View of muddy river from a Command and Communications boat of the Mobile Riverine Force (9th Infantry Division) moving in the Song Ba Lai - West region in Vietnam. As it rounds a bend in the river, several other boats from the unit are seen ahead including Armored Troop Carriers and monitors underway. One monitor, maneuvers close to shore past the camera boat. it is followed by two Armored Troop Carriers. Change of scene, shows another Command and Communications boat passing the camera boat in the opposite direction.
United States soldiers of Mobile Riverine Force (9th Infantry Division) in Vietnam. Assault Support Patrol Boat ASPB A-112-3 and A-112-6 underway in a river. Soldiers aboard the "Brown Water Navy" ASPB boats. A Command Control Boat (CCB) goes by on the river. Close up view of 40 mm gun mounted in turret of a Monitor. The 40 mm gun of the Monitor as it fires at Viet Cong bunker positions along the shore. Smoke rises up and explosions seen along the bank of the river. The Monitor heads up the river. Views of the Monitor starboard side and the gun turret after it pulls up to shore.
Mass demonstration by South Vietnamese people against Viet Cong terrorism, peace talk suggestions by foreign leaders and reports of government in exile, Paris. People carry banners with slogans written on them. (Vietnam War period).
U.S. Mobile Riverine Force comprising of Navy Squadrons and 9th Infantry Division carry out Operation Truong Cong Dinh in Dong Tam, Vietnam. A suspect's ID card is checked by South Vietnamese soldiers. The soldiers help each other up a muddy embankment and to cross a footbridge. A U.S. Army OH-23 Raven helicopter lands.
(Clip opens with a brief view of a "color girl" or "china girl" for color television calibration.) Military and commercial aircraft land and take off from Da Nang Air Base in Vietnam. An F-4E Phantom takes off from the runway. A Volpar Beechcraft Model 18 takes off. A C-130A Hercules and an O-2A Skymaster land and taxi on the runway. OV-10A Bronco, T-39A Sabreliner and O-1E Bird Dog take off from the Da Nang Air Base runway. C-123K Provider taxis on landing.
Military and commercial aircraft operating at Da Nang Air Base in Vietnam. Four McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II's taxi towards the runway and take off in succession. American World Airways Boeing 707, O-2A Skymaster, and C-123 Provider take off from the runway. TA-4F takes off .