# LOCKHEED C-130 HERCULES PROMOTIONAL FILM 49074

The Lockheed-Georgia Company presents “Touchdown!” — a circa 1960 color film touting the abilities of the Lockheed C-130 Hercules, a four-engined turboprop military transport aircraft capable of using unprepared runways for takeoffs and landings. The film opens with one of the aircraft doing just that as it touches down in dusty field, “operating with sure-footed ease.” A series of other landings follow in quick succession as the narrator explains how the aircraft can land in areas that might bog down a truck or other transport. At mark 03:00 , the narrator explains how the C-130 is a “seasoned veteran of combat deployment” and that the aircraft has been used on military and scientific re-supply missions. One of the aircraft, used by the United States Air Force, is shown landing on a jungle airstrip in Peru (mark 03:50 ) to provide 260 tons of heavy equipment and cargo, while another lands upon frozen tundra (mark 04:50 ) or Antartica. Aircraft landings and take-offs continue to fill the screen with a landing of a modified Hercules shown and discussed at mark 07:22 , followed by landings “wherever war clouds have gathered” (mark 09:04 ), including Vietnam. The Lockheed C-130 Hercules is a four–engined turboprop military transport aircraft designed and built originally by Lockheed (now Lockheed Martin). Capable of using unprepared runways for takeoffs and landings, the C-130 was originally designed as a troop, medevac, and cargo transport aircraft. The versatile airframe has…

- Kind: Film
- Genres: Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/49074LockheedTouchdown)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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