U.S. 1st Marine Aircraft Wing in action in South Vietnam. Ground troops about 20 meters away from the enemy. 1st Marine Aircraft Wing Headquarter is contacted. Personnel at air base takes the information about location. Pilots are briefed by a briefing officer. He says three runs on target and last man calls off target. Pilots and crew run towards aircraft. They sit in F-4 Phantom and A-4 Sky Hawks. Crafts taxi out of revetments and take off. Ground troops fire. Aerial views as bombers and fighter jets drop bombs and fire rockets on enemy targets. Fire and explosions on ground. Point of view (POV) shots from forward underbelly of aircraft showing rocket launchers as rockets are fired at targets. Dramatic explosions on ground. Marine Forward Air Controller informs the base about accurate bombing. Ground troops move forward. Viet civilians walk on road. (Vietnam War period).
U.S. bomber aircraft drop bombs on Vietcong positions in North Vietnam. They blast railroad lines, power stations, supply camps and enemy convoys. They drop bombs on airstrips and river banks in Thailand. (Vietnam War period).
United States conducts air strike on targets in south Vietnam during Vietnam War. Small boats at rivers edge in area of pier. Huge explosion goes off at river edge of pier and small boats appear to be a direct hit. Another huge explosion goes off in an area of small boats along river's edge. Bomb crater below at river's edge, smoke rises from the river. Out over water and some of the peninsula sticking into water. A bomb explodes along the edge of a canal. A-1H in flight. Fighting Air Command's (FAC) type aircraft pulling up in background, flying very low, bomb heads towards shoreline of canal and explodes. A-1H in flight in the background. Bomb being released from the aircraft and hits shoreline of the canal resulting in an explosion. A-1H in flight. Napalm explodes along the shoreline resulting in fire. A-1H in flight over target area.
Civilian life in Vietnam, early in Vietnam War. General terrain of a village. Bulldozer clears an area. Several villagers use hand tools to clear an area. Bulldozers in the background. Farmers plow a field with two oxen. Farmers work with a wooden plow. Man plucks grapes from a vine and puts it in a basket. A street and huts in a village. A man and woman go on a two wheeler on a street.
Measures to take care of health of civilians in Vietnam, early in Vietnam War period. Interior of a home. Elderly man and young girl take prescription from a man. A man sprays from a tank over a swamp area. Vietnamese technicians take soil sample. Class members study. Man gives a demonstration as the class looks on.
Civilian life in Vietnam early in Vietnam War. A village dog behind bushes. Viet patrol walks through the village. Children and men look on. Flat terrain in the village. Several grass huts. Roadway in the foreground. Small group of people stand with a Nun dressed in white. A classroom. Two holes made due to shell fire in the center of a building. A middle aged woman stand inside a building. Debris spread around as a result of shelling. Broken crucifix on ground. Nun stands with a group of people in the village. Vietnamese soldier talks to men. A burned out bus and a car. Fishing boat at pier. Several people in the foreground with sampan hats. Group of women and girls on board. A sampan arrives as villagers greet each other on beach area. Two Vietnamese girls stand.