This film from 1966 functions as a U.S. Air Force training film covering the Lockheed C-130 Hercules four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft designed and built by Lockheed (now Lockheed Martin). It explains the aircraft’s specs, capabilities, and adaptabilities, as well as the aircraft’s various models developed throughout the late 1950s and 1960s. The film is produced by Aerospace Audio-Visual Service, Military Airlift Command.

Credits (00:06). ”C-130 Aircraft” title banner (00:15). “Introduction” title banner (00:22). Footage of the Lockheed C-130 Hercules four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft grounded on a flight base (00:30). Multiple C-130 planes flying (00:43). A point-of-view of a pilot in the cockpit’s view (00:51). The C-130 A-model, first used by the U.S. Air Force in 1956 (01:07). The aircraft’s nearly 40-feet vertical stabilizer and over 130-feet wingspan (01:32). Three bladed propellers characterize the C-130 A-model (01:46). Four bladed propellers characterize the C-130 B-model (01:55). Views of C-130 moving around a flight base (02:04). Military personnel are loading cargo into a C-130 aircraft (02:22). The C-130 in the 1960s was the C-130 E-model, ‘E’ for extended range (02:32). Its 1400-gallon fuel tank under each wing (02:46). The C-130 E-model takes off from a runway (20:52). Views of the cargo plane flying (03:16). Views of pilots operating the engine and control panel in the plane’s cockpit (03:32). The plane lands on a runway (03:45). The plane is reversing (04:09). The aircraft’s tail section opens and the tail section ramp can be locked (04:26). An Air Force pilot opens the plane’s tail section using controls (04:33). Views of the cargo-storage space inside the aircraft (04:46). Views of the floor (04:53). Installable dual rail tracks for specific cargo loads (05:09). Installable seats to carry passengers (05:17). Air Force soldiers carry a loaded gurney into the aircraft to show the C-130’s air evacuation abilities (05:37). Cargo is loaded out of the aircraft (06:04). A Willys M38A1 vehicle can drive up and down the tail section’s ramp to load and unload larger cargo (06:10). A Bell H-13 Sioux single-engine light helicopter is unloaded (06:16). Barrels are loaded onto the aircraft using 463L Master Pallet, the standardized pallet used for transporting military air cargo (06:23). C-130 flying (06:36) and landing (06:46). Soldiers running from the plane (06:59). Soldiers jump from the plane using parachutes (07:05). Equipment is dropped from an altitude using parachutes (07:14). A low-level parachute extraction uses a pendulum technique (07:21). A demonstration of the ‘snatch method’, where the aircraft almost touches the ground but never stops (07:48). A soldier is lifted off the ground, to demonstrate a ‘Skyhook’ rescue (08:01). A car reversing towards the tail section of the aircraft (08:23). African residents (08:29). Passengers exit the aircraft (08:36). The aircraft flying over the Greenland ice cap (08:48). A radar station in Greenland (09:01). The C-130 lands on the ice (09:30) and takes off (09:15). C-130 aircraft lands on an aircraft carrier vessel (09:26) and takes off (09:50). A flying C-130 launches a Ryan BQM-34 Firebee jet-propelled target drone (09:59). An airborne command post (10:14). A communication center (10:15). An aerial electronic photo mapping center (10:22). Footage of the aircraft flying through the sky (10:30). “The End” text overlay (11:28). Credits (11:30).

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