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'.
Views of Earth from NASA Gemini 7 spacecraft, as it moves in formation with the spent 2nd stage of its Titan II launch rocket. Glimpse of astronaut in capsule, as it moves over an ocean on earth. Gemini 6 approaching within 1 foot of Gemini 7, accomplishing the first rendezvous of manned vehicles in space. Narrator states that Astronaut Frank F. Borman, II, On Gemini 7, prepares to photograph Gemini 6. In change of sequence, the unmanned Agena space vehicle, is seen as Gemini 8 docks with it in a practice maneuver. But a failed thruster on Gemini 8 causes too much yaw and roll, so Command Pilot Neil Armstrong undocks. Gemini 8 rolling at an excess rate of 1 revolution per second, which Astronaut Armstrong had to struggle to overcome before completing the mission.
A film about the structure of atom and the use of radioactive isotopes in the treatment of cancer in Canada. Exteriors of a uranium mine at Great Bear Lake. Coal being transported in a narrow gauge mining train. A man pours coal from a container. Exteriors of the Nuclear Fission Plant at the Chalk River. Trucks driven in front of the plant. Director Dr. Keyes, Dr. Lewis and K. F. Topper discuss. A four inch lead wall block to protect technicians working on radio active matter.
Activities of the U.S. 42nd Infantry Division (Rainbow Division) American Expeditionary Forces (A.E.F.) in France during World War 1. Soldiers delouse clothing in large steam cabinets at an encampment dubbed "the Indian Village," in France. Soldiers are seen carrying their cleaned clothing. Other soldiers bring horses to water, as a soldier washes his clothes in a nearby outdoor wash facility
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