https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/5dd9a1ad-39ec-4032-b998-a92f85f576f5 These extraordinary Super 8mm home movies from the Vietnam War, come from a member of the "Ravens". The Raven Forward Air Controllers, also known simply as The Ravens, were fighter pilots used for forward air control in a covert operation in conjunction with the Central Intelligence Agency of the United States in Laos during America's Vietnam War. The Ravens provided direction for most of the air strikes against communist Pathet Lao targets and People's Army of Vietnam's infiltrators in support of the Laotian Hmong guerrilla army. SCENE #1: (00:00:00) O-1 flying over target area … marking target … (00:57:00) O-1’s flying formation … Area appears to be in Southern Laos. (02:25:00) Unknown town SCENE #2: (02:42:00) O-1, Raven 58 getting out of O-1, @ PS-38 on Bolavens Plateau. SCENE #3: (03:10:10) BLANK SCENE #4: (03:39:05) Kim Chi walking beside Guard Tower SCENE #5: (03:56:10) BLANK SCENE #6: (04:30:00) Navy Ships, apparently along Viet-Nam coast line. Much is faded out. SCENE # 7: (04:54:05) Ho Chi Minh Trail shown interdiction points that have been heavily bombed. SCENE #8: (05:01:10) Flying over target area … (05:22:00) Target marked with WP (Willie Pete, White Phosphorous) SCENE #9: (05:37:10) Difficult to see, but … herd of elephants in Viet-Nam SCENE #10: (06:13:00) BLANK … However … if the film can be lightened, an O-1 marking a target may be seen SCENE #11: (07:27:15) Marking target for airstrike in Laos on Bolavens Plateau … (08:09:10) 500# bomb blast … (08:33:15) CBU (light-flashes) dropped by T-28’s … (09:08:05) 500# bomb blast SCENE #12: (09:25:10) O-1 landing at unknown airfield SCENE #13: (09:35:00) Unknown Army Outpost, probably in Viet-Nam SCENE #14: (10:06:10) Bombing target at foot of Eastern edge of Bolavens Plateau SCENE #15: (12:19:00) Crew chief securing WP rockets on O-1, and O-1 being parked at Tuy Hoa airfield SCENE #16: (12:56:10) Helicopters and various aircraft landing at airfield in Laos SCENE #17: (14:00:10) Villages and rice paddies in Laos SCENE #18: (14:21:15) Unknown areas in Viet-Nam SCENE #19: (13:55:00) O-1 landing at Tuy Hoa Air Base, showing a variety of aircraft on airfield SCENE #20: (15:59:15) Riding down street in Tuy Hoa, Viet-Nam, shown shops and pedestrians, cars and motorcycles, etc. SCENE #21: (17:05:00) Viet-Nam, near Bien Hoa, Saigon, showing Vietnamese homes protected by barbed wire, and then going onto Army compound, and then driving back to town SCENE #22: (17:58:05) Kim Chi at Tuy Hoa airfield SCENE #23: (18:33:05) Target burning in Viet-Nam SCENE #24: (19:07:00) Herb 31 (Raven 58) in Viet-Nam, unknown location SCENE #25: (19:44:10) Shops along road in Viet-Nam … showing many Buddhist artifacts for sale … (20:29:10) Stopping at Ben Jewelry SCENE #26: (21:18:00) BLANK SCENE #27: (22:12:05) Army Helicopters, unknown location SCENE #28: (22:28:00) Activity in Tuy Hoa, including a wrecked truck, monks walking along street, gold shop, cows eating in field, water buffalo in water, Phu Yen Province American Army Advisory Team Headquarters, etc. SCENE #29: (24:53:05) Aerial view of town SCENE #30: (25:19:00) Preparing bunker at military compound in Viet-Nam Motion picture films don't last forever; many have already been lost or destroyed. We collect, scan and preserve 35mm, 16mm and 8mm movies -- including home movies, industrial films, and other non-fiction. If you have films you'd like to have scanned or donate to Periscope Film, we'd love to hear from you. Contact us via the link below. This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD and 2k. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bV1XcBus8E Mirrored from Periscope Film (https://www.youtube.com/@PeriscopeFilm) Sat, 13 Jun 2026 05:34:35 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://peertube.dngr.us https://peertube.dngr.us/lazy-static/avatars/41a6fee9-7f57-42d0-a5fc-5db4f1af2e31.png https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/5dd9a1ad-39ec-4032-b998-a92f85f576f5 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://peertube.dngr.us/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.