Ordnance men and maintenance men prepare aircraft at a United States airbase during the Vietnam War. Ordnance personnel with bombs. A pair of mechanics prepare the propeller of an aircraft. A mechanic speaks about his work in the narration. Mechanics inspecting different aircraft. A soldier wipes his face after washing. Soldiers line up for breakfast. An African American soldier receives food. Forward air controllers inspect Cessna O-1 Bird Dog plane. Vietnamese airborne troops double check their equipment. MATS aircraft with belly door open before Vietnamese airborne troops board aircraft.
A United States Air Force transport plane drops leaflets over a jungle during the Vietnam War, in a campaign to convince Vietcong fighters to surrender. A soldier dropping leaflets into a chute. Leaflets being flown towards a mountain. Soldier inspects a reel-to-reel tape player inside a reconnaissance plane. Reconnaissance plane takes off from air strip. Reconnaissance plane drops leaflets and surrender passes over enemy territory. A Vietcong rebel surrenders to South Vietnamese and U.S. Army troops. Vietcong rebel holding a safe conduct pass. Soldier searches the rebel and accepts his surrender pass, then shakes his hand. The soldiers and surrendered Vietcong rebel leave.
United States Air Force doctors give a Vietnamese civilian man a check up in a remote village during the Vietnam War. Vietnamese civilians gather to watch Air Force doctors giving check-ups. Air Force doctor checks a sick baby. Another Air Force doctor checks a boy’s ear. A civilian elderly man is being checked for tuberculosis. Vietnamese toddlers waiting for check-up. A Vietnamese boy holds bottles of iron and vitamin pills for anemia and malnutrition. An elderly woman consults with Air Force doctors. Her hands are checked by doctor. Doctor gives recommendation.
Air Force Combat Control Team drop into Vietcong infiltrated area during the Vietnam War. Paratroopers’ parachutes activate as they jump from the C-130 aircraft. Air Force Combat Control Team jumping out of aircraft door as seen inside the airplane. Air Force Combat Control Team paratrooper lands in drop zone. Air Force Combat Control Team throwing smoke grenades. An Air Force Combat Control personnel communicates with aircraft over the phone. An African American Air Force Combat Control soldier looks at Vietnamese Airborne Division troops parachuting from aircraft. South Vietnamese Airborne troops dropping into Vietcong territory. Vietnamese Airborne troops wait for supplies to drop into the drop zone. A South Vietnamese paratrooper drags deflated parachute after landing. Vietnamese Airborne troops navigating through a marsh. Fighter aircraft strafing Vietcong position. Forward Air Controller in Cessna O-1 Bird Dog plane marks area for fighter aircraft to follow through. Aircraft drops bomb, exploding over Vietcong territory. A fighter strafing a farmhouse. Aerial view of Vietcong areas being bombarded. Vapor trails mark the paths of bombers. A bomber dropping multiple bombs over Vietcong installations.
Aerial bombardment of Vietcong positions during the Vietnam War by a B-52 bomber aircraft. Explosions and smoke pillars rise from jungle bomb target sites. United States Air Force aircraft bursts into flames mid-air and pilot is seen having ejected successfully from the aircraft. U.S. Air Force Sikorsky HH-53 Super Jolly Green Giant air rescue helicopter searches the jungle crash site. Air rescue helicopter pilot looking down and talking. A rescuer is lowered down from helicopter. A downed Air Force pilot is rescued by helicopter team. Rescued U.S. Air Force pilot relieved after rescue.
Anti-war protests in the United States during the Vietnam War. Protesters march and demonstrate against the United States involvement in the Vietnam War from Central Park to the UN headquarters in New York City. Demonstrators in crowd holding protest signs. A number of African American marchers hold signs that read, "Black men should fight white racism, not Vietnamese freedom fighters." Another sign reads, "They are our brothers whom we kill." Masses of people including doctors, teachers, and businessmen on streets. People dressed in different costumes and 1960s hippie fashion as they protest. Young men participate in burning their draft cards while a crowd gathers around to watch the draft card burning. Pro-war counter protestors (sometimes called "Hawks") also demonstrating and arguing with anti-war activists. Pro-war banner reads, "End Hanoi Sanctuary. Let's bomb Hanoi to win the war and destroy the Communist conspiracy." Another Hawk sign reads, "Anarchy Cannot be Permitted in the USA. Fight Communism and Red Termites." African American civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. walks toward the United Nations building with other officials advocating peace. Policemen drag a protester. Scene changes to San Francisco: 50000 people carry banners as they protest the war in Vietnam and march to the Kezar Stadium (670 Kezar Dr, San Francisco, CA 94118, United States) for a mass assembly. People push each other during the protest as pro-war demonstrators clash with anti-war demonstrators and pacifists. A huge crowd gathered at a stadium.