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.
A man woman and child evacuating from Saigon as it is taken by North Vietnamese run from a UH-1 that brought them to the USS Midway. Sailors push the helicopter overboard. Another UH-1 flies over a small U.S. Navy launch and ditches in the sea. The launch moves in to pick up evacuees from the water.
Annual opium profits of $15,000,000 in Sui Yuan, Mongolia. Mongolian Monarch and ruler of opium-rich area, General Ma Fuxiang, seated with his family. The multi-millionaire opium king celebrates birthday with his private army maintained to guard a large territory. Mongolian people in an opium field. The poppy seed of the opium flower. A man inspects a poppy flower. A massive wooden water wheel pulling water from a canal and transporting it to a high ramp which runs down to irrigate large poppy fields.
French (French Far East Expeditionary Corps) and Vietnamese forces attack the Vietminh in Vietnam, French Indochina. Bombarding and firing on the field. Wrecked and burning vehicles on the field. Soldiers move forward for attack. Soldiers fire rifles. A soldier fires with a machine gun (likely a M2 Browning). Bomber planes dropping bombs over a field. A tank fires at a hill. Smoke arises due to bombarding. Soldiers at a burning village.
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