Historic Films Stock Footage Archive: AFC-373

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00:01:25 21.12	Narrator waking toward camera talks about the Lockheed Hercules military aircraft aka: "the Trash Hauler", "the flying pickup truck" , "an angel of mercy" - one of the greatest successes of Operation Desert Storm.
00:01:49 45.37	Pan away from narrator to the U.S. Air Force's military aircraft, The Lockheed Hercules parked on an airfield at night.
00:01:55 51.83	Program graphics overlay the Lockheed plane
00:02:02 58.67	Hand holding a torch in the air. Man's head partially seen in corner of frame.
00:02:05 61.36	Aircraft marshaller directing plane into the right position using torches and arm gestures.
00:02:12 68.65	Men seen moving, pushing heavy artillery on airfield. Lockheed Hercules parked in bkgd.
00:02:15 71.87	Heavy hauler tractor seen moving across airfield
00:02:17 73.48	A tractor loading heavy materials into body of plane.
00:02:19 75.56	Pan across many loaded pallets lined up out in a field
00:02:21 77.78	Military personnel seen loading various equipment and supplies including a stretcher into a Lockheed Hercules aircraft i
00:02:27 83.94	WS the Lockheed Hercules military aircraft on airfield, with props on.
00:02:29 85.32	CU propellor on plane spinning.
00:02:30 86.25	Int. pilot in the cockpit of plane looking out at the runway, shot from behind.
00:02:35 91.59	Military tanks out in the dusty desert.
00:02:41 97.61	United States Army man wearing fatigues standing at podium and using a pointer points at targets on a map on a stand. CU of the map, targets in small colored squares.
00:02:47 104.06	CU back of the head of a pilot in the cockpit landing a plane.
00:02:56 112.37	WS the Lockheed Hercules military aircraft taking off from a barren runway.
00:03:00 116.16	various shots of the military loading tanks, equipment and men onto the Hercules aircraft.
00:03:19 135.51	Al DeCastro - 17 year Hercules pilot talking with unseen interviewer about the aircraft its ability and power.
00:03:32 148.74	W.S. U. S. Air Force Hercules turboprop plane in the air.
00:03:52 168.94	Host talks about the looks of the Hercules.
00:04:15 191.5	An impoverished and scared looking Black woman sitting in a desert field with her small children, z'in on the baby on her lap
00:04:20 196.36	CU of a Black woman and small child
00:04:22 198.47	WS in a desert, mountains in the background and folk waving at the Hercules plane coming at them.
00:04:25 201.87	POV dark inside the Hercules as it's wide doors open and large boxes of supplies go out from a chute in the plane. Shots of the boxes falling in the air from the plane onto the ground of a barren dusty desert.
00:04:32 208.42	CU on the face of a Black child drinking from a large bowl, milk dripping from his little chin.
00:04:35 211.78	Shots of the boxes of food supplies (dropped by the Hercules) being loaded hand to hand to servicemen on a truck. Service man happily holding up a can of soda and food. CU a knife cutting through a head of lettuce.
00:04:51 227.52	WS the Lockheed Hercules flying above an air terminal building.
00:04:53 229.97	Shots of a Hercules parked on an airfield, good view of the massive propellors, servicemen headed toward the plane
00:05:01 237.26	Nighttime explosions. Fire from explosions lighting up the dark sky.
00:05:08 244.37	WS the Hercules flying, great shot of it's props rotating
00:05:12 248.35	Young military woman with headsets at the controls
00:05:13 250	Cloud formations - POV from a flying plane
00:05:20 256.18	The Hercules taking off
00:05:25 261.7	Aerial dark gray billowing clouds of smoke rising into the sky from what looks like a barge or ship in the ocean, two heavy streams of water shooting out from two ships
00:05:31 267.23	Military men running and carrying children placing them on board the open back of the Hercules.
00:05:38 274.54	Great shot of a military man being towed up into the sky by plane. Shots of the underbelly of the Hercules
00:05:44 280.58	Foreign military men loading boxes onto a truck
00:05:51 287.77	Black men, one with a rifle slung over his back, unloading large sacks off a pallet, the Hercules parked in the bkgd.
00:05:56 292.6	Person on a stretcher being loaded onto the Hercules.
00:06:00 296.34	Talking head Joe Dabney, Hercules Historian talking with unseen interviewer about the great functionalities of the Hercules, the "Angel of Mercy".
00:06:08 304.24	People digging out from the rubble of an earthquake
00:06:13 309.95	Talking head, Bill Langton, talking with unseen interviewer about bringing relief supplies to the needy starving people of the Sudan.
00:06:29 326.01	Footage from the early 1950's aircraft engineers examining parts in the design of the sleek jets being manufactured. Narrator unseen explains the Army's need for a plane to be able to land and take off from undeveloped runways.
00:06:34 331.05	Tilt down on a jet aircraft manufacturing plant. Row of aircraft partially assembled, workers are seen on ladders.
00:06:37 333.74	Early footage of Hercules landing and taking off from various airfields
00:07:36 392.73	Narrator speaking into camera from belly of the Lockheed Hercules Number 2000 in Marietta, Georgia
00:08:16 432.58	Talking head, Terry Graham, Vice President Lockheed Aeronautical Systems, talking to unseen interviewer about the versatility, the improvements and teamwork that have made the program a success.
00:08:41 457.52	CU military man writing "Kuwait City" on the body of the Hercules. Z'out to wide shot of a team of military folk posing in front of the plane.
00:09:03 479.88	Narrator speaking into camera as he walks in front of the "Herc" and talks about one of the reasons for its success - continual modernization.
00:09:20 496.73	Rendering of a modernized white Hercules. 3-D look at its structure.
00:09:33 509.35	Talking head, Howard Burnette, Director Hercules Program Lockheed. He talks with unseen interviewer about their philosophy of continuing to evaluate technologies.
00:09:50 526.19	Engineers looking at avionic monitors, interior of the Hercules flight control panel in the dark.
00:10:03 539.57	The more modern Herc in flight
00:10:39 575.26	Nose of the Hercules on a runway against a setting sun.
00:10:42 578.91	Narrator talks to camera about other reasons for the Hercules continued success, its people or team at Lockheed.
00:11:11 607.16	Shots of various workers, the team or family, in different capacities at Lockheed working on the Hercules.
00:11:35 631.65	POV from inside the belly of the Hercules, open belly door reveals the tracks inside used to roll equipment on and off the plane.
00:11:35 632.03	The Hercules taking off and in flight (POV from another plane flying above). Shots flying over water, and from inside - the pilot in the cockpit flying over a mountain range.
00:12:01 657.18	Talking head pilot speaking with unseen interviewer about flying the Hercules.
00:12:23 679.4	Shots from inside the Lockheed Hercules manufacturing plant. Planes lined up in massive plant.
00:12:54 711.02	WS hundreds of parachutes in the air and landing in a field.
00:13:10 727.07	Talking head male speaking with unseen interviewer about the reliability of the Hercules.
00:13:22 739	Pan out from back of the planes propellors to front. Various shots of the plane in action - Black folk in the desert waving at the plane, unloading supplies, loading supplies, military folk posing in front of the plane proudly, large group of Lockheed employees posing in front of the plane at the plant.
00:14:32 808.19	Man on wing of plane cleaning the "2000" painted on the new plane.
00:14:33 809.51	Shots of the Hercules 2000 flying proudly in the sky agains sunset.
00:14:49 825.66	Video ends. Dedication and credits roll.
00:15:57 893.26	Color Bars
00:16:57 954.02	Opening of next segment. Lockheed graphics.
00:17:12 969.01	Plane taking off in the desert coming, lots of dust.
00:17:25 982	The Lockheed Hercules military turboprop plane flying over farmland
00:17:31 987.17	The Hercules flying as parachuters are dropping from the skies
00:17:34 990.44	The Hercules landing. Military personnel boarding.
00:17:50 1006.22	Slate for promotional film about the Lockheed Hercules aircraft. Demonstrations of the versatility and reliability of the aircraft.
00:17:53 1009.3	Various shots touting the versatility of the Hercules - crowd, some wearing just sarongs and grabbing and carrying large sacks (supplied by the Hercules most likely an airdrop), small lone black child standing in a desert area, two black children sitting in the dirt one waves at camera.
00:17:59 1015.42	Ws Hercules landed in the desert. More shots of the airborne tanker Hercules, flying across mountainous area, pilot in cockpit, Special Forces jumping out of plane, flying amongst the clouds, dropping forest fire control substance, landing on snowy runway in the Arctic.
00:18:43 1060.06	The Hercules headed toward camera and landing on rugged undeveloped land.
00:18:59 1075.29	Front view of the Hercules landing on and undeveloped runway, CU side shot of the nose of the aircraft.
00:19:15 1091.13	WS a long line of soldiers boarding the Hercules from the ramp in its rear.
00:19:29 1105.33	A military tank rolling out of the belly of the Hercules
00:19:35 1111.51	The Hercules 2000 rbeing pulled by a small yellow tractor out of the hangar in Marietta, Georgia
00:19:50 1126.82	Interior shots the huge plant in Marietta, Georgia where the Hercules aircraft is manufactured.
00:20:41 1177.21	Announcer unseen talks about the differences between the two types of Hercules. Military and commercial planes are shown.
00:20:53 1189.32	Rendering of the "stretch" Hercules model. Model is divides into parts as announcer talks about each section. Drawings showing the differences between the C-130H and C-130H-30 models
00:21:07 1203.46	List of the Dash 30 Advantages.
00:21:13 1209.49	Model L-100-30 commercial stretch version of the Hercules on a air field. Narrator talks about the advantages of the model.
00:21:34 1230.47	Pilots seen in the cockpit of a plane and driving the plane on an undeveloped runway. POV from behind the pilots
00:21:41 1238.04	Various supplies and equipment seen being loaded into the belly of the Hercules: farm equipment, pick-up trucks, large wrapped up turbo fan engine and other cargo.
00:22:00 1256.98	Examples of the straight in rear loading capability of the plane via the large cargo door and ramp. A big flatbed is seen loaded with supplies slowly driving straight into the rear of the plane.
00:22:11 1267.58	Long line of military men boarding the Hercules through the rear cargo door. the interior of the cargo area of the plane holding the military men and their equipment.
00:22:18 1274.85	Hercules planes taking off from remote unimproved airfields.
00:23:20 1336.27	Cargo dropping out of the rear of the plane from the air onto the airfield.
00:23:24 1340.21	Paratroopers jumping out of the door of the Hercules.
00:23:35 1351.26	Cargo coming out of a flying plane with parachutes attached aka low altitude parachute extraction. Hercules dropping a 40,000 pound military tank using parachutes.
00:23:53 1369.88	Great shot of flying Hercules air dropping supplies using parachutes. WS of parachutes in the air carrying boxes.
00:24:03 1379.23	Military tank
00:24:25 1401.39	WS A Hercules C130 tanker refueling a helicopter in the air.
00:24:28 1404.65	WS Hercules in air refueling two fixed wing aircraft at the same time.
00:24:29 1405.59	Giant fuel tank being loaded into the fuselage of the Hercules
00:24:39 1415.84	Various live shots of a helicopter being refueled from the air.
00:24:57 1433.23	Military men carrying a patient on a stretcher into the plane. Shots inside the aircraft of several patients hooked up to IV equipment
00:25:31 1467.71	As Hercules lands on undeveloped air strip narrator talks about its unique landing gear and capabilities.
00:25:56 1492.31	Z'out from Lockheed plant. Screen shot of the flags of the many customers from many countries across the world. A world map showing Lockheed service centers.
00:26:08 1504.85	Lockheed ground support workers, aviation equipment, room of computers and technicians.
00:26:34 1530.55	Rendering of a Hercules turbojet aircraft, announcer talks about future state of the art technologies that are being applied currently.
00:27:31 1587.87	End reel.