U.S. Gun crews firing howitzer, in Vietnam. CH-47 helicopter lands and discharges U.S. Army soldiers, who engage enemy in battle. Several UH-1 (Huey) helicopters land and discharge U.S. troops. Army personnel helping Vietnamese build a new school room, as many Vietnamese children look on. Searching for Viet Cong from helicoptors, flying over jungle canopy. A UH-1B, helicopter, equipped with a "personnel detector." Transmitters placed on free-ranging dogs, in hostile areas, to detect enemy. (Vietnam War period).
Railroad ambush detector in Vietnam.precedes the train and senses any tampering with the track. Spotlight equipped helicopters, called "fireflies." expose night activities of the enemy to gun ships. Large group of UH-1 helicopters in flight. A CH-47, heavy lift helicopter transporting artillery and supplies. U.S. Army AH-1Huey Cobra, firing rockets and gatling miniguns. Cayuse OH-6 observation helicopter in flight. (Vietnam War period).
Dramatic aerial view of white phosphorus and napalm bombardment of huts among trees by U.S. A-1 Skyraider aircraft during the Vietnam War in Vietnam. A blast caused due to a bomb in a region full of trees and a few huts of a village. Fire in huts among the trees. More areas with trees and thick black smoke rises from the area of blast. More huts in fire among the trees. Stacks of hay near the huts. The fire spreading to the nearby areas. Black smoke rising into the air as the bombing raid continues. Fire in hay stacks near huts. Several fields near the huts.
Bombardment of target areas by U.S. Air Force A-1E Skyraider aircraft in An Xuyen Province during the Vietnam War in Vietnam. A U.S. Air Force A-1E aircraft in flight leaving trails in the sky. The aircraft in flight over a water body. Several trees on the side of the river. Clouds visible in the sky. The U.S. Air Force A-1E aircraft, piloted by Captain Geraghty, drops General-purpose bombs on jungle areas 2 miles North West Xom Mui in An Xuyen Province. Aerial view of several huts among the canopy of trees. White smoke rises and spreads from the bombed areas. General-purpose bombs dropped by the U.S. aircraft on target areas in the Province. View from the camera aircraft of another A-1E dropping white phosphorus and napalm bombs. (Note: The A-1E aircraft on this mission are believed to belong to the 1st Air Commando Squadron, operating out of Bien Hoa Air Base)
Aerial view from forward camera in an American A-1E aircraft on a mission in Vietnam. The aircraft dives toward a cluster of buildings in the jungle, where smoke is rising. It pulls up and climbs. It also dives on two other locations where several buildings can be seen quite close because of the plane's low altitude. These may be strafing runs. But gun camera is not in use and no evidence of firing is seen from the forward camera recording the flight. (Note: The A1E aircraft on this mission is believed to be from the 1st Air Commando Squadron, operating out of Bien Hoa Air Base.) (Vietnam War period).
Lieutenant Colonel John C. Hughes Commander of United States 52nd Aviation Company in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Lieutenant Colonel Hughes walks with Special Forces soldiers. He greets children in a village. A child holds a cross bow. Colonel and a Vietnamese man smoke a cigar. Montagnards watch as Lieutenant Colonel smokes the cigar. Colonel lights the cigar of a dwarf woman as she carries a bundle of wood on her back. He poses with two dwarf women carrying bundles of wood on their backs. A boy holds a cross bow.