A small Vietnamese junk boat underway in Vietnam. Twelve Vietnamese natives aboard. Crewmen aboard a boat. A young Vietnamese boy secures lines around the bow aboard the junk. Four men in the stern of the junk boat. A Vietnamese flag flutters from the stern. GM1 M.J. Kelleher on swift boat covers the junk with a submachine gun. Papers of the Vietnamese natives being scanned. Cards and type-written sheets in hands of the two men scanning the papers. An old Vietnamese man smiles. Some of the deck covers are removed by the crew as the junk boat is checked.
Aerial view of small houses and huts among trees being bombed and strafed by U.S. A-1Skyraider aircraft during Vietnam War. Several trees and a stream flowing among them. A few huts among the trees. Thick smoke and fire rising from several areas in the region. Fields in view near the trees. Smoke emanating from huts near the fields. Smoke rising from several areas. Several trees in view. Few buildings in view. Smoke rising at a distance seen.
views from tail camera of a U.S. Air Force A-1E aircraft bombing enemy targets along a river bank during the Vietnam war. Large explosions behind the aircraft raise clouds of brown smoke from general purpose bombs it has dropped. Scene shifts to flight above jungle canopy, transitioning to low pass over group of huts along a river. The aircraft seems to be on a strafing run, producing a moderate explosion at one building and a small one at another. The view again shows a jungle canopy below, followed by heavy smoke and some flames on the ground, as pilot flies over a river bank already under attack by A-1E aircraft. View as camera aircraft makes low pass over several huts along the river bank. (Note: The A1E aircraft on this mission is believed to be from the 1st Air Commando Squadron, operating out of Bien Hoa Air Base.)
Dramatic aerial views from rear camera mounted on a U.S. Air Force Douglas A-1E Skyraider aircraft flying low over a coconut forest by a river in Vietnam. Several White Phosphorus and napalm bursts occur on the ground behind the aircraft as it makes a strafing and bombing run over enemy positions. Huts can be seen interspersed in the forest. The aircraft pulls up and climbs at the end of the attack run. (Note: The A1E aircraft [unseen] on this mission is believed to be from the 1st Air Commando Squadron, operating out of Bien Hoa Air Base, and piloted by Captain Chipdo, USAF).
Lieutenant Colonel John C. Hughes Commander of United States 52nd Aviation in Vietnam. Lieutenant Colonel Hughes and crew chief look at a map with United States UH-1B helicopter in the background. A Sergeant checks a M-60 machine gun. UH-1 B helicopters lined up at Ban Me Thout airstrip. UH-1Bs take off from the airstrip. A Sergeant on alert with a gun in an airborne helicopter.
Early morning view in Vietnam. Rooster crowing on patio. Water buffalo grazing in the field