Film 1
Moving Image Item Number: 3084VI4155
- Media Type
- Moving Image
- Physical Location
- Stacks D156.0C
- Number of Media
- 1
- Language(s)
- English
- Collection
- Harry W. Candler, Jr. Collection
- Association
- Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)
- Format
- 8mm
- Digitized in HD?
- No
Dates
Existence: 19 January 1964- General Note
- 00:00 standing in formation - standing at ease - company flag - standing at attention - captains - first lieutenants ;
00:55 3rd Armed Helicopter Platoon U.T.T - dragon - Utility tactical transport helicopter company ;
1:07 man standing in front of camera buttoning shirt - barracks - outside - second man smiling at camera - other men walking away from camera - military vehicles - Harry Candler waving at camera and entering hooch ;
2:45 soldiers standing around armed helicopter - Huey - Specialist 6 - E-6 - David Halberstam - American journalist ; camera equipment ;
3:52 aerial view - bird's eye view - landscape - Army helicopter - Huey - Bell UH-1 Iroquois - fields -strafing - bombing - winding rivers ;
5:48 tricycle - commercial tricycle - mini-car - 3 wheel passenger motorcycle - rickshaw - back at base camp - streets of Vietnam - local area - cars - bikes - driving a vehicle through the city - Saigon - Vietnamese police officers in white uniforms - District 1 - Continental Palace - Saigon Opera House - Senate House - National Assembly ;
7:54 U.S. Army Utility Tactical Transport Helicopter Company 571st TRANS DET ACFT MAINT - Transportation Detachment Aircraft Maintenance - base - barracks - hooch - helicopter tail appears to be attached to hooch - solider lighting cigarette - smoking - soldiers outside - airfield - aircraft - helicopters - Hueys - Sea Knights -Chinooks - airplanes - soldiers exiting sedan - inspecting helicopter with rockets - British Royal Air Force - RAF - RAF officer - Group Captain - Air Vice-Marshal ;
10:52 airfield - flightline - Fairchild C-123 Provider - hand pumping fuel - fueling up - ARVN soldiers - Huey Cobra - Bell AH-1 Huey Cobra - aerial view - islands - mountains - helicopters in flight ;
14:11 Vietnamese village - RFPFs marching - Regional Forces - Popular Forces - soldiers marching - airplane landing - possibly a Grumman OV-1 Mohawk - helicopter - Sikorsky - H-34 Choctaw - H-34A - aerial view - helicopter flight - forests - rivers - fog - swimming in a river - Huey Cobra - dog - German Shepard ;
18:29 party - drinking - eating - Vietnamese women - farewell party - cake - Rodis - Candler - Sprague - Mills - Ramil - Wood - Lollar- man taking pictures ;
20:53 outdoors - testing parachutes - repairing hooch ;
- Perma Link
- https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=3084VI4155
- Citation
- Film 1, 3084VI4155. No Date, Harry W. Candler, Jr. Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=3084VI4155, Accessed 19 Feb 2026.
- Pub Credit Line
- 3084VI4155, Harry W. Candler, Jr. Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University
- Added: 31 Mar 2023 [Updated: 05 Apr 2024]
Vietnam Center & Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive
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Address
Texas Tech University, Box 41041, Lubbock, TX 79409 -
Phone
(806)742-9010 -
Email
vnca@ttu.edu
