U.S. AIR FORCE PHOTOGRAPHIC SQUADRON IN VIETNAM WAR COMBAT CAMERA AIR STRIKES 47024

This is a color film about photographic air squadrons in Vietnam that help layout the battlefield for troops and let commanders lay effective battleplans. They also help keep the American public informed on the status of their fighting forces, ;23. Armament recording photography, :46. Air strikes being filmed, 1:11. Tracer fire, 1;21. North Vietnam Army barracks being bombed, 1:40. Railroad bridge being bombed, 1:57. Photo visuals of F-15’s and MIG’s, 2:22. Incredible visual of a bomb being dropped and chasing a MIG through the sky for a direct hit, 2:49. AAVS personnel improve the camera range and exceed 95% effectiveness, 3:25. Aiming devices appear on most gun camera footage, 3:40. Pod installations house 2 cameras, one looking forward and one looking aft, 3:38. Cameras are good for recording tail chase or looking aft to record bomb deployments, 4:11. Blister camera installations are cameras housed in protruding cases on the aircraft, 4:45. Cameras automatically activated when the pilot fires his guns, 5:0
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