United States Army Air Force B-29 Superfortress bombers in action in Thailand during World War II. Men work in a plant in the United States as they manufacture B-29 bombers. Men work on the body of the aircraft. In China, fuel barrels being loaded onto an aircraft for transporting. Chinese troops roll the barrels and pile them up at an air base for refueling B-29 aircraft. Fuel being unloaded from the barrels into a huge storage tank. Piled up barrels. A B-29 aircraft takes off and in flight. The Rama VIII Bridge in Bangkok, Thailand being bombarded by the B-29s. Bombs impact and billows of smoke rise up.
View of the first three U.S. B-52 bombers (of a force of 15) landing at U-Tapao Airbase, Thailand on April 10, 1967. These bombers hit targets in Vietnam on their way to U-Tapao. (The entire force arrived during the period from April through July, 1967, on temporary assignment from the Strategic Air Command 4433rd Bomb Wing at Anderson Air Force Base, Guam.) The B-52s are under the command of the SAC 3rd Air Division. The aircraft land with wing flaps down and deploy drag chutes to slow their ground rolls.Officers of the 4258th Strategic Wing,and Royal Thai Air Force greet the arriving aircrews. The event is recorded by photographers, along with newsmen from Japan, Thailand, United States and Philippines. (Vietnam War period).
Drug abuse and drug addict patients sleep on beds at Thanyarak Hospital in Bangkok, Thailand. Nurse walks next to the patient's bed. Two patients lift weights. Some of them read newspaper seated on table. Doctor speaks to patients. Woman carrying child on her back walks in the corridor. Exterior of the hospital. Doctor speaks with an officer. Sign reads 'Thanyarak Hospital Ministry of Public Health'. Two nurses ride bicycle holding umbrella in hand. People walk on streets. Men in group work on field.
A parade in Bangkok, Thailand. The Thai soldiers march in uniform. Army trucks tow artillery. Thai troops aboard tanks and armored personnel carriers. The nation hails the recent conclusion of hostilities with French Indo-China by staging a parade.
Cobra's venom is extracted at a snake farm in Bangkok, Thailand. Several hemispherical Cobra pits on the farm serve as shelter for the snakes. Man reaches down and picks up a Cobra. Man in apron removes poison from the cobra (snake milking). Several coiled Cobras. Cobras go back into their pits and some in water. Signs reading 'Cobra' and 'King Cobra' above individual facility.
United States President Richard Nixon and First Lady Pat Nixon on tour to Thailand. President Nixon and First Lady during a state dinner at the Grand Palace (Na Phra Lan Rd, Phra Borom Maha Ratchawang, Phra Nakhon, Bangkok 10200, Thailand). He addresses Thai dignitaries and officials before dinner. Thai Generals at the dinner. Everybody in the house raises a toast. Lights and decoration at the palace.