Aerial view from U.S. helicopter of U.S. Army M-151 armored jeeps and V-100 armored cars passing through village areas and farming areas. Truck convoy en route passes through village and drives on roads beside flooded rice paddy areas. (Vietnam War period).
Captain Barry, Commanding Officer of Bluegill and invited guests in conning tower, of submarine. Man handles lines on Bluegill during tying up. Men at quarters on deck of Bluegill. Commanding officer and officers on watch, in conning tower. Bluegill tied up to pier. Captain J.B. Dracknick, Chief Navy Section MAAG (Military Assistance Advisory Group), Saigon talks to Commander Parke, Naval Attache to Saigon, South Vietnam. Captain Dracknick shakes hands with Captain Barry, on the deck of submarine
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.
Still photographs of French Marine infantry occupying Vietnam in late 19th Century. Pictures of Vietnamese resistance leaders, including 19th Century figure Phan Dinh Phung; early 20th century figure Phan Boi Chau, and Nguyen Sinh Cung (Ho Chi Minh). Houses in the village with thatched roofs. Well in front of one of the houses.
North Vietnamese fishermen who captured United States Navy Lieutenant JG Everett Alvarez, jr. after his A-4D aircraft was shot down. The fishermen in their wooden boats help divers locate and retrieve wreckage of the aircraft. Barefoot men in two boats raise heavy pieces of wreckage on wooden poles. Views of various recovered airplane parts. A Vietnamese diver in deep sea divers suit is hoisted up at side of one boat. Men in boats pick up aircraft parts and gear. Part numbers and model information on various aircraft parts. A life vest with manufacturer's marking : "BUAER USN". (Vietnam War.)
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).