Missile launched from the port battery aboard USS Constellation (CVA-64) at Yankee Station, Vietnam. Practice missile coming out of the missile house on to the launcher. Missile launcher swings around to a firing position. Water in the background. Terrier Missile on port arm of the missile launcher. Missile house bulkhead in view. Blast doors open. Launcher swings around to attack position. Missile goes back on the rail into missile house and the blast doors close. Blast doors open and ready for loading Terrier missile on to the launcher. Missile comes out of launcher. Launcher in attack position. Blast doors open and close. White smoke signals the launch. Missile heads to its target in sky. Streak of smoke arises from the missile.
Operations aboard U.S. Navy's USS Constellation (CVA-64) at Yankee Station, Vietnam. A-4C aircraft moves onto catapult. Men on deck. Plane ready for launch. Aircraft in flight. A-4C aircraft launched from Number two catapult. Island in the far background. F-4B aircraft launched from angled deck. Catapult console operator with raised hands. He lowers his hands and presses a button. A-4C launched. RA-5C aircraft moves on catapult. Catapult crew under aircraft. Men hook up and check bridle. Men leave the area. RA-5C aircraft being launched from number one catapult. Catapult console operator on deck. F-4B aircraft ready for launch. C-2A aircraft comes in for recovery. Men wearing yellow shirt in the foreground. Plane rolls out with area. C-2A taxis toward in front of island. A-6A aircraft towed over deck by tractor. F-4B parked at deck edge between two other F-4B aircraft.
Operations aboard USS Constellation (CVA-64) at Yankee Station, Vietnam. USS Bellatrix (AF-62) in the background. USS Bellatrix for replenishment. Men in hangar bay. Fork lifts move stores. Forklift pick up load of supplies from cargo netting. Load of supplies backed away by forklift. Officer in the foreground. Deck of USS Bellatrix. Cargo supplies come over on hi-line. Men look down over USS Bellatrix. Officer watches underway replenishment. Cargo net of supplies placed on mid port deck area for off loading to USS Constellation (CVA-64). USS Black (DD-666) also taking on stores. Cargo net of supplies leaves port deck area on hi-line and moves towards USS Constellation (CVA-64).
U.S. 25th Infantry Division makes use of FADAC (Field Artillery Digital Automatic Computer) at Division Headquarters in Cu Chi, Vietnam. A PFC (Private First Class) receives the orders for the fire mission over a radio. A computer operator feeds the information into a computer. View of a computer panel. The operator makes notes. A lieutenant, executive officer, checks mission on the FDC (Fire Direction Center) chart and plots on the chart. A telephone operator talks over a phone.
A U.S. Marine Corps UH-1E Huey gunship stands stationary while rockets are loaded onto it. with engine running and main rotor blades turning. View of the helicopter's cockpit. The helicopter marks enemy positions with smoke. M-60 machine guns and rockets are fired at the targets. Explosions on the ground. A-4 jet attacks the targets. (Vietnam War period).
Mass demonstration by South Vietnamese people against Viet Cong terrorism, peace talk suggestions by foreign leaders and reports of government in exile, Paris. People carry banners with slogans written on them. (Vietnam War period).