U.S. Air Force: C-141 "Starlifter"--handout

Item Description
Title
U.S. Air Force: C-141 "Starlifter"--handout

News Story Number
WLTX-TV News Story 16

Sound or Silent
Silent

Contributing Institution
University of South Carolina. Moving Image Research Collections


Digital Collection
Local Television Newsfilm Collections


Collection Name
WLTX-TV News Collection


Date
1968

Decade
1960

Temporal Coverage
Probably filmed in early 1968. Handout was sent for broadcast on February 28. 1968.

Content Description
Exterior; day: extreme long shot Lockheed C-141 "Starlifter's" parked on runway apron. Long shot paratroopers marching to board airplane. Medium shot paratroopers boarding plane. Long shot plane's tail. Long shot plane taking off. Interior: medium closeup soldiers. Exterior: aerial view of plane in flight. Interior: paratroopers jumping from plane. Exterior: extreme long shot (from ground) parachutes opening below plane. Long shot cargo pallet being pushed into plane. Medium shot same. Long shot plane take off. Bien-Hoa, Vietnam. Exterior; day: long shot pan C-141 landing. Long shot (various) cargo being unloaded. Interior: various scenes of crewmen installing stretcher / litter racks for wounded. Long shot wounded carried from ambulance onto plane. Long shot plane taxiing. Handout from United States Air Force. See script file. Color print is visibly faded.

Geographic Location
Vietnam.


Subject
Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
Aviation.
United States. Air Force.


Contributor Name
USAF (FC-581)
WNOK 1498


Creator Name
WIS-TV (Production unit)


Rights
Copyright Moving Image Research Collections. All rights reserved. For further information please contact University of South Carolina, Moving Image Research Collections, Columbia, SC 29208.

Donor
Cosmos Broadcasting Corporation


Physical Format
Film: 16mm. Silent. Color. Reversal: positive. 1.37:1 (Academy). Silent. Acetate.

Citation
U.S. Air Force: C-141 "Starlifter"--handout. (WLTX-TV News Story 16.) WLTX-TV News Collection. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

Time Period
Civil Rights Era (1955-1969)


Type
Moving Image

Format
video/H264

Media Type
Motion pictures (visual works)

Run Time
01:13

Digitization Specifications
This standard definition .h264 video is an access copy derived from a captured videotape master of a film original.

Date Digital
2017-08-07

Website
https://digital.library.sc.edu/collections/local-television-newsfilm-collections/