Aircraft and helicopters in flight over Saigon. Formation of clouds. American vehicles line up in streets. American soldiers on vehicles. Soldiers pass in jeeps on road. ARVN (Army of the Republic of Vietnam) soldiers guard street. (Vietnam War period).
French colonials, carrying French tricolor flags, and Vietnamese civilians, carrying North Vietnamese flags, mingle with French and Vietnamese military and officials, outside airport. men carry a huge banner. The banner reads 'Viet Nam Lao Dong Lien Doan', meaning: Vietnam Labor Union. A group of young Vietnamese women, carry flags and chant. Small Vietnamese children wave flags. A DC-3 aircraft, with North Vietnam flags in the windows, taxis to a stop. North Vietnamese leader, Ho Chi Minh, emerges, followed by Jean Sainteny, delegate from the High Commissioner of France. Ho Chi Minh is immediately surrounded by high ranking French officers and officials and press and photographers. A little Vietnamese girl presents him flowers. Ho Chi Minh makes a public statement into two microphones covered by hankerchiefs (to muffle wind?).
U.S. 3rd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division operations at Phu Bai Combat Base near Hue, Vietnam. Empty dump trucks enter the base. Airport at Phu Bai. View of Phu Bai combat base. (Vietnam War period).
U.S. 3rd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division operations at Phu Bai Combat Base near Hue, Vietnam. Aircraft taxis on runway at airport in Phu Bai. A jeep backs up. Vehicles travel on a road. (Vietnam War period).
U.S. 3rd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division operations at Phu Bai Combat Base near Hue, Vietnam. Jeeps travel on a road leading to airport at Phu Bai. Civilian and army vehicles move on the road. Entrance to Camp Holmes. Camp Holmes sign. (Vietnam War period).
U.S. 82nd Airborne Division operations at Phu Bai Combat Base near Hue, Vietnam. Army jeep and other vehicle travel on a road near Phu Bai Combat Base. Rough terrain. (Vietnam War period).