An Army Marine Pilot walks up a gangway to ship. He moves to the deck of the ship. The pilot talks with Captain of the ship on the bridge. They look at the harbor. The pilot talks over walkie-talkie. A freighter moves away from pier. The Pilot looks at harbor and at the ship. He greets a man and they shake hands. They move out to bridge. The pilot talks on walkie-talkie. A soldier on a tugboat moves towards pier. (Vietnam War period).
Huge ship crane loads containers on tractor trailers. Sea-land is written on the containers. Soldiers assist in proper unloading of containers from the crane to trailers. The tractor trailers drive off after loading. (Vietnam War period).
Demonstration of defensive measures used at perimeter fence to guard against enemy ground attack during the Vietnam War. Several bright flash views of Napalm being fired off at night in dark. Bright flashes and arcs of burning fire that drop to the ground as the napalm is shot outward at Bein Hoa Air Base. Scattered fire burns. A series of Napalm explosions take place and fire burns.
Recreational facilities available to personnel at Tuy Hoa airbase in Vietnam. Airmen seated in chairs at a theater. They watch a film on television.
United States troops of the 506th Infantry, 101st Airborne Division in Cambodia, during the Vietnam War. Several soldiers are seen in wooded area. One talks over a PR-25 radio from a tree line at the edge of large open field. Another soldier slings an M-60 machine gun over his shoulder. Then, carrying their gear, the soldiers walk across the open field toward an area where a camp is being set up. In the distance, a UH-1 Huey helicopter sits with engine running and rotor blades turnng. The soldiers enter the tree line where others are assembling with their gear and supplies, next to the open field. The soldier carrying the M-60 machine gun, waves to the camera. Closeup of some soldiers who have pitched a couple of tents and are opening boxes of supplies. A change of scene shows several troops escorting a captured North Vietnamese army (NVA) soldier, whose hands are tied behind him, to a UH-1 helicopter with engine running. The Huey is next seen taking off with the prisoner aboard. Closeup of black NVA cap, left behind,in the mud. (Note: Within a few days, all these troops distinguished themselves in combat with North Vietnamese Army troops. One, in particular, Leslie H. Sabo, Jr. Specialist Fourth Class, of Company B, 3d Battalion, heroically sacrificed his life, in combat on May 10, 1970, and was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor.)
Protestors in Washington DC on May 5, 1970, following several days of "MayDay" anti-war protests, against the Vietnam War, organized in part by the National Peace Action Coalition. Wide shot of Washington Monument with helicopters flying near it. Protestors walking into streets in small groups and attempting to block traffic and disrupt traffic and operations in the city as part of a multi day May Day protest. View of police officers blowing whistles and attempting to clear protestors from streets, as cars drive around protestors. Protestors drag a trash can into a street as an obstruction. Police on motorcycles drive by, one passing a Volkswagen bus van. Police directing traffic. A group of hippies and protestors gathered in a median between roads. One protestor is smoking. Another shows a peace sign with his hand. A police officer stands by guarding the seated group. Police in riot gear stand in front of the Justice Department awaiting a noon rally of antiwar protestors. Several thousand protestors show up, exceeding the numbers expected by police. The protestors sing, dance, chant, and clap hands as they fill the road in front of the Justice Department. Police use bull horns warning crowd to disperse or be arrested. Many protestors remain and are shown being arrested and carried away, some without resistance, and others resisting arrest.A hippie protestor being arrested holds up both hands showing peace signs.