Scenes of Vietnamese people as they flee Hue during communist siege of the city in 1968 Tet offensive during the Vietnam War. Refugees with belongings run as city is bombed. Houses burned. Woman cries after crossing remains of a destroyed bridge over river. Scenes changes to one year later: Long line of Vietnamese on way to newly discovered mass grave on March 25, 1969. Vietnamese civilians dig and on March 27, 1969 they begin to uncover bodies in the sand which show signs of torture. Locals try to identify dead. Second mass grave uncovered. Dead bodies and body parts. Third mass burial uncovered. Men at local authorities meeting. Assembly point for hundreds of coffins. Incense burning. Mourners at coffin. Coffin opened and woman looks at remains. Flowers and incense burning on coffins. Buddhist ceremonies shows coffins prepared for procession. Women grieve. Shrine at cemetery.
Scattered dead bodies of Vietcong soldiers lay on ground in a U.S. Army base. Badly wounded corpses with blood are seen. Blood splatters all over the ground. Belongings of the soldiers like sandals lay on ground near the corpses.
Currency exchange at the headquarters of the Signal Group of the U.S. Army in Long Binh in Vietnam. United States Army officials exchanging the old currency notes of the soldiers with the new ones. Officers count notes and make register entries. The old and new currency notes. (Vietnam War period).
Currency exchange program at the headquarters of the Signal Group of the United States Army at their headquarters in Long Binh Vietnam. Officials of the United States Army at their desk. Counting the old and new currency notes. They inspect the forms of the soldiers. Photographer takes pictures. A soldier walks out of the office after receiving the new currency notes. (Vietnam War period).
U.S. 47th Infantry Brigade, 2nd Battalion in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Tracer fire and flares at night.
A helicopter is seen in flight, high overhead. Scene shifts to an OH-6 helicopter of the U.S. Army 54th Field Artillery Group, parked on the ground at a Base Camp, during the Vietnam War. Camera focuses on a 155mm M109 howitzer in a dugout position. U.S. troops standing atop the M109 and others look over their location, where mounds of earth are piled up from excavated defensive positions. Closeup of soldiers taking measurements for the defenses. another view of two persons strapping in an OH-6 helicopter. Soldiers working on the defense preparations, nearby. The helicopter takes of raising lots of dust. Camera follows it as it climbs and passes over the U.S. base, showing various buildings and other features of the base. (Note: Reportedly, the 54th Artillery Group was deactivated in November 1969 and all aircraft were given to other units.)