463rd Airlift Operations in support of humanitarian and combat operations in South East Asia. Interiors of C-130 Hercules aircraft in flight. BLU-82 bomb ("Daisy Cutter") dropped by a parachute. 15000 pound bomb explodes in thick forest area for creation of a landing zone.
The United States 1st Brigade Lancers of the 25th Infantry Division get off a U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter. They climb up the well bunkered Nui Ba Den Mountain also called 'The Black Lady Mountain'. Sign with 'Welcome to Nui Ba Den ' seen. Soldiers talk and relax. A soldier holds a cup in his hands. Another fills his cup from a container. Soldiers walk in a single file. CH-47 helicopter in flight overhead. Patrol moves downhill through dense foliage. Soldiers climb down rocks carefully. (Vietnam War period).
Members of the United States Air Force 17th Special Operations Squadron (SOS) turn AC-119G Gunship over to Vietnamese Air Force (VNAF). A VNAF personnel paints VNAF markings on parked AC-119G Gunship. USAF and VNAF officers sign papers. VNAF officer presents the insignia trophy to USAF officer and shakes hands. Sign on barracks building, "The Shadow's Lair." Insignia of Shadow. (Vietnam War period).
A dramatized training film shows Viet Cong troops in an assault boat. Views of thatch huts in a Vietnamese village. A jeep can be seen. Viet Cong attacks villagers in farm. A boy in village shot, he fells down. (Vietnam War period).
A dramatized training film shows Vietcong troops fire AK-47 rifle. A Vietnamese villager near a tree, a Vietnamese village girl looks at the boy, boy's hand is bleeding. (Vietnam War period).
Training film with simulated combat. Aerial views of a Vietnamese village road and houses. A jeep moving on the road, blasts on the sides of road. Military trucks can be seen on road. Aerial views of boats in river. (Vietnam War period).