Base built at Bien Hoa Air Base in Vietnam. Aerial views of barracks area, construction equipment operate in cleared area, storage and repair sheds, bomb dump under construction, flight line, revetment area and helipad.
Flight line activities at Bien Hoa Air Base in Vietnam. Parked A-1Es on steel matting. U.S. UH-1Bs and UH-1Ds take off from dirt field. Helicopters stir up a cloud of dust.
Flight line activities at Bien Hoa Air Base in Vietnam. Ordnance crew uploads frag bombs onto A-1E pylon.
Explosions at Bien Hoa Air Base in Vietnam. Flight line explosions as smoke rises in the background. USAF planes parked at the airfield. A plane lands in far background. (Note: This occurred on May 16, 1965, when a.B-57B aircraft exploded and set off a series of other explosions shown in this film.)
2nd Battalion (Airborne), 503 Infantry, 173rd Airborne Brigade (Sep) prepares for a mission. Soldiers use camouflage stick on each other's faces. They wait next to helicopters. Bell UH-1D and Bell UH-1B "Huey" helicopters take off from Bien Hoa Air Force Base, South Vietnam. Ground view of a line of UH-1B helicopters in flight. Point of view shot inside helicopter from just behind the cockpit of a "Huey" shows a number of other helicopters flying ahead. Helicopters fly above green fields. (Vietnam War period).
Vehicles move on a new road from Bien Hoa to Saigon, in Vietnam. This highway was the main link between the main military airbase at Bien Hoa, and the capital, Saigon. Cars, an auto rickshaw and a van drive past on the road. A puddle of water alongside the road.Travelers ride motorbikes. Trees in the foreground. Heading towards Saigon from Bien Hoa, the South Vietnamese National Military cemetery (equivalent to U.S.Arlington cemetery) is visible, on the right hand side.