Irish Troops Return Home From Congo 221651-01 | Footage Farm

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[Irish Troops Return Home From Congo, 14-15Jan61] R1 of 2
Slate: 15Jan61, Dublin, Ireland Irish Airlift. LS Entrance Dublin Airport terminal. US Air Force MATS plane, C-124C, landing towards camera, taxiis. Front doors open & ramp descends, troop march down & milling about. Double-decker buses in background. Officer talks to reporter w/ microphone (MOS).
10:03:16 Troops boarding bus w/ suitcases. Buses leave thru gate past cheering, waving crowd. Crowd waves to camera.
10:04:13 Kamina, Congo. C-124C landing past camera. Irish soldiers carry large boxes up ramp from truck. Tarmac & soldiers standing by piles of gear. Waiting to board airplane. Marching up ramp single file. LS.
10:06:25 Soldiers board double-decker buses; one w/ carved ivory tusk. Men working on plane motor.
10:06:52 Pan over crowd behind airport fence.
10:07:09 Duffel bags unloaded from plane into tuck. Double-decker bus thru airport gate & crowds waving.
10:08:01 Slate. Double-decker bus arrives at airport terminal. C-124 C landing, Dublin.
United Nations Peace-keeping; Ireland; 1961; Homecoming;