Vietnam War - Colour, 1964: Tonkin Gulf Incident, Simulated - Aboard Turner Joy & Ticonderoga. 14-15Aug64
Flash slate: Camera Dame; 14Aug64 USS Turner Joy, Tonkion Gulf. R. C. Barnhart (C. O. of USS Turner Joy, DD-951) scanning horizon w/ pair of binoculars; telephone talker standing next to him wearing phones & helmet; open sea off to right.
10:01:01 LT. J. Palmer (Operations officer) looking thru sighting area on pelorus, giving bearings. (slate) Signalman sends message by signal light from USS Turner Joy. MS Signalman sending up flags from flagbag.
10:02;22 Flash slate, same. Roll 3. CU Lookout scanning horizon w/ his binoculars, points & sends report over phones, scans horizon.
10:02:58 Interior. Men at electronics console operating tracking devices w/ two men at radar; third man in BG w/ phones.
10:03:32 Flashes from gun fire / barrage at night.
10:04:38 Slate: Same 15Aug64. Roll 5. Captain speaking (MOS) on ship intercom. CU Officers & men around chart table in radar room plotting course.
10:05:37 Slate: Same. Roll 6. CU Two men at radar scope. Three men wearing phones at radar scope.
10:06:40 Slate: USS Ticonderoga, ??Aug64. MS T.S. Billingsly AO3 pulling 1000 lb bomb on bomb cart w/ help from bomb elevator. Unloading rockets from elevator on cart. CU Looking down over bomb elevator; 250 lb fragmentation bombs come up on elevator; handle attached to cart w/ three bombs & pulled off.
MS 1000 lb bomb coming up on elevator to flight & R.A. Eggan pulls off.
10:07:32 MS A-1H plane on flight deck of USS Ticonderoga (CVA-14); MS Ordnanceman hanging a 250 lb fragmentation bomb on A-1H wing. CU Gas crew fueling the wing pod on A-1H aircraft; hoses in FG.
10:08:19 MS Men pushing bomb carts w/ bombs across flight deck. MS Four pilots in flight gear, walking toward camera, over flight deck. MS Two ordnancemen use small bomb hoist, to hoist a 1000 lb bomb under the under carriage of A-1H.
10:08:55 Slate: Same. Man boarding A-1H, climbing into cockpit. Plane captain A. Kolesar (ADRAN) comes up onto wing, hands the pilot his hard hat helmet, assists pilot w/ harness.
10:09:39 ECU Ordnanceman working underneath aircraft; 1000 lb. bomb is seen fuzed on undercarriage to left.
10:09:58 Slate: Same. Roll 10. Men working attaching 250 lb bombs to wing.
10:10:38 Plane taxiing & catapulted / takes off.
Naval Activity; Deception; Government Lies; Staged Fighting; Battles;
NOTE: Reconstruction of misleading Tonkin Gulf Incident reportedly happening on 02-05Aug64.
NOTE: Sold at per reel rate. Good Colour & action.
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Vietnam War - Colour, 1964: Tonkin Gulf Incident, Simulated - Aboard Turner Joy & Ticonderoga. 14-15Aug64 Flash slate: Camera Dame; 14Aug64 USS Turner Joy, Tonkion Gulf. R. C. Barnhart (C. O. of USS Turner Joy, DD-951) scanning horizon w/ pair of binoculars; telephone talker standing next to him wearing phones & helmet; open sea off to right. 10:01:01 LT. J. Palmer (Operations officer) looking thru sighting area on pelorus, giving bearings. (slate) Signalman sends message by signal light from USS Turner Joy. MS Signalman sending up flags from flagbag. 10:02;22 Flash slate, same. Roll 3. CU Lookout scanning horizon w/ his binoculars, points & sends report over phones, scans horizon. 10:02:58 Interior. Men at electronics console operating tracking devices w/ two men at radar; third man in BG w/ phones. 10:03:32 Flashes from gun fire / barrage at night. 10:04:38 Slate: Same 15Aug64. Roll 5. Captain speaking (MOS) on ship intercom. CU Officers & men around chart table in radar room plotting course. 10:05:37 Slate: Same. Roll 6. CU Two men at radar scope. Three men wearing phones at radar scope. 10:06:40 Slate: USS Ticonderoga, ??Aug64. MS T.S. Billingsly AO3 pulling 1000 lb bomb on bomb cart w/ help from bomb elevator. Unloading rockets from elevator on cart. CU Looking down over bomb elevator; 250 lb fragmentation bombs come up on elevator; handle attached to cart w/ three bombs & pulled off. MS 1000 lb bomb coming up on elevator to flight & R.A. Eggan pulls off. 10:07:32 MS A-1H plane on flight deck of USS Ticonderoga (CVA-14); MS Ordnanceman hanging a 250 lb fragmentation bomb on A-1H wing. CU Gas crew fueling the wing pod on A-1H aircraft; hoses in FG. 10:08:19 MS Men pushing bomb carts w/ bombs across flight deck. MS Four pilots in flight gear, walking toward camera, over flight deck. MS Two ordnancemen use small bomb hoist, to hoist a 1000 lb bomb under the under carriage of A-1H. 10:08:55 Slate: Same. Man boarding A-1H, climbing into cockpit. Plane captain A. Kolesar (ADRAN) comes up onto wing, hands the pilot his hard hat helmet, assists pilot w/ harness. 10:09:39 ECU Ordnanceman working underneath aircraft; 1000 lb. bomb is seen fuzed on undercarriage to left. 10:09:58 Slate: Same. Roll 10. Men working attaching 250 lb bombs to wing. 10:10:38 Plane taxiing & catapulted / takes off. Naval Activity; Deception; Government Lies; Staged Fighting; Battles; NOTE: Reconstruction of misleading Tonkin Gulf Incident reportedly happening on 02-05Aug64. NOTE: Sold at per reel rate. Good Colour & action.