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

Description: 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/