https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/29708226-e9da-4c8b-9ee1-2dc08cc729ef Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCddem5RlB3bQe99wyY49g0g/join Help us preserve, scan and post more rare and endangered films! Join us on Patreon. Visit https://www.patreon.com/PeriscopeFilm Visit our website www.PeriscopeFilm.com This film titled “Operation Amigo” is presented by the U.S. Marine Corps in 1960. Operation Amigo was an initiative by former President Dwight D. Eisenhower aimed to create stronger friendly relations and cooperations between the United States and South America completed in March 1960. The film shows US Marine Corps task units preparing and assisting Eisenhower on his week-long journey across South America for Operation Amigo. Credits (00:07). “Operations Amigo” title banner (00:17). Sikorsky H-34 "Choctaw" piston-engined military helicopters flying (00:29). The White House (00:45). Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower introduces ‘Operation Amigo’ (00:50). A meeting between the US Marines assigned to Operation Amigo (01:28). The operation includes three task units: task unit ‘Bravo’ covering Rio de Janeiro (01:58), task unit ‘Charlie’ covering Buenos Aires and Santiago de Chile (02:03), and task unit ‘Alpha’ covering San Carlos de Bariloche (02:06). One US Marine explains Operation Amigo’s arrival on 16 February 1960 (02:10). Task unit Bravo to debark USS Plymouth Rock in Sikorsky H-34 "Choctaw" piston-engined military helicopters (02:21). The helicopters are inspected (02:43). Footage of the parking area (03:02). A flying Sikorsky H-34 helicopter (03:07). On 24 February 1960 former President Dwight D. Eisenhower arrives in Rio de Janeiro (03:16). He is greeted by former Brazilian President Juscelino Kubitschek (03:21). Crowds cheer Eisenhower (03:25). A flying Sikorsky H-34 helicopter (03:38). The ‘Christ the Redeemer’ statue (03:49). Eisenhower flies to Buenos Aires (03:57). Task units ‘Charlie’ and ‘Alpha’ aboard USS Plymouth Rock arrive at Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay (04:08). Helicopters are lifted from the ship onto land (04:16) where they were washed and inspected (04:25). Task unit Alpha takes off to San Carlos de Bariloche (04:30) and task unit Charlie flies to Buenos Aires (04:33). Captain B. F. Gordon, attached to the Charlie task unit, speaks about the unit’s arrival at Buenos Aires Airport (EZE) (04:41). Footage of the task unit performing maintenance and route-checks (04:53). Eisenhower arrives at Buenos Aires Airport (EZE) and is greeted by the former Argentine President Arturo Frondizi (05:05). The two presidents and their crews board helicopters and fly to the American embassy (05:14). Eisenhower drives past crowds of Argentines going from the embassy to the Argentine congress (05:26). Eisenhower’s journey from Buenos Aires to San Carlos de Bariloche (05:36). The Alpha unit task force previously arrived in San Carlos de Bariloche (05:44). Captain J. C. Robinson, attached to the task unit ‘Alpha’, speaks about the journey from Montevideo to San Carlos de Bariloche (05:53). Flying helicopters (06:00). The unit has landed at an airfield (06:24). Local official corporate with the task unit Alpha on the airfield (06:35). They have a barbecue (06:38). The helicopters are refueled (06:48). They task unit take-off to continue their journey towards Bariloche (07:02). They fly over Lago Traful (07:15). Lockheed Model 1249 turboprop-powered Super Constellation aircraft (07:25). Eisenhower enters a helicopter to fly to hotel Llao Llao in Bariloche (07:30). Eisenhower and former President Frondizi of Argentina sign the Joint Declaration of San Carlos de Bariloche (07:44). Eisenhower enters a helicopter to fly to San Carlos de Bariloche airport (07:53). Task unit Alpha takes off towards Montevideo (08:10). Task unit Charlie’s journey from Buenos Aires to Santiago de Chile (08:21). Captain B. F. Gordon speaks about the journey (08:30). Eisenhower arrives in Santiago de Chile and locals cheer as he drives through town (09:27). Eisenhower addresses the Chilean Congress (09:48). Locals cheer as he drives through town (09:59). Eisenhower boards a helicopter and flies to Arturo Merino Benitez International Airport (10:17), then to Montevideo (10:29). Helicopters are refueled and loaded (10:35). Eisenhower lands in Montevideo and is greeted by Benito Nardone (10:40). Locals cheer as he drives through town (10:56). Eisenhower speaks before the Uruguay congress (11:13). Eisenhower begins the journey back to the US (11:23). “The End” text overlay and credits (12:18). Motion picture films don't last forever; many have already been lost. For almost two decades, we've worked to collect, scan and preserve non-fiction movies. 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