Distant views of three B-52 D planes taking off in succession, from U-Tapao Royal Thai Air Force Base during Vietnam war. Views are from camera at side of runway. Takeoffs are made toward the camera that tracks the aircraft as they pass overhead and climb out.
Air Force tractor pulls a rack of bombs under the wing of a B-52 bomber and to the front of the aircraft, parked on a ramp at U-Tapao Royal Thai Air Force Base in Thailand, during the Vietnam war. Photograpner slate interrupts, followed by view of another tractor pulling several racks of bombs under and past the B-52. The train of bomb racks continues moving along the ramp toward other B-52s parked in revetments.
Film opens showing a blue crew bus moving on a ramp at U-Tapao Royal Thai Air Force Base in Thailand, during the Vietnam war. It stops near a B-52 bomber, and the crew members step from the bus. Some carry gear in A-3 bags. The crew members each begin their respective preflight inspections, as the aircraft commander looks over the aircraft's Form 1. Photographer slate is shown. Then the scene is retaken. The aircraft commander is seen looking over the bombs loaded on the aircraft.
A television program 'Longines Chronoscope'. News correspondents Larry LeSueur and Bill Costello talk with Senator Mike Mansfield, from Montana. Senator Mansfield talks in regard to South Vietnam and the need to protect it against Communism.
United States KC-135 A aircraft in Takhli, Thailand during the Vietnam War. United States KC-135 A aircraft in flight above fleecy clouds.
United States airmen in Takhli, Thailand during the Vietnam War. The airmen are seated at a table as they eat food in a dinning hall at Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base. The airmen are being served food by personnel. Plates and glasses stacked up. A man serves food in a plate. The airmen eat their meal. An airmen enters the dinning hall. A sign reads ' Dinning Hall '.