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Battlefield Pegasus (1968)

1968 · Short film · 11 min

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Battlefield Pegasus" is a promo film that focuses mainly on the CH-47 Chinook helicopter circa 1967/1968. The Boeing CH-47 Chinook is a heavy, tandem rotor helicopter developed by rotorcraft company Vertol and manufactured by Boeing Vertol. Opening title: Boeing Vertol Division / Battlefield Pegasus (:08-:22). Soldiers in the jungles of Vietnam. They walk slowly and take cover, an explosion goes off. Boeing Vertol 107 / CH-46 airborne ambulance approaches. Soldiers carry injured for evacuation. Soldiers examine opening of tunnel system in the jungle. Viet Cong prisoners of war are moved by soldiers (:23- 2:27 ). The CH-47 Chinook lands. A Huey and a Chinook. Troops line up. Chinook takes off. A Chinook lands, picks up 105mm howitzer artillery piece and carries it off. A crew stand near the gun and fire it. Chinooks ( 2:28 - 4:14 ). A CH-47 Chinook picks up what appear to be barbed wire bales ( 4:43 ). The Chinook opens the back and a M274 Truck or mule, ammunition carrying vehicle comes out of the back. Cargo is dropped onto the ground. Caterpillar generators are delivered. A disabled Huey helicopter is salvaged by a CH-47 Chinook, which lifts the downed Huey ( 4:15 - 6:47 ). A group of CH-46 Sea Knights in the sky. One of them lands and marines exit. A second one drops off troops as well and takes off into the sky. The Sea Knight has a rear loading ramp and cargo is unloaded. Sea Knights are also adept at recovering downed choppers including a Sikorsky H-34 "Choctaw" ( 8:20…

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Running time
11 minutes
Collection
Ephemeral Films

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