A U.S. Army helicopter brings wounded soldiers to a medical heliport at Tan Son Nhut Air Base in Vietnam during operation 'Dust Off' of the Vietnam War. A U.S. Army UH-1 Iroquois helicopter approaches and lands at the heliport. Aircraft parked in the background. A wounded soldier on a litter is carried out of the helicopter and loaded into an ambulance. A man closes the doors of the ambulance. The ambulance pulls away. The helicopter takes off.
A film about aerospace medical evacuation and first aid operations for injured soldiers during the Vietnam War. Aerial views of countryside in Vietnam. Helicopter flies over field, trees and houses. U.S. Air Force C-141 aircraft comes in and lands at an airbase.
Construction work at the 3rd Field Military Hospital in Saigon, Vietnam. A hospital building under construction. Three ambulances parked in the premises. Construction in progress. Traffic moving along busy street on the right. Several vehicles in the foreground. Vietnamese workers wearing typical conical hats (“Non la”) and several in hard hats, work within the foundation of the hospital under construction. A worker uses a hand saw to rip a 2 X 4 piece of wood. A Vietnamese worker smooths cement on a masonry wall. '3rd field hospital' written on a building. A U.S. Army sentry with a rifle guards the entrance. (Note: Expansion of the hospital, which included a modern emergency facility and surgery suite, among other things, was managed by U.S. contractor, Pacific Architects and Engineers. Most of the construction workers on the project were Vietnamese.) (Vietnam War period).
First day of duty of the United States Air Force personnel in Vietnam A Trans International DC-8 airplane arrives at Saigon Tan Son Nhut Airport Terminal. Marshalling the airplane. Various personnel of the United States Air Force descend from the plane. Air Force personnel put their luggage in a truck. They then move in to a bus. (Vietnam War period).
Port construction in South Vietnam. Activity seen. Cranes, derricks. American soldier stands on steel platform overlooking activity across the water. (Vietnam War period).
United States soldiers mark the date onto containers with a chalk and load it onto a ship in Vietnam. Cargo is brought near the ship by vehicles driven by United States soldiers. After marking the date cargo is loaded onto the ship with the help of a crane. A United States soldier reads a piece of paper. (Vietnam War period).