View from atop a tall building, of Saigon, Vietnam, during the Tet Offensive by North Vietnamese and Vietcong forces. U.S. ambulances race down a street. A helicopter flies overhead. Camera pans over tops of buildings. U.S. Army UH-1C Huey Gunships (helicopters) from the 191st Assault Helicopter Company, attached to the 9th Infantry Division, fly back and forth over buildings. Scene shifts to an aerial view of the city from open door of a UH-1C Huey Gunship. Smoke rises from an area that the chopper approaches. View of the Huey's gun firing from an open door. view from inside cockpit of the gun ship. Three pairs of rockets are fired from the chopper into the area of smoke. A fighter jet aircraft flies overhead toward the area. Heavy smoke rises. A chopper flies high above as sun sets on horizon. View of rooftops in twilight, with smoke still rising in background and a UH-1C Huey Gunship flying very low over rooftops toward the smoke. Explosion and flame seen in center of the smoking area, followed by a heavy explosion. a fighter jet overhead and another explosion from the combat area.
Tet Offensive underway in Saigon, during the Vietnam War. U.S. Army UH-1B helicopters in flight over buildings. Vietnamse civilians on the terrace or rooftop of a building. Massive clouds of smoke rise from fires and bombed areas in distance. Explosions seen.
Scenes during Tet Offensive in Hue. U.S. troops walk from side street onto main street. U.S. Army soldiers running for cover. U.S. Army tank moves up on the street. Tank stops at a curve on a road in residential area. Tank spins around and backs up. Tank parked next to private home and then smashing into stone wall beside house. Troops in ditch at side of road. Tank along side road. U.S. soldier alongside a ditch, carrying some of his gear. Tank backs and tears down a small tree. Troops hide behind the hedges as they try to clear the area in house to house fight. American soldiers advance from one house to another. (Vietnam War period).
U.S. Army troops lined up alongside suburban street. Soldier crouched down next to tree. Small blue bus parked next to trooper. Two soldiers fire their M-16 rifles. U.S. soldier leans against tree and fires M-16. American soldier sets up and fires his M-60 machine gun from table placed out in street. (Vietnam War period).
U.S. Marine with M-60 machine gun stands behind a brick wall. Marines walk on grassy area. Vietnamese house in the background. Marines walk along dirt road. Marine with M-16 rifle cross over remains of brick wall. Marines prepare and fire 106mm rifle located atop mechanical mule. Trees in the foreground. Buildings in the background. Marines run through a wrecked Vietcong building. Marines walk on dirt road. They fire M-60 machine guns. Wooded area in the background. Marine kneels over dead Vietcong soldier. Many marines run on dirt road past Viet houses. (Vietnam War period).
UH-1B flies low over runway at Tan Son Nhut Air Base, Vietnam. Other helicopters in revetments in the background. Aerial view of Saigon residential area. M-60 machine gun in waist hatch of helicopter in flight. Smoke rises from residential area. Helicopter in flight over highly populated area. Black smoke arises from local area, as seen from windshield of helicopter.