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Go to HomepageReel Number: 220493-03
Color: Colour
Sound: SIL
Year / Date: 1964,1960s
Country: USA,Vietnam
Location: Tonkin Gulf / Gulf of Tonkin
TC Begins: 10:19:36
TC Ends: 10:30:02
Duration: 00:10:26
Vietnam War - Colour, 1964: Tonkin Gulf Incident, Simulated, Ticonderoga Activities & Maddox. 18-19Aug64 Flash slate: Camera, Skidmore. 19Aug64. USS Maddox (DD-731). CDR. Ogier taking bearing on pelorus on wing of bridge of USS Maddox. CDR. Ogier & LCDR. D.M. Jackson talk on wing of bridge while in battle dress. CDR. Ogier talking on phone telling crew the ship is under attack. 10:20:42 Slate: MPU 128-64 (project) SE-6 (roll 6). High angle / HA Aircraft A-1Hs catapulted from USS TICONDEROGA (CVA-14) for weapons strike. 10:21:15 MS RF-8A parked on flight-deck edge. MS Photographer loading & closing door on camera area of RF-8A, then walking off to right. LS Ship of Task Group on horizon. 10:21:52 Slate: same Roll 7. 18Aug64. MS & MCUs Pilots in ready room aboard USS TICONDEROGA being briefed. LCDR. Bowling, one of the pilots involved in air strike on North Viet Nam. CU LCDR. Crayton, pilot involved in air strike on North Viet Nam, sitting during briefing. CU LT. ER & LT. Webber two pilots who are involved in strike on North Viet Nam, in ready room during briefing. 10:23:11 CU C.O. of squadron, standing before a map of Viet Nam, briefing pilots, pointing to route to middle coastline. 10:24:21 CU Rear Admiral R.B. Moore in CIC room aboard; men on watch are off to left. 10:25:02 Moore in war room w/ Captain J.C. Daniels, Chief of Staff COMCARDIV 5. 10:25:46 Slate: Camera, Skidmore 19Aug64 Roll 8. Catapult officer giving aircraft takeoff signal aboard USS TICONDEROGA 10:26:01 Aerial MS alongside TICONDEROGA underway; A-4E Skyhawk & F-8E Crusader aircraft taxiing up to catapult. RF-8A taking off from port catapult; PAN back to right, showing A-4E taking off from *1 catapult. Looking down over flight deck, showing A3B Skywarrior on no. 1 catapult; A-1H Skyraider is taxiing up & taking off from no 2 catapult. 10:27:09 Aerial, USS Maddox (DD-731) underway showing number on port bow. Multiple shots & directions. 10:28:38 A-4E planes making multiple landings on aircraft carrier CVA-14. Vietnam War; Official Lies; Government Propaganda; Naval Operations; Navy; NOTE: Reconstruction of misleading Tonkin Gulf Incident reportedly happening on 02-05Aug64. NOTE: Sold at per reel rate. Good Colour & action.