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00:02:36 30.37
"THE SHOTGUN RIDER"
STORY OF THE HELICOPTER DOOR GUNNERS. FILM SHOWS THE
INTENSE TRAINING A GUNNER RECEIVES & FOLLOWS THEM ON
A COMBAT MISSION IN VIETNAM. FILM IS NARRATED BY ONE
OF THEM
00:02:41 35.37
CU PILOT, CO-PILOT AND CREW CHIEF AT CONTROLS IN A
HELICOPTER BEFORE THE ADDITION OF DOOR GUNNERS. DOOR
GUNNER FIRES HIS MACHINE-GUN DOWN INTO THE RICE
PADDIES OF VIETNAM.
00:03:25 79.37
CU SERGEANTS ISAAC VELASCO AND DENNIS TROTZEL AT
ATTENTION WITH OTHERS OUTSIDE BARRACKS IN HAWAII
BEFORE VOLUNTEERING FOR SIDE DOOR GUNNERS TRAINING
VELASCO NARRATES.
00:04:20 134.37
DOCTOR EXAMINES VELASCO WHO IS STRIPPED TO THE WAIST.
SAME IS DONE WITH TROTSEL. VELASCO LAYS IN BED AS HE
IS GIVEN AN ELECTROCARDIAGRAM TEST. EKG. HEART
MONITOR MACHINE.
00:04:45 159.37
VELASCO IS SEEN THROUGH BOOTH WINDOW WITH EARPHONES
AS HE IS GIVEN A CRITICAL HEARING TEST
00:05:06 180.37
TRAINEES EXAMINE A "HUEY HELICOPTER, THE ONE THEY
WILL BE FLYING IN VIETNAM. VELASCO & TROTZEL TIE DOWN
FOR 1ST HELICOPTER FLIGHT
00:06:02 236.37
OTHERS ATTENTIVELY WATCH VELASCO DISASSEMBLES AN M-60
MACHINE-GUN. THE M-14 IS ALSO HANDLED.
00:06:43 277.37
CU INSTRUCTOR USES A POINTER ON DRAWING OF M-60
SHOWING ALL ITS PARTS. VELASCO AND TROTZEL WATCH WITH
A BANDOLEER OF BULLETS ON THEIR SHOULDERS.
00:06:59 293.37
THE MEN FIRE THE M-60 FROM A PRONE POSITION ON THE
GROUND, AND STANDING POSITION FROM THE HIP.
00:07:12 306.37
THE MEN CLIMB ABOARD A MOCK UP OF THE UH-I
HELICOPTER, "HUEY", MOUNTED ON A FLATBED TRUCK.
VELASCO FIRES A LONG BLAST ON M-60 FROM THE HIP
00:08:00 354.37
AERIAL BARREN FIRING RANGE ON THE ISLAND OF OAHU
HAWAII, IS SEEN FROM OPEN SIDE DOOR BY VELASCO.
INSTRUCTOR BRIEFS THE TRAINEES ON A MAP ON THE GROUND
SHOWING THEM TARGETS WITH HIS POINTER
00:09:26 440.37
VELASCO SPRAYS BULLETS ON THE GROUND TARGETS FROM THE
HELICOPTER FLYING LOW. CU SPENT CARTRIDGES POUR OUT
OF THE M-60 AT AN ENORMOUS VOLUME.
00:10:08 482.37
TRAINEES DO PUSH-UPS AS THEY FOLLOW AN INSTRUCTOR
SHOWING THEM FROM A PLATFORM. TRAINEES WEARING LIFE
JACKETS JUMP INTO POOL FOR TRAINING SHOULD THEY GET
SHOT DOWN OVER WATER.
00:10:56 530.37
IN CASE THEY HAVE NO LIFE JACKETS, MEN TAKE OFF SHOES
AND PANTS, TIE A KNOT IN PANTS LEG, BLOW INTO IT AND
USE IT AS A FLOAT.
00:11:06 540.37
INSTRUCTOR SHOWS TRAINEES HOW TO START FIRE BY
RUBBING STICKS TOGETHER. MONGOOSE IS HELD UP AND
SHOWN AS A POSSIBLE FOOD SOURCE.
00:12:00 594.37
INSTRUCTOR BUTCHERS MONGOOSE IN FRONT OF THE MEN,
THEN THEY LINE UP AND EAT THE MONGOOSE STEW
00:12:17 611.37
ACTRESS JULIE ANDREWS VISITS THE MEN IN CAMP.
00:12:32 626.37
CU VELASCO'S HAND HOLDING A HYPODERMIC NEEDLE AND
SQUEEZING CHEMICAL OUT OF IT IN FIRST AID TRAINING
SESSION. HE THEN WALKS OVER TO TROTZEL AND PREPARES
TO INJECT HIM IN HIS ARM.
00:12:47 641.37
VELASCO AND TRETZEL VISIT SCOFIELD BARRACKS MUSEUM
AND PERUSE THE VINTAGE WEAPONS AND VEHICLES,
INCLUDING A WWII JAPANESE TANK
00:13:45 699.37
TWO GIRL DATES TAKE TROTZEL AND VELASCO, IN CIVILIAN
CLOTHING, TO TOP OF ALOHA TOWERS WHERE THEY SEE
HAWAIIAN SCENERY.
00:14:14 728.37
HAWAIIAN HOTEL AND WAIKAIKI BEACH AS SEEN FROM TOWER.
THE TWO GIRLS TRY TO KNOCK EACH OTHERS OFF SHOULDERS
OF MEN AS THEY PLAY GAME IN WATER AT WAIKAIKI BEACH.
VELASCO DROPS HIS GIRL IN WATER
00:14:46 760.37
THE 4 RUN ON THE SAND TO THEIR BLANKET AND DRY
THEMSELVES OFF WITH TOWELS. TROTZEL RUBS SUNBURN
LOTION ON HIS DATE'S BACK, AS DOES VELASCO.
00:15:36 810.37
THE 2 COUPLES RIDE ALONG IN A CONVERTIBLE. NEXT DAY
THE TWO RUN DOUBLE TIMING WITH THE SQUAD IN EARLY
MORNING DRILL.
00:15:59 833.37
THE NEW GUNNERS BOARD A KC-135 TRANSPORT PLANE TO
VIETNAM. THE GIS FEEL LIKE TOURISTS WHEN THEY GET OFF
PLANE IN VIETNAM UNTIL THEY ARRIVE AT THE 197TH
AVIATION COMPANY.
00:16:30 864.37
THE MEN LINE UP TO DRAW OUT HELMETS AND FLAK JACKETS
FROM SUPPLY.
00:17:00 894.37
VELASCO AND HIS PARTNER ARE BRIEFED ON THE
HELICOPTERS WEAPONS THEN BRIEFED AGAIN BEFORE GOING
ON THEIR 1ST MISSION. THE 2 STRAP THEMSELVES IN THE
HELICOPTER AND IT TAKES OFF.
00:19:10 1024.37
VELASCO SITS ON THE EDGE OF DOORWAY WITH HIS M-60 IN
HAND. MONTAGE VIEW OF GROUND AS SEEN BY VELASCO.
00:21:08 1142.37
CU ROCKET SHOOTS OUT OF THE LAUNCHER AS SEEN BY
VELASCO FROM HIS SHOTGUN SEAT. YELLOW SMOKE GRENADE
THROWN OUT BY VELASCO MARKS THE ENEMY POSITION ON THE
GROUND.
00:22:20 1214.37
FOUR GIS CARRY A WOUNDED GI ON A STRETCHER, TO THE
WAITING HELICOPTER. GI HOLDS PLASMA BOTTLE AS THE
WOUNDED IS PLACED IN THE "HEUY".
00:23:41 1295.37
MONTAGE GIS LOAD AMMO CRATES, WATER AND ALL SORTS OF
SUPPLIES ON THE "HUEY".
00:23:52 1306.37
VIETNAMESE WOMEN AND CHILDREN ARE TAKEN ABOARD A
HELICOPTER IN A FIELD AFTER THEIR VILLAGE WAS
SUSPECTED OF BEING VIET CONG CONTROLLED
00:24:40 1354.37
AERIAL CONVOY OF TRUCKS ON A ROAD ARE GIVEN ESCORT BY
THE HELICOPTER TO PREVENT AMBUSH AS IT PASSES THROUGH
A VILLAGE. PAN
00:25:46 1420.37
BULLET HOLE IN HELICOPTERS FLARE BOX AND FLOOR ARE
CHECKED, ATTESTING TO VIET CONG GROUND FIRE. VELASCO
AND HIS PARTNER REARMS THE HELICOPTER WITH ROCKET AND
OTHER AMMO FOR THE NEXT MISSION.
00:26:58 1492.37
AS TROTZEL CLEANS HIS WEAPON OTHER GUNNERS SIT AROUND AND CHAT WITH HIM. TROTZEL AND VELASCO SIT ON THEIR
BUNKS AND WRITE LETTERS.
00:27:37 1531.37
THE 2 MEN EACH SIT IN A CYCLE CAB DRIVEN BY A NATIVE
WHO PEDALS THEM AROUND THE TOWN. VELASCO BARGAINS
WITH A SIDEWALK MERCHANT FOR A PUP.
00:28:49 1603.37
HELICOPTER ON NIGHT MISSION IS BARELY SEEN.
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Year: 1966-1967  Color: Color
Genre: MILITARY

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