Preflight and post flight activities at Da Nang Air Base in Vietnam. Vietnamese laborers fill sandbags at the Air Base. The laborers dig into a heap on sand with spades. A aircraft parked in the revetment area in the background.
The U.S. 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team on search and destroy mission, Operation Hump in Vietnam. Officer walks with other soldiers. The officer talks on telephone. Soldiers pass through a village of Thien Long Tu . Children watch the soldiers passing. Soldiers walk along a road. Soldiers in town of Ben Cat. Civilians move in the town.
Opening scene shows South Vietnamese soldiers stacking a large cache of intercepted arms destined for the Viet Cong, including a million rounds of small arms ammunition. Also seen are AK-47 rifles and mortar rounds that contain Chinese markings. Camera focuses on the Chinese writing. Next, North Vietnamese leader, Ho Chi Minh, is seen seating himself at a table to talk informally with others, including General Vo Nguyen Giap. (Vietnam War period).
United States aircraft carrier in South China Sea during the Vietnam War. Men working on deck of Essex-class USS Hancock (CV/CVA-19) aircraft carrier. An A-1 Skyraider (VA-215 “Barn Owls” of the United States Navy) is seen loaded and ready with wings folded. Ordnance crew carry rocket to a Vought F-8 Crusader. Ordnance crew attaching the Sidewinder rocket to the rack on the side of the Vought F-8 Crusader. Men stand near a Douglas A-1H Skyraider unfolding its wings. Bombs are seen attached to the bomb racks under the wings of Douglas A-1H Skyraider aircraft. Ordnance crew loading 250 1b. bombs under the starboard outboard station of a Douglas A-1H Skyraider. Squadron aircraft parked on flight deck. A crewman looking through binoculars down onto the flight deck of the USS Hancock. Radar moving beside crewman. Captain Frank B. Stone (Commander of the USS Hancock) and Captain H.S. Matthews Jr. (Executive officer) reading a map together. Captain Stone is seated in a chair holding some official paper work, Captain Matthews standing alongside Captain Stone with a map. Crew men pulling rockets on wheels on the mess deck.
United States 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. Ship personnel are seen standing on the deck. Aircraft are parked on the deck. A destroyer is seen escorting the USS Hancock aircraft carrier. A Vought F-8 Crusader takes off from the aircraft carrier catapult. Port side of the USS Hancock shows aircraft parked on the deck edge aft. A Douglas A-1H Skyraider takes off from starboard catapult.
United States 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 Vought F-8 Crusader moves until it makes an abrupt stop. A pilot runs in front of the aircraft. A Douglas A-1H Skyraider makes an arrested landing on aircraft carrier. Douglas A-1H Skyraider folds wings after arrested landing. USS Hancock’s radar tower. Douglas A-1H Skyraiders take off from the catapult. A man waves at a Douglas A-1H Skyraider on airdeck. Crew men working on Douglas A-1H Skyraider. A rocket is seen attached to the Douglas A-1H Skyraider. An aircraft flying after take-off. Men standing near the aircraft carrier radar tower. In front of the radar tower, a pilot on a A-1H Skyraider and a plane captain talking.