Mao Zedong emerges from his cave house headquarters at Yan'an, China, followed by an interpreter and John S. Service, of the U.S. State Department, who is smoking a cigarette. They stand in the yard in front of the house, where they are joined by a Western reporter and another person on Mao's staff. Glimpses of participants conversing. Several closeups of Mao Zedong.
Bethune International Peace Hospital in Hebei Province in China. A bust sculpture of Dr. Norman Bethune,outside the hospital. Medics take a patient on a stretcher. Doctors work at the hospital and teach.. A nurse records temperature of a woman. Babies sleep in beds Nurse sits with a baby in her lap. Nurses weigh a baby. Children wipe utensils. Nurses play with children.
Inhabitance in mountain village, Shaanxi Province, China. Houses carved out of mountain side (called "Yaodongs"). Valley under the foot of a mountain. Huts and houses in the valley. A man grazes domestic animals. A building in the village. Bactrian Camels loaded with luggage, a man walks along side.
Operations of U.S. Navy A-7A Corsair 2 aircraft aboard USS Ranger underway in the South China Sea during the Vietnam War. A shoulder patch on the right shoulder of Commander James Hill, Commanding Officer of VA-147. He gives a briefing to his pilots. A chart of Vietnam. Hands of Commander Hill holding a pointer and a cigar butt. Commander Hill with the pilots in a briefing room. The pilots listen to the briefing. A TV monitor is in the background, a picture on the screen. Commander Hill points to an aerial photograph tacked to a blackboard. A pilot talks during the briefing. Two pilots chat. A partial map of Vietnam, showing the east coast area. Commander Kinnear, CAG (Carrier Air Group) Commander, talks to a group. Commander Hill stands in the background.
Operations of U.S. Navy A-7A Corsair 2 aircraft aboard USS Ranger underway in the South China Sea during the Vietnam War. A press conference in progress by United States Navy Vice Admiral William F. Bringle. Several newsmen in the foreground. A newsman jots notes. Newsmen sitting at the tables in a wardroom listen to the briefing conference. Vice Admiral Bringle seated at a desk in the background. A news cameraman in the foreground takes movies. Many newsmen in the wardroom during the press conference.
Operations of U.S. Navy A-7A Corsair 2 aircraft aboard USS Ranger underway in the South China Sea during the Vietnam War. An A-7A aircraft parked on the flight deck. Aircraft and personnel on the deck of USS Ranger. A plane captain giving a rev up signal. A CAG (Carrier Air Group) Commander in the cockpit of his A-7A. The plane captain gives a rev up signal to the pilot. Commander Kinnard in the cockpit. He closes the canopy of the aircraft. The plane captain takes a tie-down from a strut, shaking panels alongside the A-7A. The airplane taxis on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier. An officer gives a launch signal. The aircraft being launched and airborne.