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Irish Troops Return Home From Congo, 14-15Jan61 R1 of 2

Reel Number: 221651-01

Color: Black and White

Sound: SIL

Year / Date: 1961

Country: Canada,Congo,Ireland

Location: Africa,Dublin,Kamina

TC Begins: 10:00:05

TC Ends: 10:09:13

Duration: 00:09:08

Irish Troops Return Home From Congo, 14-15Jan61 R1 of 2 Slate: 15Jan61, Dublin, Ireland Irish Airlift. LS Entrance Dublin Airport terminal. US Air Force MATS plane, C-124C, landing towards camera, taxiis. Front doors open & ramp descends, troop march down & milling about. Double-decker buses in background. Officer talks to reporter w/ microphone (MOS). 10:03:16 Troops boarding bus w/ suitcases. Buses leave thru gate past cheering, waving crowd. Crowd waves to camera. 10:04:13 Kamina, Congo. C-124C landing past camera. Irish soldiers carry large boxes up ramp from truck. Tarmac & soldiers standing by piles of gear. Waiting to board airplane. Marching up ramp single file. LS. 10:06:25 Soldiers board double-decker buses; one w/ carved ivory tusk. Men working on plane motor. 10:06:52 Pan over crowd behind airport fence. 10:07:09 Duffel bags unloaded from plane into tuck. Double-decker bus thru airport gate & crowds waving. 10:08:01 Slate. Double-decker bus arrives at airport terminal. C-124 C landing, Dublin. United Nations Peace-keeping; Ireland; 1961; Homecoming;

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