U.S. Navy personnel aboard river patrol boats [PBRs] during a patrol in the Bassac River, Vietnam. A PBR underway. A soldier operates a Mk 18 Mod 0 grenade launcher. Heavy foliage alongside the riverbank. Chief Petty Officer Briggs operates the boat. Helicopters in flight. Lieutenant Lemon and Lieutenant Riedel man their M-60 machine guns. Explosions occur in water. They load ammunition belts in the guns. Several boats underway. Officers man their machine guns. American flags on the deck of the boats.
Film begins showing traffic and pedestrians in front of the City Hall in Saigon, Vietnam, at a quiet time during the Vietnam War. Camera pans back to reveal a huge botanical display being visited by local people. Young women in colorful áo dài (traditional dress) mingle among the visitors. Growers deliver flowers from a small bus for the display. Closeup of flower blooms as a man delivering more passes behind. A woman in a rickshaw carrying a huge bouquet of flowers. Closeup of two young women visiting the displays. An elderly man places a huge pot of white flowers into the display. closeup of white and orange-colored blooms. A small tree being carried into the display area. Scene shifts to a roundabout with statue of General Tran Nguyen Han in the center. (This was erected by the Republic of Vietnam in 1965.) Traffic moves past the Ben Thanh Market in the background. On the street outside the market building, merchants display their wares under umbrellas outdoors. Closeup of local people shopping in the outdoor stalls. Closeup of two young women shopping. Closeup of fruit displayed by one merchant. Several women and a girl making purchases. Closeup of a woman selecting pears for purchase. Closeup of another woman buying some sweets. Closeup of some cakes.
Vietnam tour by U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense, David Packard. Mr.Packard enters the Vietnamese Naval shipyard, Saigon. A motorcade seen. Vietnamese personnel in the background. Cars enter a gate. Mr Packard meets Commodore Tran Van Chon, Chief of Naval Operations,Vietnamese Navy and Captain Bich, Commander of Republic of Vietnam Naval shipyard. Mr Packard meets with several Vietnamese officers. Mr Packard ; U.S. Vice Admiral Elmo Russell Zumwalt, Comnavforces, Vietnam and Commodore Chon look at the map of the shipyard. Mr Packard enters a car. The car moves. Republic of Vietnam military police in a jeep. The official party departs the shipyard.
Capitol Military Assistance Command Operations Center in Saigon, Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Newspaper headline reads 'Communist Guns Hit 30 Targets'. United States soldier watches from the observation tower. Soldier uses range finding glasses to estimate the range. Another soldier informs about the direction and range to the CMAC (Capitol Military Assistance Command) Operations Center for deployment. A sighting board next to the soldiers. Houses in the city.
Vietnamese people on streets in Saigon, Vietnam during the Vietnam War. 'Tifomycine' written on top of a building. Vietnamese people on street. Woman gives money to a young boy. Local vendors on street. Colgate toothpaste and other articles being sold by a Vietnamese vendor. Traffic on street. Cars, bicycles and buses on road. Woman selling back scrubs on a street.
Capitol Military Assistance Command Operations Center in Saigon, Vietnam during the Vietnam War. United States soldier operates observes the Counter Mortar Radar. He operates control panels on the radar equipment. Missile trail identified on the radar screen. Soldier speaks over a mouthpiece and informs the Tactical Operations Center.