Aerial view of a small United States air strip in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. U.S. Air Force Fairchild C-123 Provider aircraft lands on a tiny airstrip. Vietnamese boys sitting watch the aircraft land. United States Air Force and South Vietnamese soldiers unload supplies from aircraft. Views of captured North Vietnamese Vietcong rebel soldiers. A vietcong prisoner squatting. Soldiers tie up captured Vietcong rebels lying down on aircraft floor. Soldiers assist North Vietnamese prisoners of war (POW) with hands tied behind their backs to exit helicopter after landing. A United States aircraft drops crates of supplies and cattle in flight. Cow mooing is heard. An officer communicates through walkie talkie. Crate parachutes activate during descent. Soldiers in Jeep. A Vietnamese soldier inspect cattle in crate.
Forward Air Controller (FAC) of U.S. 1st cavalry performs preflight checks of an O-1G aircraft at the An Khe Air Base in Vietnam. Pilot climbs in the cockpit and secures his gear. O-1G's engine starts. The aircraft is taxied to runway under direction of the FAC. The aircraft takes off.
Vietnamese officer handing out cans of soybean oil to flood victims. Man takes pictures in the background. Officer distributes cans. Back view of a Vietnamese woman holding her child and walking away with cans. Col Robert W Casey, Senior, handing out cans to victims. Close view of batch on jacket of Col Casey. Sacks of bulgur in the background. Truck backs up to Viet Nam Air Force UH-34D helicopter. Sacks of bulgur transferred into helicopter. (Vietnam War period).
Captain McCreery speaks while looking at reconnaissance film on light table. Captain speaks about aerial photographs which is product of aerial reconnaissance. He further adds that aerial reconnaissance means looking for the enemy from air. This imagery is used by USAF, VNAF and U.S. Army. 13th Reconnaissance technical squadron interprets this imagery. He talks about various methods of reconnaissance. (Vietnam War period).
Night missions of aircraft AC-47 at night. Minigun fired from aircraft AC-47A at night. Gun fired creating flame 'Puff The Magic Dragon' image. Crewman aboard aircraft sets flares. (Vietnam War period.)
United States Vice President Richard Nixon arrives at the Dinh Gia Long Palace (now known as the Ho Chi Minh City Museum 65 Lý Tự Trọng, Bến Nghé, Quận 1, Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh 70000, Vietnam) in Saigon, Vietnam. Flags of the United States and Vietnam fly atop the palace. Soldiers dressed in white stand for an honor guard. Vice President Nixon, American Ambassador to Indochina (Cambodia, Laos and South Vietnam) Donald R. Heath, along with other officials from Vietnam enter the palace where they have a meeting. After the meeting they come out of the palace.