USMC 104681: ""Khe Sanh, Victory for Air Power""

Description: Item Description Title USMC 104681: ""Khe Sanh, Victory for Air Power"" Citation information USMC 104681: ""Khe Sanh, Victory for Air Power"". (00118; FR-1009.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 04/868 Marine Corps Library Number 0000-16 Additional identifiers 00118; FR-1009 MIRC inventory no. USMC 104681 Decade 1960 Date 1968-05 Description A narrator recounts the details of the Battle of Khe Sanh, focusing on the combined air power of the Marine Corps and Air Force. Footage of marines firing weapons, aerial views from planes firing artillery and dropping bombs. Maj. Bill Loftus ejects from downed A4, followed by shot of his return--still walking-- to Khe Sanh. Marines unload and load USAF carrier aircraft. Footage of Air Force reconnaissance operations, insert shots of maps. Combat footage shows shelling, explosions, marines running to safety, and injured marines being loaded onto carrier aircraft. Marines put out fires in the wreckage of a downed plane. Supplies drop via parachutes. Footage of command operations inside an airborne battlefield command center (narrator notes that these are inside modified C130 aircraft). B52s drop bombs. Location(s) Kh� Sanh (Vietnam); Mactu-62 Airfield Camera crew United States Air Force; 600th Photo Squadron USAF; Aerospace Audio Visual Service, Military Airlift Command Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Informational Item collection United States Marine Corps Film Repository Original color Color Original audio Sound Original gauge Film: 16mm Original generation Postive Original physical length 600 Original aspect ratio 1.37:1 (Academy) Original media type Motion pictures (visual works) Language English Contributing organization University of South Carolina. Moving Image Research Collections Digital collection name United States Marine Corps Films Rights information Public domain. Digital media type Moving Image Date digital file created 05/02/2022 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Lasergraphics ScanStation 6.5k Digital runtime 16:09 Digital file type video/H264 Keywords Vietnam War