Damaged Nazi remains in Germany after World War II. A sign on a building reads 'Adjunter Der Wehrmacht Beim Fuhrer Und Reichshanzler'. A stone eagle at the entrance of the German Chancellery.
Damaged Nazi remains in Germany after World War II. A row of Nazi eagles decorating shattered windows of a ministry. An eagle with a shattered wing atop a building.
Allied troops in the European Theater during World War II. A sign on a shell reads 'They'll make you whistle'. A sailor aboard a ship looks through binoculars. Naval guns aboard ship being fired in darkness, at night. Flashes of light and smoke. A sunrise over the water. View of sunken warship in a channel. British soldiers receiving hot drinks and snacks on a wharf. Convoy of warships underway. an aircraft takes off from an aircraft carrier deck.
Air strike on Viet Cong positions in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Aerial view of a wooded area housing a Viet Cong training camp. A large column of smoke rises from the area as napalm and GP (General Purpose) bombs explode. Explosions occur in the woods and smoke rises. Four U.S. Air Force A-1E Skyraider aircraft in flight with empty wing racks. A pilot in a cockpit of an aircraft in the foreground. Four A-1E aircraft peel off. The aircraft approach the Bein Hoa Air Base. The aircraft land at the air base.
Film starts showing two CH-46A helicopter in flight low over rice paddies during the Vietnam War. View is from another helicopter flying above. An M60 machine gun is seen sticking out of the overflying helicopter. White smoke is rising from some small fires on the ground. Several CH-46 choppers are seen on the ground with rotors turning. Glimpse of M60 machine gun protruding from the overflying camera helicopter. Small fire burning behind the parked choppers. Change of scene shows 4 U.S. jet aircraft in formation. One dives down and drops napalm on a target marked by white smoke. The bomb explodes in a fireball billowing dense smoke. Another jet drops a bomb in wooded area.
Opening slate reads: "Operation Rio Grande" and shows partial date of "11-2....." (The complete date is November 20-27, 1967, when this Search and Destroy mission was launched by the U.S. Marines 5th and 7th Brigades with South Vietnamese forces support during the Vietnam War.) A U.S. Marine jet aircraft dives low and drops a bomb on a Viet Cong position. View from overflying CH-46A helicopter of others maneuvering low over rice paddies, where smoke rises from some small fires, possibly from helicopter M60 machine gun fire. Helicopters parked with rotors turning on a large open field. Helicopters maneuvering low above the ground, and then climbing and departing the area.
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