1968 USO Tour
1968 USO Tour
Master 1850 - Tape 1 Rear view MS entertainer BOB HOPE wearing white helmet, blue flight suit, taking to stage for 1968 USO Tour show in Thailand, U.S. Army military personnel in BG. MS Bob Hope smiling, adjusting microphone stand: "Let me drop a few stars on you. And these are just my street clothes." CU two young white male U.S. Army soldiers laughing. MS Bob Hope performing opening monologue: "I just want to say we're in beautiful Thailand, where in October you get the monsoons, and in December you get me." TLS seated military personnel cheering, applauding enthusiastically. Excellent head-on LS large four jet engine Lockheed Martin C-141 Starlifter military transport plane taking off from hazy runway, seemingly materializing from horizon. MS former football player turned singer-actor ROSEY GRIER trying to catch some shut-eye aboard plane. LS C-141 Starlifter taxiing, turning on runway in California. MS song and dance troupe The Golddiggers alighting plane, passing gaggle of newsreel cameramen (16mm film cameras), reporters. Panning MS actress Linda Bennett alighting plane, being greeted by DOLORES HOPE, Governor of California RONALD REAGAN and his wife, NANCY REAGAN (the Reagans). MS Bob Hope hugging Dolores Hope. TLS U.S. Army military band performing. MSs entertainers ANN MARGRET and BOB HOPE flanking Santa Claus (retired U.S. Army General EMMETT O'DONNELL JR., aka Rosie O'Donnell) holding a pointed "Road to Vietnam" sign. MS/CU Bob Hope hugging & greeting his son, KELLY HOPE, then a US Navy sailor. Panning high angle TLS large crowd of U.S. Air Force personnel seated for USO Show at Osaan AFB, Korea, men wearing winter parkas & fur-lined hats; MS Bob Hope wearing ushanka hat, USAF flight suit, delivering monologue: "We re thrilled to be here at Osaan air base, Korea. Osaan, that s Korean for 'Take it and Stuff It." Air to air shot of C-130 Hercules military airplane in flight. Panning MS engine one propeller spinning during flight, pan left to stalled engine two prop; MSs stalled prop-- whoa, that's downright scary! High angle LS U.S. Army personnel seated for outdoor USO Show in Vietnam, wounded soldiers wearing light blue pajamas in mid-ground. TLS Commander of Pacific Command Admiral JOHN S. MCCAIN, JR. taking to stage, being greeted by entertainer BOB HOPE; note that the VO incorrectly identifies him as "James S. McCain," and goes on to mention Lt. Commander "James S. McCain III" aka John McCain III, then a prisoner of war. LS nighttime show at Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam; TLS/MS Bob Hope standing on stage, wearing green military blouse & khaki pants, holding golf club driver while delivering monologue: "I want to tell you it's a thrill being here at Cam Ranh Bay, the world's biggest sand trap." MS/CUs wounded soldiers in blue uniforms smiling, laughing. TLS/MSs USO performers (Bob Hope, Ann Margret, Rosey Grier, The Golddiggers, The Honey Ltd., Penelope Plummer, etc) gathered on stage during downpour, everyone getting soaked; TLS actress ANN MARGRET running off-stage with fur coat; MS Bob Hope saying, "Thank you, and before we go down for the third time, I just want to thank you, Mayor... we're not going to let this little shower bother us."