A Vietnamese bay at sunrise. Rooster crowing. Water buffaloes grazing in farm field. A native Vietnamese bird perched on a plant. Farmer wearing nón lá hat plants rice in rice field. Alarm clock wakes a United States soldier. The soldier pulls away mosquito net and rises from his bed. Soldiers taking cold showers in communal shower room with bamboo walls. Mechanical personnel arrive at an American airbase. A U.S. Air Force fighter jet is parked in airfield. A young mechanic wipes the sweat off his forehead. The mechanics start their work. A horse cart in a street market in South Vietnam. Man pushing a cart of sugar cane, girls walk behind him. Vietnamese natives shopping in busy street. Cars and pedestrians pass by a sentry checkpoint.
Ordnance men and maintenance men prepare aircraft at a United States airbase during the Vietnam War. Ordnance personnel with bombs. A pair of mechanics prepare the propeller of an aircraft. A mechanic speaks about his work in the narration. Mechanics inspecting different aircraft. A soldier wipes his face after washing. Soldiers line up for breakfast. An African American soldier receives food. Forward air controllers inspect Cessna O-1 Bird Dog plane. Vietnamese airborne troops double check their equipment. MATS aircraft with belly door open before Vietnamese airborne troops board aircraft.
A United States Air Force transport plane drops leaflets over a jungle during the Vietnam War, in a campaign to convince Vietcong fighters to surrender. A soldier dropping leaflets into a chute. Leaflets being flown towards a mountain. Soldier inspects a reel-to-reel tape player inside a reconnaissance plane. Reconnaissance plane takes off from air strip. Reconnaissance plane drops leaflets and surrender passes over enemy territory. A Vietcong rebel surrenders to South Vietnamese and U.S. Army troops. Vietcong rebel holding a safe conduct pass. Soldier searches the rebel and accepts his surrender pass, then shakes his hand. The soldiers and surrendered Vietcong rebel leave.
United States Air Force doctors give a Vietnamese civilian man a check up in a remote village during the Vietnam War. Vietnamese civilians gather to watch Air Force doctors giving check-ups. Air Force doctor checks a sick baby. Another Air Force doctor checks a boy’s ear. A civilian elderly man is being checked for tuberculosis. Vietnamese toddlers waiting for check-up. A Vietnamese boy holds bottles of iron and vitamin pills for anemia and malnutrition. An elderly woman consults with Air Force doctors. Her hands are checked by doctor. Doctor gives recommendation.
Air Force Combat Control Team drop into Vietcong infiltrated area during the Vietnam War. Paratroopers’ parachutes activate as they jump from the C-130 aircraft. Air Force Combat Control Team jumping out of aircraft door as seen inside the airplane. Air Force Combat Control Team paratrooper lands in drop zone. Air Force Combat Control Team throwing smoke grenades. An Air Force Combat Control personnel communicates with aircraft over the phone. An African American Air Force Combat Control soldier looks at Vietnamese Airborne Division troops parachuting from aircraft. South Vietnamese Airborne troops dropping into Vietcong territory. Vietnamese Airborne troops wait for supplies to drop into the drop zone. A South Vietnamese paratrooper drags deflated parachute after landing. Vietnamese Airborne troops navigating through a marsh. Fighter aircraft strafing Vietcong position. Forward Air Controller in Cessna O-1 Bird Dog plane marks area for fighter aircraft to follow through. Aircraft drops bomb, exploding over Vietcong territory. A fighter strafing a farmhouse. Aerial view of Vietcong areas being bombarded. Vapor trails mark the paths of bombers. A bomber dropping multiple bombs over Vietcong installations.
Aerial bombardment of Vietcong positions during the Vietnam War by a B-52 bomber aircraft. Explosions and smoke pillars rise from jungle bomb target sites. United States Air Force aircraft bursts into flames mid-air and pilot is seen having ejected successfully from the aircraft. U.S. Air Force Sikorsky HH-53 Super Jolly Green Giant air rescue helicopter searches the jungle crash site. Air rescue helicopter pilot looking down and talking. A rescuer is lowered down from helicopter. A downed Air Force pilot is rescued by helicopter team. Rescued U.S. Air Force pilot relieved after rescue.
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