The B&H filmo was the standard US Army field camera in Vietnam where I was a photo detachment commander with the 221st Signal Company. The following film was put together from 1000 ft that I shot while documenting the Pleiku Mike Force: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBZljoV_sVI. Mike Force was a special ops unit composed of US Special Forces, Aussies from the AATTV (Australian Army Training Team Vietnam) Montagnard tribesmen, and ethnically Chinese Nungs. I had come to the 221st from the Pentagon HQ of DASPO (Department of the Army Special Photographic Office) where I was spoiled by using finely engineered German Arriflex cameras. However, the windup filmo was better suited to a jungle environment with no access to electrical plugs for recharging a battery belt. Some of this footage was used as "B roll" in the History Channel production "Suicide Missions: MACV SOG - Behind Enemy Lines. Trust me when I say that this YouTube material converted from National Archive preview copies on unrefrigerated Army film stock is nowhere near the quality of the originals.
Bell and Howell 16mm Filmo questions
in Bell + Howell
Posted
The B&H filmo was the standard US Army field camera in Vietnam where I was a photo detachment commander with the 221st Signal Company. The following film was put together from 1000 ft that I shot while documenting the Pleiku Mike Force: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBZljoV_sVI. Mike Force was a special ops unit composed of US Special Forces, Aussies from the AATTV (Australian Army Training Team Vietnam) Montagnard tribesmen, and ethnically Chinese Nungs. I had come to the 221st from the Pentagon HQ of DASPO (Department of the Army Special Photographic Office) where I was spoiled by using finely engineered German Arriflex cameras. However, the windup filmo was better suited to a jungle environment with no access to electrical plugs for recharging a battery belt. Some of this footage was used as "B roll" in the History Channel production "Suicide Missions: MACV SOG - Behind Enemy Lines. Trust me when I say that this YouTube material converted from National Archive preview copies on unrefrigerated Army film stock is nowhere near the quality of the originals.