Routine activities aboard a Japanese battleship during World War II. Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) officer looks through binoculars. Another battleship in the background. Imperial Japanese Navy sailor on deck of ship releases weather balloon. Another sailor looks through a telescope. Japanese sailor looks at a timepiece and another sailor annotate a navigation log. A sailor plots ship's position using a pair of compasses. Bow of Japanese battleship swept by waves in rough sea. Sailors work on deck in rainy weather. Sailor empties water from the deck into containers. Several cooks put baskets of rice into large boiling pots. Fish placed on net trays and into boiler. Potatoes being washed and thrown into basket from a peeler machine.
Soldiers assembled inside a hangar at Can Tho Army Airfield, in Vietnam, applaud individual performers who are part of a USO troupe. A man and woman sing a duet. Scene shifts to soldiers overflowing the hangar, and watching from outside. Some sit and stand on improvised platforms and military equipment. Two women from the troupe pose near a fence, holding a white cloth over their heads to protect from the sun. Soldiers watching the performances while standing on a piece of construction equipment. View from behind soldiers standing inside the hangar. Large number of soldiers in audience seated inside the hangar. (Vietnam War period).
Sammy Davis Jr. on tour with a USO Troupe, entertaining American troops in Long Binh, Vietnam. Large audience of American Army soldiers is seated outdoors to watch Sammy Davis Jr. who is performing as part of a USO tour entertaing troops during the Vietnam War. View of drummer playing onstage. Audience including man and woman in bright costumes contrasting with olive drab of soldiers. Soldiers reacting enthusiastically to woman performer as Davis sings (neither seen). View from rear of assembled troops, with stage in distance. Long shot of the dancer onstage. Closer view of Davis and musicians onstage. Closeup of a pet monkey seated with a soldier in the audience. Davis introduces the dancer (Diane Day) to applause, and dances with her. Davis singing onstage with several woman dancers. More views of the audience. Film continues as audio only beyond TC: 02:50 recording Sammy Davis Jr. singing.
Large audience of American Army soldiers is seated in hangar and spills outside, as well, to watch Sammy Davis Jr. who is performing as part of a USO tour entertaing troops during the Vietnam War. Glimpse of Davis onstage. A banner reading "156th Aviation Company" is displayed at back of stage. Views of troops in audience. Several take pictures. A woman singer onstage dressed in bright orange outfit. She finishes her song and leaves the stage as another woman enters, dressed in a long brightly colored dress. Several musicians play at rear of stage. The woman takes a microphone as troops watch and signal their approvals. View from rear of troops watching from outside. Various views of audience applauding interspersed with views of the woman singing onstage. A young Vietnamese girl in the audience. A Vietnamese officer sits with American officers in the audience, as the Americans clap rhythmically in cadence with the music being played and sung by the woman performer onstage.
Film opens as Davis takes bows and audience applauds, in a hangar at the airfield. Closeups of some soldiers applauding. View of soldiers feet as they move in time to musice while the soldiers sit on improvised bleacher seats. Soft drink cans and snack packages on the floor. Soldiers watching the performance from atop a rugged shelter covered with earth and sandbags. Other soldiers watching from atop improvised seats, including mobile platforms and truck tires. Musicians playing jazz onstage as audience listens intently. Soldiers applaud enthusiastically at end of performance. Glimpse of Sammy Davis Jr. onstage with a woman dancer. (Vietnam War period).
During his tour with a USO troupe in Vietnam, in 1972, rSammy Davis Jr participates in conference with officers and civilians involved in program against drug abuse. Officer talks to the others present in the room. Sammy Davis Jr with cigarette in hand participates in fhe discussions. (Vietnam War period).
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