Contract airlines supplementing the armed forces in airlifting passengers at Cam Ranh bay airbase in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Pan American DC-6 taxiing on the runway. Sand blowing across ramp. Ramp being pushed up to the airplane. United States troops disembarking from the plane. They board a bus and the bus leaves the area.
Activities of people at Tan Son Nhut in Vietnam during Vietnam War. A baby water buffalo stands beside a pond. Shadow of the buffalo in water. Traffic passes along Tan Son Nhut main gate. Houses along the sides of the street.
The U.S. Army 101st Airborne Division returns to A Shau Valley in Vietnam during the Battle of Fire Support Base Ripcord during Vietnam War. A U.S. Army UH-1B Iroquois helicopter comes in and lands on a mountaintop at Fire Support Base Ripcord. American troops unload supplies from the UH-1B Iroquois helicopter and the helicopter takes off. The soldiers carry equipment and supply to Fire Support Base. The supplies on the ground. The troops move at the Fire Support Base. A troop carries a hose of an equipment. Troops carrying equipment. The helicopter brings troops to landing zone fury.
Views from an aircraft circling counterclockwise over the large area occupied by elements of the U.S. 25th Infantry Division at Cu Chi, Vietnam. Among the sites seen at the camp are: the C-123 airstrip; CH-47 areas; 1/8 ARTY (1st Battalion, 8th Field Artillery Regiment); 2/77 ARTY; 1/6 ARTY; 3/13 ARTY; 2/27 Infantry; 65th and 554th Engineer Battalions; 125th and 36th Signal Battalions; 12th Medical Evacuation and 25th Medical Battalions; 3/4 Cavalry, 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry (Golden Dragons) and others.
U.S. Mobile Riverine Force comprising of Navy Squadrons and 9th Infantry Division carry out Operation Truong Cong Dinh in Dong Tam, Vietnam. Soldiers wade across knee-deep water of a stream and struggle up a muddy bank. The soldiers cross various log footbridges over canals and streams in the jungle. A line of soldiers walk along a canal.
Film starts showing two CH-46A helicopter in flight low over rice paddies during the Vietnam War. View is from another helicopter flying above. An M60 machine gun is seen sticking out of the overflying helicopter. White smoke is rising from some small fires on the ground. Several CH-46 choppers are seen on the ground with rotors turning. Glimpse of M60 machine gun protruding from the overflying camera helicopter. Small fire burning behind the parked choppers. Change of scene shows 4 U.S. jet aircraft in formation. One dives down and drops napalm on a target marked by white smoke. The bomb explodes in a fireball billowing dense smoke. Another jet drops a bomb in wooded area.