U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense David Packard on a tour of Vietnam. David Packard walks at a naval shipyard in Saigon. Commodore Tran Van Chon, Chief of Naval Operations ;Vietnamese Navy, walks with Mr Packard. U.S. Vice Admiral E. R. Zumwalt, Comnavforces, Vietnam and Mr. Packard look at Ferro cement boats that were built by Vietnamese at Vietnamee Naval shipyard. Mr Packard looks at the boats from the edge of the dock. Commodore Chon in the background. Mr.Packard chats with E. R. Zumwalt and they enter a car. The official party looks at some of the ribs of one of the boats under construction. Mr. Packard signs a log book. E. R. Zumwalt stands in the background in a building at the shipyard. Mr Packard is introduced to an officer of the Republic of Vietnam. The official party walks at the shipyard. Mr Packard talks with B Donohue, Director of Small Boat School, Saigon. The party in one of the rooms at the boat school. The party departs from the school. A young Vietnamese girl runs through a hall at the school.
ARVN (Army of the Republic of Vietnam) soldiers in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. ARVN soldiers atop M-113 APCs (Armored Personnel Carriers). M-113 APCs go across an open field in a suspected enemy area.
ARVN (Army of the Republic of Vietnam) troops in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. ARVN troopers on a field. North Vietnamese prisoners are blindfolded and their hands are tied behind them. Another group of prisoners seated. The prisoners are loaded aboard a helicopter. The helicopter takes off.
National Day parade in Vietnam. A sign reads '197 Aviation armed helicopter company operations' Men with flags at the annual parade to commemorate the over throw of the Diem regime in Vietnam. A Military Police officer salutes in the foreground. United States Ambassador to Vietnam Henry Cabot Lodge arrives and takes his place in the stand. Various high ranking Vietnamese offices salute the Ambassador as they stand in front of the stand with crowds in the background. Vietnamese Prime minister Air Marshal Nguyen Cao Ky get off a car and walks around the front and is almost run over as the car lurches forward. Balloons being released and head skywards.
National Day parade in Vietnam. Vietnamese officer in a jeep as he moves past the review stand during an annual parade to commemorate the overthrow of Diem regime in Vietnam. Vietnamese soldiers carrying flags march past the stands. Officers review the parade in the background. Men and women of the Montagnard group march past the stands. Viet police, civil guards, rangers and Marines march past the stands. Vietnamese cavalry units, sailors march with a military police officer in the foreground. Flags as United States Navy CH-34 helicopters and 0-1 planes fly overhead. American soldiers of 173rd Brigade carrying the flags of United States march past the stands. American sailors, marines and airmen parade past. A military band marches at the parade. (Vietnam War period).
National Day parade in Vietnam. Flags of different nations hoisted as aircraft fly over head at an annual parade to commemorate the overthrow of Diem regime in Vietnam. High ranking Vietnamese officers and United States ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge in the review stand. Vietnamese tanks, trucks and communication vans pass in review. Helicopters and jets fly overhead during the parade. Trucks with Vietnamese soldiers tow artillery pieces past the stand. (Vietnam War period).