Two North Vietnamese officers seated. President of North Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh speaks at mike. Crowd applauds. Various North Vietnamese officers speak at mike and Vietnamese representatives congratulate them. Officials stand up and clap. Officers speak. Crowd applauds.
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.
Activities of the U.S. Air Force personnel at Tan Son Nhut air base in Saigon, Vietnam. Airmen work on a camera mounted in nose of USAF RF-101C Voodoo. They are relieved as the shift changes. United States Air Forces F-105Ds Thunderchief on flight line at sunrise and day shift crew arrives in a truck. USAF C-123B Provider makes a low pass over the field at dawn. U.S. Air Force CH-3C aircraft taking off at dawn.
Men at a bakery in Vietnam. Bakers at work as they make biscuits and other food stuffs for the United States soldiers. One of the baker puts biscuits in an oven. Other baker rolls out biscuit dough.
A film report depicts the role of U.S. Navy chaplains during the war in Vietnam. Navy Chaplain, Lieutenant Vincent R. Capodanno, USNR(ChC) is seen sitting on the sand with several U.S. Marines. He smokes a cigarette and talks with one of them about a member of their unit who was severely wounded by a grenade during an enemy ambush. Elsewhere, Chaplain Capodanno is seen talking with other Marines about the war and about their homes and loved ones. He approaches a marine seated on sand bags, who shares news from his personal letter. U.S. Marines in combat gear are seen on a patrol in a Vietnamese village. The chaplain talks to a marine about the operation and his particular assignment. The marine answers his question. A close up of chaplain Capodanno.
View through gun camera target during the Vietnam War. USAF Republic F-105 Thunderchief in flight over a target area. Red target display center of frame as the aircraft targets the ground for firing. Smoke rises from explosions.