U.S. Army 319th Artillery attached to 101st Airborne Division strengthens defenses of Fire Support Base Ripcord to combat North Vietnam forces in the A Shau Valley, South Vietnam, during the Vietnam War. Opening scene shows Captain David F. Rich, Commander of Battery B, 2nd Battalion, 319th Artillery, conversing with Lieutenant Brennan, in very windy conditions atop the Fire Support Base. The carriage of a 105mm towed howitzer is seen in the foreground, with two shells set on it. View of howitzers and shells stacked atop the Base. The wind whipping aross the Base. African American soldier working on a howitzer. Another fighting the wind, as he carries canisters of propellant charges. He tosses them behind the sandbagged artillery position. Other soldiers join in moving gunpowder canisters. Closeup of two soldiers as the wind blows the hat off one.
Views of Earth from NASA Gemini 7 spacecraft, as it moves in formation with the spent 2nd stage of its Titan II launch rocket. Glimpse of astronaut in capsule, as it moves over an ocean on earth. Gemini 6 approaching within 1 foot of Gemini 7, accomplishing the first rendezvous of manned vehicles in space. Narrator states that Astronaut Frank F. Borman, II, On Gemini 7, prepares to photograph Gemini 6. In change of sequence, the unmanned Agena space vehicle, is seen as Gemini 8 docks with it in a practice maneuver. But a failed thruster on Gemini 8 causes too much yaw and roll, so Command Pilot Neil Armstrong undocks. Gemini 8 rolling at an excess rate of 1 revolution per second, which Astronaut Armstrong had to struggle to overcome before completing the mission.
U.S. air strikes in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. USAF (United States Air Force) F-100 Super Sabre jet fighter aircraft does strafing attacks on enemy structures along a river in farming area, 15 miles northeast of Binh Thuy, on 2nd September. The smoke rises due to the attack. The smoke rises in the sky.
Tank support for U.S. 90th Division, 359th Regiment, 2nd Battalion, Company F infantrymen near St. Jores, France during World War II. An aid man attends to a wounded U.S. soldier. A platoon moves cautiously along hedgerows firing M-1 Garand rifles and BARs (Browning Automatic Rifles) and rifle grenades. A tank fires, giving cover to the infantrymen.
U.S. 90th Division, 359th Regiment, 2nd Battalion, Company F infantrymen near St. Jores, France during World War II. A soldier uses a field telephone. Soldiers with rifles advance through a wooded area.
Tank support for U.S. 90th Division, 359th Regiment, 2nd Battalion, Company F infantrymen near St. Jores, France during World War II. M4-Sherman tanks still with deep wading trunks in place give cover to advancing infantrymen. The tanks fire and smoke rises. A soldier talks into a handie-talkie. Two U.S. officers confer over a map. An officer behind a line cuts a wire.
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