Air Force tractor pulls a rack of bombs under the wing of a B-52 bomber and to the front of the aircraft, parked on a ramp at U-Tapao Royal Thai Air Force Base in Thailand, during the Vietnam war. Photograpner slate interrupts, followed by view of another tractor pulling several racks of bombs under and past the B-52. The train of bomb racks continues moving along the ramp toward other B-52s parked in revetments.
Film opens showing a blue crew bus moving on a ramp at U-Tapao Royal Thai Air Force Base in Thailand, during the Vietnam war. It stops near a B-52 bomber, and the crew members step from the bus. Some carry gear in A-3 bags. The crew members each begin their respective preflight inspections, as the aircraft commander looks over the aircraft's Form 1. Photographer slate is shown. Then the scene is retaken. The aircraft commander is seen looking over the bombs loaded on the aircraft.
A television program 'Longines Chronoscope'. News correspondents Larry LeSueur and Bill Costello talk with Senator Mike Mansfield, from Montana. Senator Mansfield talks in regard to South Vietnam and the need to protect it against Communism.
The U.S. aircrafts lands after the Vietnam Carrier Air Strike in South China Sea on the deck of USS Hancock CV-19, Pacific Ocean. U.S. A-1H Skyraider makes a recovery. Plane taxies forward, aircraft folds its wings. U.S. A-1H Skyraider lands. U.S. A-1H Skyraider on a fly back taking a wave off. U.S. A-1H Skyraider on the deck after landing. Damage to the side of U.S. A-1H Skyraider. A hole in its fuselage.
U.S. aircrafts lands after the Vietnam Carrier Air Strike in South China Sea on the deck of USS Hancock CV-19, Pacific Ocean. U.S. A-4E Skyhawk makes arrested landing. U.S. F-8D Crusader makes arrested landing. Man runs out and hangs on the wing.
President of South Vietnam Nguyen Van Thieu during his visit to San Clemente in California, United States. President Nixon, the First Lady Patricia, President Thieu and his wife sit for a luncheon at a poolside. Flowers and plants in the garden. Mrs. Nixon and Mrs. Thieu take their lunch at a poolside table. U.S. Secretary of State Dr. Kissinger talks to a South Vietnamese official at another table. Other dignitaries on dining tables. President Thieu stands and speaks at the dinner followed by President Nixon. Other people at the luncheon watch President Nixon as he speaks.