Operation Cedar Falls in South Vietnam. United States soldiers of 1st infantry division carry captured Viet Cong (VC) munitions through tall grass. A soldier gets into a hole containing cache of VC munitions and passes them to other soldiers, nearby. (Vietnam War period).
Operation Cedar Falls in South Vietnam. United States soldiers of 1st infantry division stand in the jungle. A soldier climbs a ladder down into a Viet Cong tunnel, where he finds a cache of weapons and munitions. Soldiers empty the cache and pile the munitions on the ground above the tunnel. (Vietnam War period).
Operation Cedar Falls in South Vietnam. United States soldiers of 1st infantry division place munitions from a Viet Cong cache into a trailer and haul it out of the area. A U.S. soldier lights fuses on explosives which then explode, destroying a set of Viet Cong tunnels. (Vietnam War period).
U.S. 20th Helicopter Squadron, Special Forces personnel and Montagnard troops aboard U.S. Army UH-1F Iroquois helicopters en route to a remote village in Vietnam to pick up a suspected Vietcong prisoner during the Vietnam War. Troops leave a UH-1F helicopter as it lands. They run into a jungle. The UH-1F helicopter takes off. The UH-1F unloading troops. Special Forces personnel and Montagnard troops enter the village and bring the prisoner from a hut to the UH-1F. More troops leave the UH-1F. The UH-1F takes off. Aerial view of the village. UH-1Fs land on the field and troops leave a helicopter. Suspected Vietcong prisoner is marched by a Special Forces personnel. UH-1Fs take off.
As examples of action expected under provisions of the Third Geneva Convention, opening scenes show Republic of Vietnam soldiers (ARVN) escorting some Viet Cong prisoners of war (POW); a wounded being carried on a stretcher; refugees moving along a trail en masse and women and children being helped to board a DC-3 transport airplane. As examples of prohibited behavior: soldiers are seen abusing prisoners; a woman strikes someone surrounded by a vigilante group; a soldier threatens a child; mother and child being threatened. A Cuban revolutionary officer is seen passing sentence on prisoner without due process. A prisoner being executed by a firing squad. (Vietnam War period).
A United States Air Force HH-53 helicopter test rescue operations in Vietnam. The crew boards the HH-53 helicopter and lifts off. The cockpit of the helicopter is seen along with its radar display. A cable is lowered to rescue a man during a simulated rescue operation. A crew member brings the rescued man into the helicopter. (Vietnam War period).