Groups of U.S. soldiers, from 101st Airborne and 4th Infantry Divisions, walk toward helicopters of the 1st Aviation Brigade, at Camp Holloway, Pleiku, as they prepare to depart for an incursion into Cambodia, during the Vietnam war. Several arriving UH-1 Huey helicopters fly low past parked ones. Six are seen hovering in formation just a few feet over the field and then moving forward toward the runway. Troops walking toward their helicopters include one contingent carrying a large American flag. Some soldiers assemble in groups, placing their gear on the ground. They are dispatched to helicopters in orderly groups. The contingent with the flag has it furled as they climb aboard a UH-1.
Scene is Camp Holloway, Pleiku, Vietnam, where a CH-47 chinook Helicopter of the 1st Aviation Brigade is seen flying low with several bundles of supplies suspended underneath it. It is raising huge clouds of red dust from the bare earthen part of the camp, outside that covered by marsden matting aka pierced steel planking (PSP). Four UH-1 Huey helicopters take off raising dust as they start their takeoffs.A Hughes OH-6 Cayuse taking off from the camp's large field of bare red earth. The field's White wind sock is seen in the distance. A 3000 foot marker is planted on the field. Flight crews in helmets standing by their UH-1s with engines running. An OH-6 passes, flying low over the PSP runway. Closeup of main rotor spinning on a helicopter. Closeup of "Papa Gator" and emblem of 119th Assault Helicopter Company, containing picture of an alligator, painted on a helicopter.
A CH-47 Chinook helicopter of the U.S. Army First Aviation Brigade, flies overhead, at Camp Holloway, Pleiku, Vietnam. Blue, sky and white clouds seen above it. Next, it is seen descending vertically over the large bare earth field at the camp, near a white wind sock at the end of a section of the camp paved with pierced steel planking (PSP) aka Marsden matting. The chopper raises huge clouds of red clay dust. Scene shifts to the CH-47 settling down on part of field paved with PSP. A helicopter crewman walks past a parked UH-1 Huey helicopter, as a Lockheed C-130 Hercules transport takes off on the camp runway. Camera follows the departing aircraft. Two CH-47s land near the runway. A Cessna O-2 Skymaster plane takes off on the runway. Three UH-1s with engines running, one airborne, near edge of PSP ramp. A UH-1 with engine running near revetments, as soldiers manually move a Hughes OH-6 Cayuse parked nearby. A CH-47 descending to land. Mountains seen in background.
A long line of UH-1 Helicopters, from the U.S. Army 1st Aviation Brigade, is seen parked beside the runway, with engines running, at Camp Holloway, Pleiku, Vietnam. One is moving slowly a few feet above the runway. Scene shifts to view from open door of an UH-1 Huey helicopter, flying overhead. View of the long runway with some red dust above it. View of misty mountains. View of narrow curving stream cutting through green brush below. Image stops from TC: 00:53 to 01:15, where another aircraft passes at a distance and a river and jungle are seen below. Next, numerous UH-1s are seen on the red earth fields of Camp Holloway, as the camera chopper settles over the camp runway and then air taxis along a ramp paved with PSP (pierced steel plank aka Marsden matting).
Ammunition supply depot is shown. A soldier checks documents at the depot. The checked jeep proceed. Guards watch from an elevated guard tower lined with sand bags. Patrol vehicles move on an unpaved road of the depot. (Vietnam War period).
A huge sign board of 284th Military Police at the main gate. A soldier enters through a wired gate. A guard looks on from a watch tower above the main gate. The building is protected with huge walls and wire fencing over it. Two police men board a jeep and leave the headquarters. (Vietnam War period).