ewsreel clip on the Atlanta Braves bringing major league baseball to the South. View of the downtown Atlanta skyline in 1966, followed by view of Atlanta Stadium. Thousands of people line the streets to welcome the Braves in a pre-game parade that proceeds South along Peachtree Street towards Five Corners, in the heart of the city. View of road sign at Peachtree and Houston streets. Banners reading "Welcome Braves." One car carries coach Ken Silvestri, Ken Johnson (#30), and Hank Fischer (#34). Closeup of them waving to the crowd. An intrepid boy watching from atop a traffic light. Boys and girls standing in front of adults on the sidewalk. One small boy sits on the sidewalk curb. The Players ride in wide 1960s-style open convertible cars and wave to the crowd. Other players seen include #19 Dennis Menke, #43 Rico Carty, and #35 Phil Niekro. Views inside Atlanta Stadium, filled with 50,000 spectators for the first game. Tony Cloninger delivers a pitch for the Braves, who would go onto to lose this game and the next.
Accidental fire aboard the USS Oriskany (CVA-34) from burning flare, while she was operation off the coast of Vietnam. Men from damage control party don breathing apparatus. A-4E type aircraft parked on flight deck. Men gather around a scorched A-4E aircraft. Control party holds fire hoses all over the deck area. Medics move several injured crew members on rolling stretchers.
A Refugee Settlement Camp south of Dak To in South Vietnam. Colonel Everrett A. Stoutner, Deputy Commander, U.S. Army 3rd Brigade 25th Infantry Division, and officers visit the refugee camp. Major Bong, Chief of Camp, RVN Army, assembles the refugees. Major Bong briefs visiting dignitaries and takes the group around. The visitors and camp workers distribute candy and soap to the refugees. Girl sifting rice. The Camp site with Montagnard refugees showing living quarters of crudely constructed make shift tents. (Vietnam War period).
A Refugee Settlement Camp south of Dak To in South Vietnam. Colonel Everrett A. Stoutner, Deputy Commander, U.S. Army 3rd Brigade 25th Infantry Division, and officers at he refugee camp. Major Bong, Chief of Camp, RVN Army, assembles the refugees. Major Bong briefs visiting dignitaries and takes the group around. Children in a line. Montagnard refugees outside their crudely constructed living quarters. Mothers with their children. Soldiers with the children. The visitors and camp workers distribute candy and soap to the refugees. Thin and skinny children stand around the soldiers. (Vietnam War period).
First day of duty of the United States Air Force personnel in Vietnam. A briefing session to the Air Force officials at the Central Base Personnel Processing Office (CBPPO) in South Vietnam. An official addresses by a suspended microphone set. Personnel move to their barracks. A2C Gerald A. Fielder removes his clothes. (Vietnam War period).
An aircraft flies over fields,bridge over river in area of Vung Tau, South Vietnam. Boats move across the river . Aerial views of the Port of Saigon, South Vietnam. A number of ships anchor at the dock as a large amount of cargo lies at the port. A number of small boats,motor boats and steamers move across the river.
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