A dozen South Vietnamese farmers walk side-by-side in a large rice paddy, spraying their crop. Outline map of Vietnam and environs is superimposed on the moving scene. Two farmers threshing crop by hand. Two farmers pounding rice with a foot operated wooden device. A steam shovel lifting mineral-bearing earth. Vietnamese workers using hand tools to loosen ore and push it down the side of a hill, where another is seen pushing a small rail car loaded with ore. A worker cutting a rubber tree on a plantation, to collect its natural latex. Latex being processed in a factory. Workers in a spinning facility and others weaving large rolls of cloth by machine.
Captain Joseph Kittinger during Operation Excelsior III in the United States. Balloon and gondola rising. Captain Kittinger descending by parachute.
Preflight preparations for Operation Excelsior III, parachuted by Captain Joseph Kittinger in the United States. Preflight preparations, shows technicians rigging balloon to gondola. Crew men moving near around gondola. Views of gondola on truck trailer.
Operation Excelsior III in the United States. Balloon with gondola rising. Balloon with gondola in flight. Views of balloon, ascending.
Captain Joseph Kittinger during Operation Excelsior III in the United States. Balloon with gondola rising. Captain Kittinger descending by parachute. A helium balloon with an open gondola lands. Captain Kittinger on ground. He is wearing a pressurized suit.
Operation Excelsior III in the United States. Gondola is hoisted by crane for the lift off. Balloon lifting off and starting to rise. View of sunset. The balloon in flight parachuted by Captain Joseph Kittinger to set a world record.
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