Manila Summit Conference to review the efforts for negotiations of a peaceful settlement of the Vietnam war, in South East Asia. An official speaks. View of U.S. White House. A U.S. plane in flight as President Johnson attends a seven nation Summit Conference to be held in Manila. View of Manila city. Miniature flags of South Korea, Thailand, Australia, and New Zealand. President of the Philippines, Ferdinand Emmanuel EdralĂn Marcos officiates ceremony. Asian allies soldiers standing. South Korean troops disembark the landing craft to support American military action in Vietnam. U.S. combat troops and U.S. Army helicopters are in action. Asian allies troops move into action in Vietnam.
Views from U.S. held defense fortifications at Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam. Interior view of living quarter of United States personnel. Old tunnel of French Defense area. Sign reads 'CPO quarters'. Man stands over radio shack in operation tower. Soldier talks over phone in the operation room. Lt. J .W. Allen, Operations Officer, in his office. (Vietnam War period).
Activities at Tan Son Nhut AFB, Vietnam. Secretary of the U.S. Air Force, Robert C. Seamans arrival at Tan Son Nhut flight line. Dr. Seamans seen inspecting USAF and VNAF troops and exchanging salutes. He presents silver stars to one Master Sgt. and two VNAF officers and congratulates them. (Vietnam War period).
Activities at Binh Thuy AFB, Vietnam. Secretary of U.S. Air Force Robert C. Seamans and party arrive at flight line in their car. VNAF personnel telling about the specifications of Rocket and Minigun at UH-1H aircraft. Vietnamese officer describing about the arms on UH-1H to Dr. Seamans. Gen. Lucius Clay,7th AF Commander and Dr. Seamans shaking hands with the VNAF personnel. (Vietnam War period).
Activities at AFB Vietnam. Secretary of U.S. Air Force Robert C. Seamans arrival at Tan Son Nhut flight line. Dr. Seamans inspecting the USAF and VNAF troops and presenting silver medals to USAF M Sgt.and two VNAF officers. Troops dispersing and congratulating the three officers who received the awards. Dr. Seamans and other officers boarding the staff cars and leaving. (Vietnam War period).
Scenes from massive offensive by 1st Air Cavalry Division against the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) in A Shau Valley, during the Vietnam War. Film opens showing scattered wreckage of a U.S. Army UH-1H helicoptor damaged by enemy fire or by collision with obstacles during landing. As troops work to clear wreckage, another UH-1 lands precariously in the midst of debris. United States Army soldiers dismount. Other soldiers work around the crash site. Nearby, a contingent of troops is busy carving out a proper landing zone, using small tools and a number of chain saws. Two of them pass close by the camera, carrying a huge tree trunk. Troops employ chain saws close to one another as they work on the tangled underbrush and trees. In the background, one soldier chops smaller brush with a machete. (Note: It has been reported that these scenes depict elements of B Company, 227th Assault Helicopter battalion, at LZ Pepper, and the UH-1H seen landing might be from the 1st/9th "Head Hunters.")