Opening scene shows sign at front of some buildings reading:"23rd Air Transportable Hospital, England AFB, LA." ( This sign refers to the home base, England Air Force Base, Louisiana, of the hospital unit providing medical services at the Vietnamese Refugee camp in Eglin AFB, Florida.) Camera pans over to a large olive drab tent. Next, two field ambulances are seen parked in grass next to wood-reinforced canvas tent structures. Several Vietnamese civilians stroll up to the entrance of one and stand there. Partway inside is a woman wearing a traditional Vietnamese conical hat (non la), pulled down over her shoulders. The hat is red in color.
Vietnamese refugee families at Eglin Air Force base in Valparaiso Florida, shortly after the fall of Saigon during the Vietnam War. A visiting youth band (possibly a high school band) plays for a group of refugees gathered. A man directs the band and various band instruments are seen. Vietnamese children seated in chairs listen to the music. Tree in the background. The children appear to be singing a song as they clap along to the music, and then they smile and applaud at the end.
Group of men building temporary barracks for incoming Vietnamese refugees at Eglin Air Force base, soon after the fall of Saigon in the Vietnam War. A man silhouetted against florescent green lights. Men at work at night. They erect a wooden barracks structure. They carry a wooden framework. They hammer the parts in position and carry wooden planks.
Vietnamese refugees arrive in the United States after the fall of Saigon at the end of the Vietnam War. Cars and a bus moving along a street in Florida. A sign board reads 'Eglin Air Force Base, Refugee Reception Center'. Buses and cars enter the premises. People seated in a bus. A man speaks to them. Vietnamese refugee families get off the bus. They walk with their personal belongings. People enter tents and temporary barracks. A child lying on a bed. A man writes on a paper.
Vietnamese refugees in the United States soon after the fall of Saigon during the Vietnam War. Elevated view of tents and temporary barracks in a refugee camp at Eglin Air Force Base near Valparaiso Florida. Vietnamese refugees play with a soccer ball. Girls enter mobile bathrooms. Vietnamese children standing outside the bathrooms. People stand outside the tents in the camp and enjoy time out on a field.
Vietnamese refugees at a temporary camp in the United States soon after the fall of Saigon during the Vietnam War. Vietnamese refugees gathered in an area of Eglin Air Force Base where a temporary encampment had been erected. A clown entertains people. He plays with a Vietnamese child. Children watch the clown. Children eating ice creams. The clown also eats ice cream. Men talk. Trees in the background. Children stand around the clown. A child eats an ice cream. Chairs on the ground.