Views from captured Viet Cong films. Five people around a bicycle in jungle area of Vietnam. The bicycle is loaded with essential supplies. Vietcong crossing ditches and streams with material fastened to bicycles. They cross a footbridge. In some areas, men carry bicycles because it is impossible to roll them. (Vietnam War period).
South Vietnamese Army soldiers in anti-guerilla warfare training and ranger commando training during the Vietnam war. Soldiers crawling under razor wire and firing machine guns and artillery. Tanks firing rounds. A ship on the move. Water from dam flows into canals and then into the fields. South Vietnamese farmers work on fields. Vietnam shown on a map with an arrow. Narrator speaks to virtues of the South Vietnamese people fighting for freedom against communist forces.
United States Army soldiers of First Infantry Division paint gates in green and build Church in Vietnam. Vietnamese children help the soldiers. Native woman seen wearing traditional conical hats. Officers nailing Cross on the roof of the Church. (Vietnam War period).
United States Arm 1st Infantry Division nicknamed 'Big Red One' arrives in Vietnam. Soldiers come off gangway from USNS Daniel I Sultan to Landing Craft Utility (LCU). LCU pulls away. LCU underway. LCU crowded with soldiers. LCU heads for the Sultan. (Vietnam War period).
A United States Air Force HH-53 helicopter test rescue operations in Vietnam. The crew boards the HH-53 helicopter and lifts off. The cockpit of the helicopter is seen along with its radar display. A cable is lowered to rescue a man during a simulated rescue operation. A crew member brings the rescued man into the helicopter. (Vietnam War period).
Vietnamese leader Ho Chi Minh in Vietnam. Vietnamese people running on a street. Ho An enthusiastic crowd runs to accompany Ho Chi Minh as he enters a building. The crowd surrounds him. He gives a brief speech in a small auditorium. Vietnamese people applaud. Other Vietnamese men and women, wearing medals and decorations, come up to the stage and speak. Ho Chi Minh hugs a young girl. Ho Chi Minh and his staff look at a large map of Vietnam on a wall and plan military strategy.