Go Back To: HOME | VIETNAM WAR DVDs

"170th AHC - BIKINIS & BUCCANEERS" -REDUX-
Vietnam War Home Movies --

Color home movie footage filmed by SP/5 Stephen Crawford, Crew Chief of Bikini Blue 394 and Buccaneer 166 -- 170th AHC, Camp Holloway, Pleiku during 1967 and 1968. This "Redux" version was Narrated by Stephen Crawford in 2011.

You'll see shots of Camp Holloway -- the "Bikini Beach" sign, hootch area, helicopter maintenance area, Hueys landing, "Buccaneer" gunships ready to take off, panning shots of the hills and scenery around the base, and more.

There's lots of aerial footage filmed at different times onboard Hueys -- flying past helicopters on the ground, over villages and following roads, aerial shots of F-4s making bomb runs in the mountains, a low-level pass over Dak To airstrip where you'll see the smoldering remains of two C-130s, great footage filmed while circling the mountain-top radio relay site "Leghorn", flying in Laos over the Ho Chi Minh Trail, and more.

On the ground, you'll see "Bikini Blue 394" Huey up close, and later footage of its wreckage after its rotor was hit by a mortar. There's a Bob Hope USO Christmas Show with Raquel Welch, street scenes in Pleiku, Vietnamese women doing laundry, scenes filmed from a moving truck and more.
Additional footage includes:
~shots from inside a Buccaneer gunship, firing rockets and minigun
~soldier with M-79 posing amidst purple smoke from a smoke grenade
~sign on an outhouse, "Peyton Place"
~scout helicopter landing and taking off
~soldiers rounding up pigs
~visit to a Montagnard village to drop off civilians
~aerial shots of a crashed Huey with men & helicopters at the scene
~halo-effect surrounding the cameraman's Huey while flying
...and more.

The DVD has been fully narrated by Stephen Crawford. (It does not include the AFVN soundtrack or the extra film by SP/4 William Hill found on the original version).
Running Time: 1hr, 22 minutes

PRICE: $28.00

Click button below to order:

   


Go Back To: VIETNAM WAR DVDs

Click Below to watch some clips from "Bikinis & Buccaneers ~ Redux" -- Please note that because of the transfer process this YouTube video is of a lesser quality than the actual DVD.

 

web counter
web counter

Vintage Film Arsenal © 2007-2024. All Rights Reserved.