Reconstruction of his heroic deeds in Vietnam:  AC-47 takeoff.  Levitow aboard plane prepares & throws out explosive flares.  Firing mini-gun at night in illuminated area.  Illustrations of plane hit by mortar shell & crew members wounded by shrapnel.  AC-47 on airfield.  CU medal.
Vietnam War;

            220367          20:07:03 - 20:22:38            1980s col       Sd                    Air Force Now
Title sequence.
20:07:32  Fighter aircraft in flight, air to air, pilot loses control -  plane crashes in flames after crew ejects. Large helicopter takes off & crashes.  Plane crashes in flames.  Stills montage military aircraft after crashes.
20:08:28  Title:  Flying Safety
20:09:04  Norton AFB students in class in flying safety program watching 16mm film of crash.  Class in field looking at parts of crashed planes.  Gay Jones - Safety officer SOF to camera on accident investigation. 
20:09:52  Disaster at air show.  Flying over crash site; view from onground parts of aircraft.  Removing wreckage.
20:10:46  F-4 fighter plane in flight - Air force officer to camera  re problems of pilots blacking out due to G-Force.  Pilots undergoing training in centrifuge.
20:12:03  Great air to air shot of fighter plane in shadow against setting sun.
20:12:14  Helicopter crashes on landing.  Aircraft make crash landings.  Air crash sites from air.
20:13:30  Fighter silhouetted against sky & sunset.
20:13:45  CU front of motorcycle; POV along mountain highway.  Shot of rider past.  VO talking about preparing for accident.  Instructor talking to class outdoors.  Motor Cycle Safety class riding figure 8s in parking lot.  Air Force officer talks about taking the class.  POV. SOF by instructor.
20:17:59  POV motorcyclist along road.  Air Force motorcycle Safety program.
20:18:23  Title:  Operation Homecoming - 15th Anniversary - A Rememberance
Lt. Col Lewis Shattuck wearing eye patch to camera.
20:18:48  12Feb1973 - First American prisoners of war released in North Vietnam.  Ceremony at airport as released POWs processed & board transport aircraft. 
20:19:25  C-141 takes off towards camera.  Interior cheering & celebrating vets.  Transport plane lands in Philippines; nurses & checked.  Wives / girls waiting w/ banners.  Returning Navy Captain makes statement - God Bless America . 
20:20:48  Returning POWs in USA - kisses and hugs w/ family.
20:21:19   Vietnam war memorial wall; Shattuck SOF; in Washington visitors looking for names on wall. Statue of US vietnam soldiers.  Presented by Your Air Force.
Crash Landing; Vietnam War Prisoner Release;

            220369          22:08:41 - 22:16:51            1980s COL      SD                    Not Forgotten  Pt. 2 of 3
re Vietnam POWs
Released POW shakes hands w/ Boy Scouts in uniform & famlies.  Psychiatrist re POWs sense of humor .
22:10:02  Welcome committee at airfield:  Welcome signs, children clapping.
POW re being proud to be an American, Vietnamese only ruling by force & fear.  Vietnamese man & woman MCU.  
22:11:03  POW reunions w/ family & children.
22:11:20 1980s interviews w/ released POWs  re current career & activities.  Pitt Speciail aerobatic biplane in flight, stunting.  Re pride of wearing uniform.  CU trying to break chains.  Re would they do it again & was it worth it.  Re torture.  Re adjusting to family life.  Wife of POW re ways of dealing w/ absence, Christmas etc.
Vietnam War Aftermath; Released Military Prisoners of War;

            220369          22:16:51 - 22:25:29            1980s COL      SD                    Not Forgotten  Pt. 3 of 3
Air Force Now
re Vietnam POWs
Light bulb dangling in darkness.  POW tells of feelings towards Vietnamese & anti-war activists who visited Hanoi.  POWs wives & daughters tell tearful anecdotes re dads patriotism etc.  Chains breaking.  Re whats important in life.
22:22:30  Patriotic statements about coming home & American freedom intercut w/ American sights - Las Vegas & Times Square neon signs, Empire State Building, Washington monuments, GVs American towns , landscapes, aerial steam train, mountains, beach with palm trees, aerial of amusement park fun fair w/ teapot ride; around crown of Statue of Liberty. 
Vietnam War Aftermath; Reunions; Americana - 1980s; Freedom;


            220349          13:44:50 - 13:54:01            1980s COL      SD        Las Vegas; NYC; Washington DC;         Not Forgotten  Pt. 3 of 3
Air Force Now
re Vietnam POWs
Light bulb dangling in darkness.  POW tells of feelings towards Vietnamese & anti-war activists who visited Hanoi.  POWs wives & daughters tell tearful anecdotes re dads patriotism etc.  Chains breaking.  Re whats important in life.
13:51:01  Patriotic statements about coming home & American freedom intercut w/ American sights - Las Vegas & Times Square neon signs, Empire State Building, Washington monuments, GVs American towns , landscapes, aerial steam train, mountains, beach with palm trees, aerial of amusement park fun fair w/ teapot ride; around crown of Statue of Liberty.  Presented by your Air Force.
Vietnam War Aftermath; Reunions; Americana - 1980s; Freedom;

            220340          04:41:55 - 04:46:56            1980s?           col       Sd                    Project Warrior (POWs Come Home)
Men off plane, Colonel Fred Cherry introduced & waves.  Saluting & handshakes.
04:42:30  Black man in civilian clothes talks to camera re vocation as fighter pilot & his experience in Vietnam being rescued by white man.  WWII Tuskeegee airmen in WWII.  Various planes in flight.  F-105s in flight, on flight line, taxiing.
04:43;17  CU speaking to camera.  Taking off, F-105s in flight.  Pilot in cockpit, planes low.  Explosions w/ planes over, ejection seat w/ parachute. 
04:44:40  1960s footage troops.  Illustrations of wounded man on floor & man carrying him.  Black men in office shake hands.  Colonel Cherry in uniform w/ microphones.  Illustration Cherry in uniform.  Says USA is greatest country on earth.
Prisoner of War; Vietnam War; Patriotism;

            220340          04:01:04 - 04:05:59            1982 ca          col       Sd        Edwards AFB   [B1-B Bomber Flight Tested]
Bomb-bay doors opening seen from inside & then air to air shots of 4-engine bomber dropping bombs from two sets of doors.  Clusters falling & explosions on ground.  Multi shots, good opening of doors seen from below plane.
04:01:34  Aerial of nuclear explosion over water.  Montage:  3 bombers, B-36, (?), B-52 fly-over.  B1-B on parked on runway.
04:02:01  Titles:  Air Force Now
B1-B at sunrise or sunset at Edwards AFB.  We are going to start B1-B program, April, 1983.  Test pilot Lt. Col. Leroy Schroeder (sp?), Director of B1 combined task force talks to camera.  Shots of plane from beneath.  Colonel Fred Fiedler, Vice Commander of 65-10 task wing on airfield talks to camera.
04:03:09  Camouflaged B1-B in low altitude flight over desert from above & below.  Interior shot of pilot in cockpit. Test pilot vo as plane seen flying over mountains.
04:03:46  Test pilot Capt. Dale Autry, test pilot on ground to camera.  Various shots of plane high & low level.
Circular track around plane engines on ground.  W/ refueling plane in flight.  Control board inside, navigation system.  Tracking shot inside one of three bomb bays.  Tracking around plane w/ doors open.
04:04:41  Maintenance people around plane talking & working.  Car pulls up & pilot & crew run to board  B1-B.  Opening hatch.  Unblocking wheels.  Bomber begins taxi, takes off, in flight.  Air Force Now title.
Weapons technology; Post-Vietnam War; Test Flights; Flying;

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