Film of Live Fire exercises involving Republic of Vietnam Regional and Popular Forces (RF/PF). They run along a river bank and then take up defensive position in a sandbagged bunker. Pre-planted munitions explode close around them. View of Republic of Vietnam flag fluttering from pole at river bank. Boats in the background. RF/PF fire their M-16 rifles. A pretender Viet Cong attacks the RF/PF and is "Killed." (Vietnam War period).
New class of replacements go through the 3 day course at the 1st Air Cavalry Division Combat Training Center in Vietnam. Replacements inspect AH-1G helicopter parked on an airstrip in Vietnam. Views of the interior of helicopter. Soldiers watch the instrument panel of the helicopter. (Vietnam War period).
Vietcong agents and a family emerge from of a boat in Vietnam. A group apprehends the guerrilla soldiers who initially claimed to be seeking asylum from the north but later revealed their plans. A map shows sea route from North to South Vietnam. Five Viet Cong guerrillas caught. (Vietnam War period).
A man dresses during Annual Parade in South Vietnam. This celebration is in honor of the Trung Sisters. Girls in parade in different uniforms. The dignitaries on chairs. A sign on the Hospital building. Injured girls on beds in the hospital after being attacked by Vietcong forces during the 1961 parade. Viet Cong guerrillas held captive. Illustrated map and a route on map from North to South Vietnam used by Viet Cong. (Vietnam War period).
American prisoners of war in Vietnam. A news bulletin shows an anchor with a map of South East Asia in the background. American soldiers taken as prisoners by North Vietnam enter a church and take their seats. A priest conducts a service. Numbers on the shirts of the men. They attend the prayer service. Men receive the holy communion at their seats. The prisoners sing hymns at the prayer service. (Vietnam War period).
Air kinescope of TV news broadcast about U.S. soldiers taken as prisoners of war (POWs) by the Viet Cong. Large illustration of POWs on wall behind newscaster, Charles Collingwood. A map of Vietnam highlights Con Thien, on the Vietnam-Laos border. Viet Cong film shows them, covered with foliage camouflage, firing small arms as they move through brush and surprise a group of American soldiers who surrender and are taken prisoner. The Americans are escorted by armed Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army soldiers. Views of individual American POWs. The news anchor speaks with a sign in the background that reads ' Causality reporting officer ' (Vietnam War period).