Soldiers of the 40th Signal Battalion on telephone pole work with telephone lines. Soldiers pull the telephone cable along roadside. Soldiers at pole, fix telephone lines. Soldiers on ground hold the line attached with pole. Few soldiers walk away from pole. (Vietnam War period).
Refugees scramble for freedom soon after First Indochina War. Children seen in huge crowd. People carry a banner reading 'Long live mutual assistance, Spirit of Western Powers'. People wear local hats. Red troops poise on the outskirts of Haiphong ready to take over the city as the French troops leave Vietnam. Red troops march in the streets.
Exteriors of Vietnamese First Signal Brigade headquarters are seen. Sign board of the headquarter in front of the buildings. U.S. military vehicles parked outside the building. U.S. soldiers move around the vehicles. An army jeep moves with high speed on the road . (Vietnam War period).
F-8E Crusader aircraft of U.S. Marine Squadron VMF (AW) 232, (Red Devils) taxiing from revetment with wings folded and canopy open. A ground crewman wears noise suppressor headset and walks forward. The F-8E taxis out and joins another F-8E on the active runway. They proceed to take off successively. They are heavily loaded and require unusually long takeoff distances. Armorer and ground crewmen stand near to an F-8E in a revetment. The armorer inspects 250 pound bombs mounted under the aircraft's wing. (Vietnam War period).
American MCB-10 Seabee soldier replaces bulb in deck runway light after examining it at Camp Shields in Chu Lai. Man puts in new bulb and then replaces cover plate. Blast fence for jet turn-up built by MCB-10 group. View of an old blast fence that was used for jet turn-up earlier. (Vietnam War period).
View of Camp Shields. Supply office tent and disbursing tent. Lone Seabee walks by. View of Barber shop. Sign over door reads 'The Butcher Shop' and the sign below it reads 'Wait Outside'. Disbursing Office tent and protective wiring on side of tent. MCB-10 Delta Company Office. Front entrance to Dental office. View of medical department in compound. MCB-10 embarkation office and photo lab. U.S. soldier leaving tent. View of MCB-10 operations office. Seabee leaving the operations office. (Vietnam War period).