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"917th FTD"
Vietnam War Home Movies

Color home movie footage filmed at Tan Son Nhut AB and around Saigon by a man serving with the 917th Field Training Detachment during 1963-1964. The 917-FTD was a detachment of the 3638th FTS from Stead AFB in Nevada, sent to Vietnam to train VNAF pilots and mechanics on H-19 and H-34 helicopters. This was the first helicopter training course ever set up in a foreign country, and they trained 95 pilots and 92 mechanics in 18 months.

You'll see scenes of an outdoor ceremony with Vietnamese troops marching in review, arriving dignitaries, and formations of helicopters and planes flying overhead. There are views of the river, streets in downtown Saigon, the Presidential Palace, the Three Sisters Statue (shortly before it was destroyed in the November 1963 Coup), Duc Ba Church, the Hotel Majestic, Continental Palace, and more Saigon scenery. You'll see footage filmed at Tan Son Nhut: men working around an H-34 helicopter (# 71752), changing rotor blades, panning views of the camp, water tower and hangar area, shots of some of the men of FTD-917, posed "class photos" of the Vietnamese students in front of helicopters, footage of a display of armaments on the streets of Saigon, and more.
Additional footage includes:
~a French cemetery
~"Veritas" church with interesting architecture
~Presidential Palace covered in star decorations
~Xa Loi Pagoda
~Saigon Zoo and Botanical Gardens
... and more.

The DVD has a soundtrack of AFVN radio shows.
Running Time: 44 minutes

PRICE: $24.00

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Click Below to watch some clips from "FTD-917" -- Please note that because of the transfer process this You Tube video is of a lesser quality than the actual DVD.

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