Thank you, Penn. I enjoyed that.
There's another film clip of the take-off
here.
And from the comment section: "I was working in the Danang RAPCON and accepted control of the A/C from Center.
Weather was clear, vis 30+. The DC-8 was cleared for a "visual Approach". No conflicting traffic at the time, cleared to land, runway in sight. Got concerned waiting for him to land when Marble Mountain called saying a stretch 8 landed there and he could see nothing but windows the length of the runway." Roy Constantineau 7/68 to 7/69.