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Vietnam Air Rescue - Pilot Plucked From Gulf Of Tonkin (1966)

Reel Number: 221729-12

Color: Black and White

Sound: SIL

Year / Date: 1966

Country: Vietnam

Location: Tonkin GUlf

TC Begins: 17:14:50

TC Ends: 17:16:26

Duration: 00:01:36

Vietnam Air Rescue - Pilot Plucked From Gulf Of Tonkin (1966) 17:14:56 Four propellor driven fighter aircraft in tight formation; MCU w/ pilots seen in cockpits from above. Parachute descending seen from below; pilot in cockpit. Aerial of smoke flare on water. 17:15:21 Inside search plane cockpit & pilot looking out window; amphibious landing. CU pilot or ? in plane. View of pontoon as plane lands. 17:15:39 MCU of two frogmen assisting pilot beside life raft. Frogmen in plane assisting / lifting pilot into plane. Pilot in cockpit. 17:16:10 CU Smiling rescued pilot, Wayne Spelius, Deerfield, Illinois. MS Pilot out onto carrier deck greeted. Vietnam War;

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