| Aid To India: US Steps Up Arms Flights | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1710 |
| Catalog #: | 362108 | |
| Clip Number: | 362108-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 036-033-01 | |
| Timecode: | 00:00:29 - 00:01:47 | |
| Location: | India | |
| Year Shot: | 1963 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CULTURAL GROUPS: Tibetan INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: Foreign Aid, Food INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: Foreign Aid, Military Support LANDMARKS: Taj Mahal LOCATIONS/ASIA: India LOCATIONS/ASIA: Mountains, Himalayas MILITARY: Air Force, USA (USAF) WAR & CONFLICT: Sino-Indian 1962 | |
| Description: | With reports filtering in from India's northern border that Chinese Reds are again mobilizing, the neutralist nation is stepping up her airlift to remote outposts. C-130 cargo planes, loaned by the United States and flown by American pilots, are bringing food, weapons, fuel and other essentials to an air-strip high in the Himalayas, there, oxen and horses carry the supplies over treacherous mountain trails to the defense posts. India A nice shot of the Taj Mahal with a few people in the shot. MS India's military air field where air planes are being loaded with food and supplies. Aerial shot, the Himalayas. CU pilot flying a plane. Aerial shot looking down at the Himalayas. MLS plane flying against the Himalayas. CUS pilot and Co-Pilot. MS US Air Force plane landing. MCU India's military unloading the plane and some Himalayan inhabitants watching the proceedure. CUS native people of the Himalayas. MCUS the Himalayan tribe's people helping unload and load up with supplies. | |
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