Operation 'Jackstay' in Vung Tau, Vietnam. A Swift Boat (Patrol Craft, Fast ) PCF-26 underway on the Dong Tranh River. Patrol Craft PCF-31 underway. A shoreline in the background. A man stands up on the bow of PCF-26 boat. A man stands in the background aboard PCF-31. A man mans the twin machine guns aboard PCF-26. Other crew men stand on the deck. They stand around a 50 caliber machine gun. Crewmen aboard PCF-31 talk to men aboard PCF-26. Crewmen smoke as they stand by the twin machine gun. PCF-26 backs off from PCF-31. A man smokes aboard the boat. 50 caliber machine gun in view. A crewman stands in the background. PCF-26 underway in the river.
Operation 'Jackstay' in Vung Tau, Vietnam. Several ships at anchor in Dong Tranh River. A Swift Boat underway. A 50 caliber machine gun in the boat. A life jacket hangs from the gun mount. A United States flag flies in the breeze. A crew member looks out over the water. A shoreline in the background. The Swift Boat underway en route to Cat-Lo naval base. A crew man stands on the deck. A merchant tug and a barge underway. Junk being passed in the river by Patrol Craft PCF-31. Crewmen cover the 50 caliber machine gun.
Contract airlines supplementing the armed forces in airlifting cargo at Cam Ranh bay airbase in Vietnam. Pan American Boeing 707 taxiing on the runway. Close-up of the Pan Am insignia on the tail section of the airplane. Mountains in the background. World Airlines Boeing 707-320C taxiing out to runway and in flight.
Activities of people at Tan Son Nhut in Vietnam. Vietnamese people enter and exit Tan Son Nhut main gate at dawn. Vehicular traffic passes on the street.
Accidental fire started by a flare aboard USS Oriskany (CVA-34)aircraft carrier off South Vietnam. Men from damage control party work to control fire and smoke. Men gather around UH-2A helicopter after it lands bringing firefighting supplies. Sailors take a chow break and eat combat rations. (Vietnam War period).
Accidental burning below decks from a flare accident on USS Oriskany (CVA-34) off South Vietnam. Sailors hold water hose lines all over the deck. Fire fighters with breathing apparatus. Several officers in khakis seen on deck. Sailors fight fire below deck at side of ship. Smoke rises from the burning area. Another U.S. Aircraft Carrier (USS Constellation or the USS Franklin D. Roosevelt) is seen nearby. Firefighter emerges and ascends steps from area of fire. He pulls off his breathing gear mask. Smoke continues to rise from the area of fire. (Vietnam War period).