Dead bodies of civilians lying in a pool of blood in the streets of Saigon. 199th Light Infantry Brigade soldier speaks over radio. Civilians in the background. Soldier climbs a building. Soldiers seated on a M-42 self-propelled antiaircraft gun as it moves through the streets. One soldier holds a puppy in his arms. A few others follow the tank on foot. A soldier carries a block of ice on his shoulders.
American soldier fire M-16 rifle behind wall. Army ambulance parked at the end of alley. Soldier at M-60 machine gun nearby. UH-1B helicopters fly over. U.S. soldiers in jeeps passing streets. V-100 armored commando car drives into alley. Soldiers fire rifles from behind cover of concrete wall. Soldiers rush forward to wrecked truck and V-100 in alley.
Rubble in aftermath of the Tet Offensive fighting at Hue shows damaged buildings and debris on streets. Destroyed buildings with piles of rubble. A group of children sits in large opened doorway. Vietnamese troops stand, along sidewalk outside shops. Destroyed Truong Tien Bridge with many people on the bridge where a damaged span meets the water. Large group of Vietnamese troops boards landing craft. American soldiers aboard landing craft. Men in landing craft fire at shoreline in the far background. American soldier leans up against tree as he looks down the empty street. U.S. Marines fire m-60 machine guns. Marines fire recoilless rifle from mechanical mule. Troops move on double behind the mechanical mule. Haze and smoke in the background.
U.S. Marines clean M-14 rifles with paint brush. Dirt embankment in the background. Marines prepare to fire 60mm mortar in grassy area. Barbed wire in the foreground and building in the background. Marine team fires 60mm mortar. View of Truong Tien Bridge.
Marines stand around 40 pound Shape Charges (explosives). Marines stand near a building in the background. Marines connect white wire on top of Shape Charge. Marine smokes while he works. Marine with red cap looks through an instrument. Marines with M-14 rifled slung around necks, carry 30 pound Shape Charges. Marines walk with explosives. White smoke rises in the background. Destroyed bridge in the background. Marines walk by the houses. Marines run toward buildings in the background. Marines stand near fence and talk to civilian. Young Vietnamese girl walks to marines near fence. Marine gives her first aid.
At start of film, a U.S. Army officer is seen talking with some soldiers preparing to depart Tay Ninh airfield for Nui-Ba-Den mountain, Vietnam. Next, the troops head across the field to helicopters of the 187th Assault Helicopter Co. (the Crusaders), waiting on marsden matting pavement at the field. A line of helicopters with troops aboard and engines running. They take off sequentially in trail formation. (Vietnam War period).