View of the first three U.S. B-52 bombers (of a force of 15) landing at U-Tapao Airbase, Thailand on April 10, 1967. These bombers hit targets in Vietnam on their way to U-Tapao. (The entire force arrived during the period from April through July, 1967, on temporary assignment from the Strategic Air Command 4433rd Bomb Wing at Anderson Air Force Base, Guam.) The B-52s are under the command of the SAC 3rd Air Division. The aircraft land with wing flaps down and deploy drag chutes to slow their ground rolls.Officers of the 4258th Strategic Wing,and Royal Thai Air Force greet the arriving aircrews. The event is recorded by photographers, along with newsmen from Japan, Thailand, United States and Philippines. (Vietnam War period).
NASA investigators pore over data related to the Apollo 1 command module fire on January 27, 1967. They discuss computer printouts showing graphical depictions of conditions during the event. Document control practice is shown with persons logging them in and out with a custodian. Engineers place long computer printouts on a white board. Many make notes and annotate documents.
Models display summer creations of fashion designers in Paris. Models wearing suits from the Jacques Heim 1967 Summer Collection. Models wear an Arab type evening dress designed by Lanvin and a Dior dress is shown. A woman stands beside a vintage car takes off her Dior coat. A coat of sacking trimmed in leather and a long evening beach dress by Pierre Cardin.
A feature film about PBR (Patrol Boat River) at Binh Thuy Air Base, Mekong Delta, Republic of Vietnam. A machine gunner aboard a PBR stands by his machine gun. The gun trained out over water. The PBR runs down a canal. The PBR underway in the wake of camera boats. The machine gun in the foreground. A U.S. Army UH-1B Seawolf helicopter in flight. A crewman in a helmet and a flak jacket. He smokes a cigarette on the inboard of the boat. He speaks into a communication microphone. A crewman stands by a machine gun on the stern of the boat. The gunner stands in the background. Hands of a man on a wheel. The gunner fires the machine gun. Viet Cong on shore area fire back. (Vietnam War period).
A feature film about PBR (Patrol Boat River) at Binh Thuy Air Base, Mekong Delta, Republic of Vietnam, in Vietnam War. A PBR underway at a high speed. Firing from the bank of the river. A machine gunner aboard the PBR. Firing at the shoreline. A crewman fires an M-79 Grenade Launcher. Water off the port side of the PBR. Heavy jungle growth at the riverbank. The deck of the PBR off the starboard bow area. The machine gunner behind the gun. The ammo belt of the gun protrudes over the starboard bow. A gunner fires an M-60 machine gun. A crewman drinks from a small C-ration can. The stern of the PBR. A .50 caliber machine gun is fired off towards the starboard side. A bucket of ammo is loaded in the gun. The gun is cocked and rechecked. Tracers and smoke heads towards the heavy jungle. A crewman fires the M-60 machine gun. The last of the belt is used up. The crewman quickly loads another belt of ammo into the machine gun. Other works with a clip.
Opening slate identifies this footage as from "Operation Rio Grande" which ran from November 20-27, 1967. It was a Search and Destroy mission which incorporated the U.S. Marines 5th and 7th Brigades along with Republic of Vietnam marines and Army units during the Vietnam War. Patrolling marines walk across a field. Next, marines are seen crossing a crude log bridge on a road through jungles. View from rear of a marine approaching a thatched roofed dwelling, where he joins other marines. Some weapons are seen on the ground. They gather at a low entrance to the house where another marine is searching inside. He comes out carrying an automatic pistol that he hands to another marine. The marines search other houses in the small cluster of homes. Several marines gather outside the huts. One speaks on a PRC-25 radio. They begin moving away from the area. In a different area, a marine pulls a cover off a hole in the ground which conceals an entry to a tunnel. He slowly crawls into it. He passes a large roll of paper, covered with plastic, to a marine standing outside the tunnel entrance. As he emerges from the tunnel he passes an orange-colored object to the marine outside.
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