South Vietnamese Regional forces or Popular forces being trained during the Vietnam War. Men of South Vietnamese Regional forces or Popular forces on a road with a two and a half ton truck in the background. Soldiers of Regional forces loaded onto the truck. Truck driver at steering as it moves along a road. Soldiers lined up.
South Vietnamese Regional forces or Popular forces being trained during the Vietnam War. Men of South Vietnamese Regional forces or Popular forces lined up during the training as a Vietnamese officer briefs them. An officer throws a concussion grenade. Officer throws a grenade with handle popping off. A Vietnamese instructor demonstrates a proper way of throwing a grenade to a Regional Force trainee within an enclosed area. Instructor throws a grenade which hits the target and explodes.
Security police QRT (Quick Reaction Team) members board V-100 vehicle at Pleiku Air Base, Vietnam. Another airman at his post. V-100 vehicle driven past perimeter guard tower. Tracers fired at night.
366th Fighter Wing crew members at Da Nang Air Base, Vietnam. Air crews of 366th Tactical Fighter Wing scramble to their F4E aircraft, sheltered in revetments covered with individual semicircular reinforced roofs.(Sound heard in first part of the clip is radio chatter unrelated to the images.) Crew chiefs help the pilots and backseaters (weapon systems officers) to strap in. Pilot seen and heard receiving, acknowledging, and dialing in the local altimeter setting. Closeup of sharks mouth painted on aircraft. Red rotating light on vehicle roof (unseen). Closeup of assorted airborne weapons slung under an F-4E. Crew chiefs remove safety pins and covers from weapons of both aircraft. Crew chief secures nose panel on aircraft.
Civil life in Vietnam. Trucks move on a road. Rifle barrel pointing through bush. Rifle barrel pointing and fire. Breech of gun. Several birds scared off from a tree. Various buildings. Interiors of a hospital area with several patients. A young girl lying in bed. Two nuns near a girl with bandages on her head and hand. Dead body of a nun. Fresh grave in a graveyard. Official in a hospital talks to a patient. Bandage on leg of a patient. Officer in uniform talks to Vietnamese boys . Helmet, guns, bombs exhibited. Board over entrance gate reads 'Truong Tieu Hog So Cap'. Children play on a ground of a school, a woman walks past them. Officer places a wreath. Soldiers salute. People stand and watch.
Search and destroy mission by elements of First Brigade, 25th Infantry Division. U.S. soldier makes notes in jungle of Vietcong Camp. Wooden seats and table. Other troopers look around. A trash of rags on ground. (Vietnam War period).