A U.S. Army 1st Air Cavalry Division soldier equipped with an E63 personnel detector manpack, advances through a jungle area during training in Ankhe, South Vietnam. He signals to his buddy, that his E63 is malfunctioning. He assumes an alert defensive posture, as his buddy opens the manpack and checks its internal components. Interior view of the E63 shows air transport fan and chemicals. (Vietnam War period).
Aerial view of United States army port facilities at Saigon River in South Vietnam. Ships harbored at dockyard. Road leads from Saigon to Bien Hoa Air Base. View of an airstrip. Aerial view of Bien Hoa Air Base with clouds in the foreground. (Vietnam War period).
U.S. "Brown Water Navy" men gather around a military hovercraft, aka Patrol Air Cushion Vehicle (PACV), at Dong Tam Base Camp, South Vietnam, during the Vietnam War. The engine is running and one of the men is making adjustments to it. (Images end at TC:00:25. Remainder is wild sound only.)
Views of reclaimed areas of Mekong Delta, where dredging spoils are piled up, from operations during the construction of the American portions of the Dong Tam Base in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. A few local people are seen along with several cattle grazing. In places, dredged sand and mud form a berm at the water's edge. Glimpses closeup of a Vietnamese civilian and an American soldier.
U.S. and Republic of Vietnam soldiers (ARVN) walk around and peruse a vast display of captured Viet Cong (VC) weapons, displayed on an airfield ramp, in South Vietnam, during the Vietnam War. The display comprises numerous small arms and mortars, all of which are stacked against or on tables, and on the ramp itself. A pair of UH-1 Huey helicopters take off in background. ARVN soldiers walk from UH-1s that are hovering in the background. Scene shifts toward vehicles gathered on a sandy area nearby. Camera shows several suspected VC being interrogated by a Vietnamese Air Force officer, and an American officer. Several ARVN in steel helmets stand with them. (Note: Silent except for brief comment by someone about VC suspects being interrogated.)
Operation Cedar Falls in South Vietnam. United States soldiers of 1st infantry division carry captured Viet Cong (VC) munitions through tall grass. A soldier gets into a hole containing cache of VC munitions and passes them to other soldiers, nearby. (Vietnam War period).