Viet Cong soldiers fire rifles and machine guns at U.S. aircraft during battle in Vietnam War. Brief view of two dead U.S. soldiers lying on the ground. A hut burning in the jungle. View of injured or dead North Vietnamese soldier, and of a procession of mourners carrying the body out of the jungle to waiting boats.
United States Army's Escort and Attacker helicopter OH-6A Cayuse flies over the jungle area of operation and lands near the purple smoke grenade. An OH-6A Cayuse lands on helicopter pad at base camp. Attacker helicopter AH-1G Cobra and 0H-6A Cayuse seen on landing field. (Vietnam War period).
Air-to-air as United States Army's Attacker AH-1G Cobra takes off from field. Attacker Helicopter AH-1G seen flying over the jungle area. U.S. riverine force boats move upriver in a line. (Vietnam War period).
Captured Viet Cong film shows their methods and tactics. Viet Cong soldier winds mopic film around frame and places film in solution. He views film over table and makes special effects title shots. Young Vietnamese boy stands next to the Viet Cong. (Vietnam War period).
Landing craft loaded with French troops make their way through the Bamboo Canal in Vietnam. Troops disembark from the landing craft on river bank near port of Coi-Co at the junction of Song-Thai-Binh. They cross open fields and canal ( some with supplies on their backs). Local children seen with water buffaloes. A truck is ferried across the canal. Advance is held up as they encounter Viet-Minh resistance at a village. French soldiers dig in. They fire machine guns and mortars. Thatched-roofed house burns as they occupy the village.
Vietnam under French occupation and working for the Indochinese Society of Rubber Plantations. Rural family hut with straw roof and children sitting on the ground outside. Still image of a wood plank road. Vietnamese laborers carrying loading sacks of food onto a boat. Vietnamese families in hills and fording a stream. A woman with baby on her back is pulled up an embankment. The people assemble to camp and view the body of one of their dead comrades. Still image of baby and mother viewing body. View of the jungle with a flowing river. Rubber tree being tapped. A sign reads: SOCIÉTÉ INDOCHINOISE DE PLANTATIONS D’HÉVÉAS