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Go to HomepageReel Number: 220493-05
Color: Colour
Sound: SIL
Year / Date: 1964,1960s
Country: USA,Vietnam
Location: Tonkin Gulf / Gulf of Tonkin
TC Begins: 10:40:48
TC Ends: 10:48:09
Duration: 00:07:21
Vietnam War - Colour, 1964: Tonkin Gulf Incident Simulated, A-4E & F-8E's launched, 15Aug64 Flash slate: Camera, Dame; 15Aug64. A-1H Skyraider catapulted. Four A-1H planes fly in formation past USS Ticonderoga (CVA-14). Two F-8E Crusader aircraft approach & fire rockets. 10:41:34 Flash slate: Camera, Dame; 17Aug64 Zuni rockets loaded on F-8E. Plane captain cleaning windshield. MCUs Loading Zunis. 10:42:39 Flash slate: same. Roll 13. 7A Rocket pod pushed to plane & lifted, connected to wing rack. 10:43:49 Flash slate: same. Roll 14. MS F-8E & window being scrubbed. CU of USS Ticonderoga NAVY VFP-63, markings on pods. Other markings. Line of F-8Es on flight deck. 10:44:42 MS Pilots walk past, out to planes and in (Hank Urban Jr), cockpit closed. Lt. D.C. Anderson. ?? Sizemore, cockpit closed. 10:45:52 CU Nose wheel into catapult. Plane hooked to catapult. Signalman motioning. Lt. JG Mike Welch in cockpit w/ raised canopy, closes. Activity attaching planes to catapult. 10:46:52 A-1H Skyraider attached to catapult. 10:47:00 High angle / HA A-4E Skyhawk launched by catapult. F-8E catapulted off alternating. GOOD. Aircraft carrier activity; Deception; Propaganda; Provocation; Provocative; NOTE: Reconstruction of misleading Tonkin Gulf Incident reportedly happening on 02-05Aug64. NOTE: Sold at per reel rate. Good Colour & action.