The USAF in Vietnam: Another Day of War - PT2 This United States Air Force sponsored propaganda film highlights the US-South Vietnamese partnership against communism during the Vietnam War. The images are relatively tame & show the USAF playing the supporting role in this military campaign. Good establishing shots seen throughout.
Aerial showing green farmland of Vietnam. GV pan as United States Air Force cargo plane lands on rural airstrip. MCU young Vietnamese boys. LS troops unloading cargo from plane. MS South Vietnamese troops at airstrip with USAF. GV Vietnamese troops unloading supplies from US cargo plane. GV American & armed Vietnamese troops on airstrip holding young North Vietnamese man captive. MS prisoner in a squatting position. MS/MCU two American GIs tying hands of two North Vietnamese prisoners as they lie stomach down inside plane. MSs nose end of cargo plane as North Vietnamese prisoners are escorted out of aircraft by two armed American GIs. MCU American GIs walking hand-bound prisoners to base.
CU face of USAF officer on field phone. Low angle looking up at plane flying. MS inside cargo plane as parachuted crate is pushed out of belly doors. Low angle GV as parachuted crates descend. CU face of USAF officer on field phone. GV as airborne crates parachute to the ground. GV American troops standing by military jeep, man talks on field phone. GV American GI inspecting the dropped cargo, it s a cow. MCU frightened looking cow inside the cargo crate.
Air-to-air shot of USAF plane flying over lush terrain of Vietnam, interesting view as mass amount of leaflets (pamphlets) are released from window. MS inside plane showing man reaching into box and funneling leaflets out the window. Closer air-to-air view of leaflets flying out plane window. Air-view mass amount of leaflets dropped over lush mountainous terrain. GV American pilot inspecting his Cessna plane before flying. MCU pilot checking his reel-to-reel tape machine used to broadcast messages to the locals. GV pan Cessna aircraft taking off from rural airstrip. Air-to-air shot of USAF Cessna plane dropping leaflets. Low angle GV looking up at Cessna flying overhead, dropping leaflets.
LS armed South Vietnamese troops cautiously coxing civilian Vietnamese man out of hiding from brush. MCU civilian Vietnamese man with arms raised in surrendering posture, holding identification card in hand. GV as troops frisk the man for weapons. MCU military man checking ID (safe conduct pass) of civilian man, the man's ID checks out & the two shake hands. MS profile of armed S. Vietnamese soldier with weapon drawn. GV South Vietnamese troops releasing the civilian man, all continue together down the dirt road in a "no hard feelings" sort of way.
MS/MCU American Air Force doctor performing medical exam on a Vietnamese man in rural village. MS/GV village locals waiting to be checked out by USAF doctors. MS/MCU military doctor examining a very sickly looking Vietnamese baby, the child is very pale and his breathing extremely suppressed. MS/MCU Air Force medic checking child's ears. MS medic examining frail man with ribs showing through his skin. MS cute toddler aged kid wearing a floppy hat but not pants. MS/MCU young boy holding bottles of medicine. MS/MCU American military medic consulting elderly Vietnamese woman with deformed hands through a translator.
Air-to-air shot of plane in flight as paratroopers drop (Air Force Combat Control Team). MS inside plane as paratroopers jump. Low angle LS as paratroop team descends. GV following single paratrooper down to landing on the ground.
Aerial view of drop target marked by an "A", US Air Force Combat Control Team stands by waiting for S. Vietnamese Paratroop drop. MSs control team on the ground, releasing smoke bombs to mark target drop location. MCU member of control team looking up, using radio communications. Low angle GV looking up at planes flying overhead. Aerial of Air Force Combat Control Team on the ground near drop location marked by smoke. MS two men of the ground troop waiting for drop. MCU African American ground team member looking up. Low angle GV looking up as two planes fly overhead dropping chutes. MCU Caucasian & African American ground crew members wearing paratroop berets, one talks on field phone. LS mass amount of Vietnamese paratroopers landing. Aerial of troops on the ground waiting for supply drop. MS South Vietnamese paratrooper retrieving dropped supplies. MS S. Vietnamese paratroop team moving through marsh.
Air-to-air view of fighter aircraft on mission. POV flying over farm parcels, firing guns. High angle air-view of aircraft flying over lush landscape, the plane releases ammunition that fires from the underside like a missile & casts a spray of ammo (maybe a type of cluster bomb). High angle air-view of Cessna Forward Air Controller plane flying. MCU back view of pilot in the cockpit of Cessna. High angle air-view of Cessna Forward Air Controller plane dropping smoke bomb to mark area for fighter plane. Air-to-air of fighter jet releasing "T" or hammer shaped bomb. Low altitude POV off rear of plane as bomb explosion hits the ground. Low altitude air-view following behind fighter jet as it flies over farmland shooting gun.
Good POV from cockpit of low flying plane as bombs hit the ground, destroying targets. Air-to-air shot of plane flying. Air-view of bomb vapor trails hovering. Air-to-air shot of plane dropping bombs. Aerial of bomb explosions ripping through the Vietnamese forest. Air-to-air shot of plane dropping bombs. Several aerial views of consecutive bombs hitting the ground and barreling through the forest.