United States Navy aircraft carrier in South China Sea during the Vietnam War. Essex-class USS Hancock (CV/CVA-19) aircraft carrier sailing in the South China Sea. A pilot (name: Rudy Miller) on a A-1H Skyraider and a plane captain talking to each other. Pilot gives "thumbs up". Plane captain hands over helmet to pilot. Pilot wears helmet. Two men transporting a large rocket on wheels. Crew men attach a large rocket underneath an A-1H Skyraider.
A-3B Aircraft lands aboard USS Midway. USS Midway underway in South China Sea. A-4C Aircraft makes an arrested landing on the flight deck of USS Midway. Various aircraft parked on the deck.
Operations aboard the aircraft carrier, USS Midway (CVA-41) in the South China Sea, during the Vietnam War. Pilot in flight suit walks fromUnited States Navy aircraft C-1A Trader on the flight deck. Sailors unload sacks of mail and several wooden crates from the aircraft. A sailor walks along the deck with a mail bag on his shoulder and a box under his arm. C-1A catted from angle deck. Flight deck officer gives go signal to an A-1H Skyraider loaded with bombs.
Opening scene shows American soldiers exiting a helicopter and wading through water during the Vietnam War. Next, Ho Chi Minh, North Vietnam's leader, poses with Mao Tse-tung (or Zedong), the leader of the Communist People's Repbulic of China. Ho Chi Minh on a reviewing stand with unidentified high ranking communist military officer. Shadows of Viet Cong running to attack a village. A straw-roofed building being torched. Village people fleeing. Anti-communist volunteers training. Republic of Vietnam soldiers (ARVN) in camouflage arrive in a truck convoy and begin offensive against Viet Cong (VC). A shell explodes nearby. ARVN taking up defensive positions firing recoiless rifle and Browning M1917 machine gun. American and ARVN soldier with a VC prisoner, whose head has been bandaged. ARVN being trained in use of a mortar.
United States Secretary of State Dean Rusk discusses American efforts to negotiate peace in Vietnam and North Vietnamese (and Communist China) refusal to participate. President Lyndon Johnson speaking, says, "We do not seek the destruction of any government." Rusk calls for free elections in Vietnam under international supervision.
President Johnson addresses the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists in the United States. View of the White House. Members of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists gather during the conference. President of the United States Lyndon Baines Johnson addresses gathering. Members note down the points. President reaffirms U.S. policy in South Vietnam. He visualizes the prosperous Vietnam once the war ends. street and field scenes. Monuments and buildings. President continues his speech and talks about the Red China and North Vietnam.