UC-123B aircraft spread defoliant agent orange in Vietnam. Ranch Hand UC-123Bs of the 12th Air Commando Squadron, flying side by side, make a single pass over a ten mile strip of land that lies between Con Thien and Gia Linh. Shows aircraft in flight to target area, descending, and spraying defoliant agent. They generate a continuous unbroken cloud of agent orange over the area.. The aircraft return to base as evening begins, flying in loose trail formation.
Hippie protesters walking through the streets of Washington, D.C. as they join the May Day Protests on early Monday morning, May 3rd, 1971 to protest the Vietnam War. A hand circles areas on a map showing the protesters’ target areas in Washington DC. View of the May Day protest manual shows Washington DC’s traffic circles and bridges for reference to protestors. Still image of United States President Richard Nixon as he says, "we’re going to see to it that the thousands of government workers, who have a right to go to work peacefully are not interfered with by those militants, those few militants, who in the name of demonstrating for peace abroad presume that they have the right to break the peace at home." View of the May 4, 1971 front page of The Washington Daily News with headline, “The Cry Today; “We Will Stay””. Traffic in Washington DC before sunrise. Seal of the Washington DC Metropolitan Police on police car door. Police officer speaks to a federal soldier, saying, "I'll start working on my men, and I'll be back very shortly." Federal troops at night in formation. Hippie demonstrators with a flag walk past a drug store at night, probably in Dupont Circle. Predawn traffic on Key Bridge at night with Marriott Key Bridge sign in background. Predawn traffic in Washington, D.C. with three motorcycle cops on standby. Soldiers on bridge, possibly the Whitehurst Freeway. Rush hour traffic on Memorial Bridge heading towards Lincoln Memorial with federal troops standing guard on bridge. Rush hour traffic over Key Bridge with Rosslyn, VA in background. Camera pans from the "Time to Save" sign on the Dupont National Bank building at 1369 Connecticut Ave. NW, to the Dupont Circle fountain. D.C. metropolitan police talk to federal troops in front of the Dupont Circle fountain. A mosaic of moving images showing demonstrations in Dupont Circle, Washington Circle, and Georgetown. Police push protestors against squad car to search and arrest them. A police officer confiscates items, such as keys, tickets, and screwdriver, from an arrested demonstrator. Arrested demonstrators raise their fists inside the police bus. Police order demonstrators to leave the area. Black police woman searches a woman hippie protester. Hippies arrested as they lean against bus with hands up. Protestor van towed away. A black policewoman conducts a search on a young woman. Demonstrators board a police bus after their arrest. Demonstrators board the back of a Hertz truck used by the police. Demonstrators detained in an emergency detention center near RFK Stadium. A radical flag flying at the detention center. A page pertaining to “Arrest and Jail” in the “May Day Tactical Manual” for participants on the 1971 May Day Protests. Police officer take photographs of arrested demonstrators standing on street with hands zip tied behind their backs. Arrested hippies smile as their pictures are taken. United States Park Police officer looks at watch while writing arrest reports. Demonstrators wave from bus as it drives away after mass arrest.
An orientation film for United States Air Force personnel assigned to Southeast Asia. Son Nhut Air Base near Saigon in Vietnam. U.S. Air Force officers and airmen lined up at the entrance. The waiting airmen board a bus. A sign on the bus reds 'CBPO Processing'. Airmen in the background walk towards the Air Base entrance. An airman stands by the bus door as the newly arrived airmen line up with their luggage. A board reads '900 area, DEET 1 Billeting'. An airman briefs the seated airmen and officers. Stationary military trucks and buses in the background. Another airman takes over and speaks to the group. Officers and airmen enter the Vietnamese Tan Son Nhut Air Base Dining Hall #3. (Vietnam War period).
An orientation film for United States Air Force personnel assigned to Southeast Asia. USAF airmen walk with their baggage. Bags lying outside a building. Airmen seated at a table. A Vietnamese in a coolie hat pulls a wheel barrow. An airman stands on a bench and talks to the others. An airman takes notes near a bus. Sign on bus reads 'CBPO Processing'. Airmen including Airmen First Class and Senior Airmen board the buses. Papers on the bus read 'Phan Rang', 'Cam Ranh Bay', 'Nha Trang', and 'Tan Hoa.' (Vietnam War period).
Operation Junction City in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Vietcong soldiers attend a political or propaganda lecture. The soldiers cross a road. A Vietcong soldier carries an AK-47 submachine gun. An abandoned bus at the side of a road. A dead body beside the bus. Vietcong soldiers in a field. A dead ARVN (Army of the Republic of Vietnam) soldier. United States Air Force C-123B Provider aircraft in flight
Vietnamese refugees arrive in the United States after the fall of Saigon at the end of the Vietnam War. Cars and a bus moving along a street in Florida. A sign board reads 'Eglin Air Force Base, Refugee Reception Center'. Buses and cars enter the premises. People seated in a bus. A man speaks to them. Vietnamese refugee families get off the bus. They walk with their personal belongings. People enter tents and temporary barracks. A child lying on a bed. A man writes on a paper.
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