French troops and Chinese Communist forces fight in French Indochina. The Chinese troops walk on a road. Smoke rises in the background. Explosions in the background. Smoke rises due to explosions. The damaged area. A man walks on the road. A woman and children on the road. A tank rolls down on the road. A truck burns. The troops and tanks advance. The trucks drive on the road. Prime Minister of France Pierre Mendes France gets off from an aircraft in Geneva. Dignitaries and officials at the airport as men take pictures.
American and South Vietnamese being evacuated from Saigon, by helicopter. Crew members on the deck of the USS Midway. A UH-1D/H Huey helicopter on the deck. Helicopters in flight in the background. A CH-53 helicopter lands and American and South Vietnamese evacuees exit onto the flight deck. They walk along a roped off area and proceed below deck where they are administratively processed.
Evacuation of Americans and South Vietnamese refugees from Saigon during Operation Frequent Wind. Large group of evacuees on deck of aircraft carrier USS Midway. Former Vice President of South Vietnam, Nguyen Cao Ky, is seen leaving a helicopter and being escorted across the deck. Midway's deck crew prepares for emergency landing of a Cessna L-19/O-1 airplane, carrying a family of 7 persons. Lacking a radio headset, the pilot dropped a note that requested permission to land. The deck had been cleared of several helicopters (pushed overboard) to make room for the Cessna to land. A fire truck and firefighters stand ready. The Cessna aircraft is seen circling the Midway and setting up a landing pattern, above the ship. It lands smoothly on the carrier deck. The pilot, South Vietnamese Air Force Major Ly Bung, and his wife, are seen walking across the deck. Major Ly Bung holds his arm up acknowledging the other evacuees on board. (Note: This Cessna O-1 airplane was eventually brought to the U.S. and can be seen in the National Museum of Naval Aviation, at the U.S. Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida.)
Fall of Saigon and evacuation of Americans and South Vietnamese from Vietnam. Crew members seen pushing UH-1D/H Huey helicopters and a CH-47 helicopter, over the side of the ship, to make room on the deck for a Cessna O-1 (unseen), with evacuees, seeking to land.
Scenes on flight deck of the USS Midway (CVA-41) during evacuation of Americans and South Vietnamese from Saigon. A South Vietnamese VNAF Ch-47 Chinook helicopter is seen being moved by a tug. Republic of Vietnam flag and letters: GNP painted on its fuselage. VNAF UH-1D/H Huey helicopters are being moved as close together as possible to make room on the deck.. Aerial view of the helicopters parked on the deck.
South Vietnamese evacuating during the fall of Saigon to the North Vietnamese. USS Blue Ridge (LCC-19) maneuvering off shore. Flotilla of small Vietnamese boats carrying evacuees approach the Blue Ridge. U.S. Navy sailors take lines from the boats and held evacuees to board the Blue Ridge.