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Synopsis: A joint U.S.-Ethiopian Aerial Mapping Survey Team in a RC-130A fly in a grid pattern mapping a section of Ethiopia in 1963...(read more)
- Date: 1963
- Duration: 00:07:12
- Sound: Yes
- Color: Color
- Type: Public Domain
- Language: English
- Location: Ethiopia
Ethiopia - Aerial Mapping Survey
HS of Asmara (Asmera) the capital city of the State of Eritrea a country in the Horn of Africa. Shows the clock tower at St. Joseph's Cathedral in Asmara (Asmera), Eritrea. LS, Lockheed RC-130A Hercules plane in flight over Asmara, Eritrea, for landing at the U.S. Army Kagnew Station in Asmara, Eritrea. Ethiopian natives looking up watching RC-130A. CU of RC-130A in flight. Crew members in orange flight suites at work on aircraft. Shows crew member placing prime vertical camera in operating position and connecting cables. Crew member at prime vertical camera operating station. Crew member looking at map and then scope. CU of pilot of RC-130A aircraft talking to ground station. CU of Rc-130A Co-pilot. Shows control tower at U.S. Army station at Kagnew. Shows control tower personnel watching RC-130A Hercules plane land. CU of plane and spinning prop of RC-130A aircraft. Ethiopia-United States Mapping Survey painted on side of aircraft in English and Arabic. Film container is given to waiting U.S. Air Force driver in pick-up truck.
Shows three Ethiopian natives following pack mules. Series of street scenes of Asmara, Eritrea. Shows entrance to Hotel Hamasien in Asmara. Aircraft crew members talking and relaxing in quarters. Two crew members playing chess. Shows front guard gate at U.S. Army Kagnew Station. Shows scenes of modern building and civilian automobiles on Kagnew Station. CU of sign that reads "Kagnew Station Officers Open Mess". Shows Kagnew Station Guest House. Another view of Asmara (Asmera) and CU of clock tower at St. Joseph's Cathedral. Note: The U.S. Army Kagnew Station in Asmara, Eritrea was established in 1943 as a U.S. Army radio station after Italian forces based in Asmara surrendered to the Allies. In the 1960's it became an ideal Cold War listening station. The site in 1963 contained a 2500-acre communication dish and antenna farm. The last Americans left in April 1977.
