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Operation Provide Promise: airlift operations
Operation Provide Promise: airlift operations Rhein-Main Air Force Base, Germany Nose of C-130 Hercules plane. Sign in window: Rhein-Main Air Base, Germany. Insignia of 37th Airlift Squadron and unit ID on fuselage: 435th AW (Air Wing).
Too Thick to Navigate, Too Thin to Cultivate
There are several reels for this film: HSC 90A is an internegative element. HSC 90B is a B Roll element. HSC 90C is an A Roll element. HSC 90D is an optical track. HSC 90E is a mag track. HSC 90F is an answer print. HSC 90G is an answer print. (This is on preview cassette #210184) The following information was formed by watching HSC 90G, an answer print, like HSC 90E, but of better quality. MS of two young girls running and playing in water sprinklers on their green front lawn. Tight LS of a resort pool, no one around, the water calm and placid, the surrounding deck chairs empty and placed just so... tight LS and MS of a red sports car going through an automatic car wash... MS of a young woman at a water fountain... CU of a wine glass filled with water, brought to a man's mouth... CU of a map of the Great lakes and immediate land masses... level tight LS's of Niagara Falls... aerial shots of steel mills, paper mills and sewage treatment centers by bodies of water; CU's and MS's of said foundries' contributions to ecological pollution, specifically to water; CU's and MS's of thick sludge pollution in Cleveland, then Green Bay... MS of a burly old fisherman wearing a Gatsby and heavy coat, standing on a Chicago wharf, lights a cigarette, then moves onto a boat; MS of him and a young boy checking and pulling a fishing net... pollution at Indiana Harbor: CU's and MS's of sludge and algae in the waters; good, rather level aerial shot of smokestacks spewing still plumes by the harbor; LS's of water pollution, a topical mess; scary CU of methane gas bubbles rising and bursting to water surface; dead water syndrome... oil slicks and sewage puddles... LS's of a beach closed due to water pullution; MS of a warning sign, reads, "No Swimming, Polluted Water" on a beach in Hammond, Indiana (the waves in the BG appear slow and lumbering, breaking heavily as if forced to do so)... MS's of a man testing the water of Tinley Creek (an older guy with a precise buzz cut; has a pocket protector; does a glass test)... closing montage of polluted bodies of water, ones near or related to Lake Michigan; includes a tight LS of a half-submerged garbage truck by the shore of a lake. This is a news program specially produced for Chicago residents, regarding the possible and altogether imminent danger of pollution in Lake Michigan.
8MM Slapstick Comedy
Since this reel is on a super 8 stock, we cannot tell what is on it at the moment.
Desert Shield: Paratroopers from the United Arab Emirates
Desert Shield: Paratroopers from the United Arab Emirates
Desert Shield: Combat cameramen and photographers
Desert Shield: Combat cameramen and photographers
Desert Shield: KC-135 refueling F-16s
Desert Shield: KC-135 refueling F-16s
Desert Shield: F-16 fighters
Desert Shield: F-16 fighters
House Wren
TAPE 2 House wrens bring food to their young
Operation Praying Mantis: M-16 rifle practice
US Marines practice firing M-16 rifles on board the USS Trenton (LPD 14).
Operation Praying Mantis: damage to USS Samuel B. Roberts
Damage to decks and bulkhead of USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG 58) after an Iranian mine explosion.
Operation Praying Mantis: practice-firing Dragon/LAAWs weapons
US Marines fire Dragon anti-tank/personnel weapon system from the deck of the USS Trenton (LPD 14). Light anti-armor weapons (LAAWs) are also being fired.
Operation Praying Mantis: US warship and Iranian mine
Shots of US Navy warship, perhaps a Spruance-class destroyer. MS of Iranian mine floating in the ocean.
Operation Praying Mantis: helicopter, ships, explosions
Extreme long shot of USMC AH-1 helo hovering over ocean. 51-30: ELS of ships moving through ocean. 52-48: ELS of explosions in the water.
Operation Praying Mantis: helicopter, evacuation warning
Aerial view of US Marine Corps AH-1W helo on deck of USS Trenton (LPD 14), with rotors turning. ECU of gunner and machine gun in flying helo. 54:01: Target acquisition camera footage of ocean, while PA system warning is given to Iranians to evacuate an oil platform.
Operation Deny Flight: air traffic
NOTE: This tape relates to Operation Deny Flight, air operations for the enforcement of a no-fly zone over Bosnia. KC-135R aircraft approaches and lands. 00:22: KC-135R taxiing. 01:40: KC-135A parked as landing gear is chocked, nose gear is inspected, forward cargo door is opened, oil added to engine, mobile ramp is moved to side of aircraft and personnel exit. 04:20: KC-135R taxis to right, turns and taxis to left; intercut with US Navy C-9 aircraft approaching runway. 06:20: KC-135R taxis past control tower, turns and stops. 08:26: F-16 jet fighter approaches runway and lands. 08:46: C-141B approaches and lands. 09:36: KC-135R approaches and lands. 10:17: KC-135R taxis and turns with drogue on tip of boom. 12:57: KC-135R taxis, turns and stops. 14:41: KC-135R cockpit during takeoff.
Operation Deny Flight: air-to-air refueling
F-15 jet fighters approach boom of air tanker and refuel. Tight shots of pilot and hookup (part of air operations for "Deny Flight," the enforcement of a no-fly zone over Bosnia).
Desert Shield: gas mask instruction
Interior shot of US Navy female officer (lieutenant commander?) instructing sailors on how to use a gas mask.
Desert Shield: dental work
INT of dental facility with dentist or dental technician working on a patient in a chair.
Desert Shield: Saudi liaison officers
INT of Prince Abdula Air Base in Saudi Arabia. Saudi liaison officers talk at their desks; one is on the phone. A Saudi colonel gives a welcoming speech while sitting at his desk.
Desert Shield: soldiers in helicopters
CU of soldier with M-16 sitting near door of helo in flight over the desert. Pan shot to other soldiers in helo.
Desert Shield: interviews of patient and surgeon
Interviews. Master Sergeant Traver talks about his neck surgery. Interview with surgeon from the 56th Tactical Air Command Hospital, MacDill Air Force Base, who was deployed to Saudi Arabia.
Desert Shield: air to air refueling
AV of a KS-3A air tanker refueling an A-6 Intruder attack plane, shot from the A-6 cockpit.
Desert Shield: identification of remains
Interview with unidentified Air Force major, who discusses mortuary affairs, the identification of remains, and his unit's service during the deployment.
Desert Shield: Patriot and Stinger missiles
Soldier looks through binoculars while standing behind sandbag bunker, intercut with pan of area and MIM-104 Patriot tactical air defense missille systems. Shots of Patriot missile launchers with camouflage netting. Pedestal-mounted Stinger missile launcher rotating, mounted on jeep. Brief shot of Patriot launchers in the distance. US Army soldier discusses pedestal-mounted Stinger missiles.