U.S. Army 319th Artillery attached to 101st Airborne Division strengthens defenses of Fire Support Base Ripcord to combat North Vietnam forces in the A Shau Valley, South Vietnam, during the Vietnam War. Opening scene shows Captain David F. Rich, Commander of Battery B, 2nd Battalion, 319th Artillery, conversing with Lieutenant Brennan, in very windy conditions atop the Fire Support Base. The carriage of a 105mm towed howitzer is seen in the foreground, with two shells set on it. View of howitzers and shells stacked atop the Base. The wind whipping aross the Base. African American soldier working on a howitzer. Another fighting the wind, as he carries canisters of propellant charges. He tosses them behind the sandbagged artillery position. Other soldiers join in moving gunpowder canisters. Closeup of two soldiers as the wind blows the hat off one.
United States Navy 7th Fleet operations in South China Sea during the Vietnam War. A United States Navy aircraft RF-8A Crusader catted from USS Coral Sea. A United States Navy aircraft A-4E Skyhawk catted from deck of the ship. A United States Navy aircraft A-3B Skywarrior takes off. Cameramen on deck. A United States Navy aircraft F-4B swishes on catapult.
United States Navy 7th Fleet operations in South China Sea during the Vietnam War. A Sign reads 'Ordnance Control'. Man talks on microphone and writes information on a plot board. Man jots down information on plot board in Ordnance Control. Man works on the plot board and talks on sound powered phones. Chief Warrent Officer J.F. Hayes answers the phone and gives orders. Holster hangs on bulkhead. Bulkhead reads 'Operation Quick-draw'.
Clip opens with footage of astronaut Neil Armstrong setting foot on the moon for the first time, on July 20, 1969 during the NASA Apollo 11 mission. Audio includes Armstrong in discussion with Mission Control about the Eagle lunar module landing, the perceived consistency of the lunar surface, and Armstrong's famous "One small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind" statement. View of the Apollo 11 Saturn V rocket from Launch Complex 39 at the John F Kennedy Space Center on Merritt Island in Cape Canaveral Florida, United States. Various camera angles showing the Saturn V rocket in and outside of a hangar, and the Saturn V in its launch pad. Audio during rocket scenes includes President Kennedy expressing the United States "goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth." Also heard is Lyndon Johnson remarking on American space accomplishments that "we stand ready to share for the benefit of all mankind." Richard Nixon is also heard saying "let us go the new worlds together; not as new worlds to be conquered, but as an adventure to be shared." View of treads of a tracked vehicle moving forward on the surface of the moon.
The launch of the NASA Apollo 11 from Launch Complex 39 at the John F. Kennedy Space Center on Merritt Island in Florida, United States. The Apollo II command module atop Saturn V rocket in stand. Saturn V in launch pad. Command Module Pilot Major General Michael Collins,Lunar Module Pilot Edwin Eugene Aldrin, Jr (Buzz Aldrin" and Commander Neil Armstrong get prepared for flight. The three astronauts in their space suits walk with other men. The astronauts in an elevator. Ignition of the Saturn V rocket and liftoff. The launch pad being removed. The spacecraft is launched. The Apollo Lunar Module in orbit. Astronauts inside the spacecraft operating the controls and in weightless environment.
Astronauts on lunar surface during Apollo 11 mission, launched from Complex 39 at the John F. Kennedy Space Center on Merritt Island in Florida, United States. On July 19 Apollo 11 passes behind the Moon. View of the earth from space. On July 20, 1969, the lunar module (LM) Eagle separated from the command module Columbia. The lunar module (LM) Eagle after separation from the command module Columbia. The lunar module (LM) Eagle descends toward the surface of moon and achieves the first successful manned moon landing.