ARTILLERY MAINTENANCE

Year Published: 1966

Creator: National Archives

Format: 16mm/video file

Description: National Archives and Records AdministrationARTILLERY MAINTENANCEARC Identifier 32757 / Local Identifier 111-LC-54449 1969Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations. U.S. Army Audiovisual Center. (ca. 1974 - 05/15/1984). Silent. Summary: Approx. 400': Soldiers of the 35th Artillery perform preventive maintenance on M-109 SP 155 howitzer. CU, soldiers turn muzzle and remove it from barrel. Crew cleans and scrubs muzzle and barrel. CU, faces of crew as they work. Crew chief checks oil and transmission fluid sticks on M-109. He follows up with lubrication and battery inspection. WEAPONS CACHE AND EQUIPMENT.: A Shau Valley, South Vietnam: 04/22/1969: Approx. 400': Troops of the 502nd, 101st Airborne uncovered a cache of weapons and equipment hidden by the enemy. CU, soldiers put wheels and tires on stripped Soviet truck. CU, officers check captured medical supplies. Soldiers assemble supplies to be taken out. Pan on captured supplies. CU, radio sets, camouflaged dugout and truck. MS, CU, weapons piled up. CU, buried truck engine. LS, soldiers guard captured equipment. Pan over area where equipment was found.

Complete Record: National Archives and Records Administration ARTILLERY MAINTENANCE ARC Identifier 32757 / Local Identifier 111-LC-54449 1969 Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations. U.S. Army Audiovisual Center. (ca. 1974 - 05/15/1984). Silent. Summary: Approx. 400': Soldiers of the 35th Artillery perform preventive maintenance on M-109 SP 155 howitzer. CU, soldiers turn muzzle and remove it from barrel. Crew cleans and scrubs muzzle and barrel. CU, faces of crew as they work. Crew chief checks oil and transmission fluid sticks on M-109. He follows up with lubrication and battery inspection. WEAPONS CACHE AND EQUIPMENT.: A Shau Valley, South Vietnam: 04/22/1969: Approx. 400': Troops of the 502nd, 101st Airborne uncovered a cache of weapons and equipment hidden by the enemy. CU, soldiers put wheels and tires on stripped Soviet truck. CU, officers check captured medical supplies. Soldiers assemble supplies to be taken out. Pan on captured supplies. CU, radio sets, camouflaged dugout and truck. MS, CU, weapons piled up. CU, buried truck engine. LS, soldiers guard captured equipment. Pan over area where equipment was found.