First scene shows U.S. marines descending rope net ladder from side of the USS Pickaway (APA-222) in waters off Da Nang, South Vietnam. Next, marines of 2nd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment are seen hitting the beach at Danang, from her Higgins boats on 7 July,1965. Scene shifts to U.S. Air Force C-130 aircraft carrying U.S. army troops who are photographed as they step from the aircraft. Trucks carrying some of these soldiers drive along a road in South Vietnam. Officer confer over tactical map of an area. Vietnamese civilian refugees are seen struggling to depart. Small Vietnamese children at a school or other institution, are photographed as they line up and wash themselves before eating a meal. Smallest children are seated in high chairs. President Johnson seen saying "I do not find it easy to send the flower of our youth, our finest young men, into battle." Pictures of young American men and women are shown in various places and circumstances. A young couple. A man in cowboy hat. A factory worker. A young man laughing. a steel worker on an I beam during construction of a high rise building. Young people assembled at some sort of occasion. Images of Chinese Chairman, Mao Zedong, and Vietnamese leader Ho Chi Minh. Bow of a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier cutting the water, and then broad view of entire ship, the USS Randolph (CV-15). (Note: the Randolph played no role in the Vietnam War.) Aircraft being catapulted from a carrier. USAF B-52 bombers dropping bombs in Arc Light missions over Vietnam. Bombs exploding on the ground. U.S. Marines operating a type of landing craft tracked. Troops deploying from a landing craft at a beach. American troops making their way through jungles. Scene reverts back to President Johnson still speaking (July 28, 1965).
Prime Minister of Japan Eisaku Sato visits Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Prime Minister of Japan Eisaku Sato arrives at the Saigon Tan Son Nhat International Airport (Truong Son, Phuong 2, Tan Binh, Thanh pho Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam). Prime Minister of South Vietnam, Nguyen Cao Ky and officials greet and receive him. Dignitaries walk past the lined-up troops. Large crowd of civilians gather at the airport to greet Prime Minister Sato. Prime Minister Nguyen Cao Ky addresses gathering. Dignitaries wave at the gathering from the reviewing stand.
United States Marine Corps trucks moving along road in Vietnam during Vietnam War. Low mountain ranges are seen in the background. A village in Vietnam as seen from a moving vehicle. Coconut trees, houses and Vietnamese civilians are seen on both sides of the road. A railroad track is seen on the right side of the road. A pair of Vietnamese civilians cross the railroad tracks. A steel bridge over a river. View from atop a moving vehicle as the USMC trucks cross a steel bridge. Vietnamese engineers working and a Marine are seen on both sides of the bridge. Trucks on dirt road in rural Vietnam. The truck passes by a pair of blue trucks parked on the left side of the road. A Vietnamese child farmer tending to herd of brown cattle.
Views from UH-1 helicopter flying over Mekong Delta region of South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. A river and rice paddies are seen. Black smoke rising from a spot on the ground, as seen through mist.
Two T-28 Trojan in flight just after take off. View of two airplanes flying. T-28, a United States armed forces airplane lands at an airbase in Vietnam during Vietnam War.
Soldiers working with a scope instrument in a field in Vietnam during Vietnam War. Wire form unit is pulled out across field.