A search and destroy mission of U.S. 9th Infantry Division, 47th Infantry, 3rd Battalion in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Soldiers search a hut. Two soldiers sitting on tombstones. Soldiers walk in a rice paddy. Two women walk along on a dike. Vietcong suspects cross a narrow wooden plank across a stream. The soldiers follow the suspects. The suspects are questioned and their papers are checked. They are released. A water buffalo in a paddy. Soldiers standing near a hut. A Viet family in the doorway.
Men on motorcycles pass on a road in outskirts of Bienhoa in Vietnam. Dead Vietcong alongside road. MPs search the dead bodies. Littered street. Electric poles in Saigon. UH-1B overhead attacks buildings. U.S. troopers around jeep on road. Helicopter fire rockets and machine guns. (Vietnam War period).
ARVN (Army of the Republic of Vietnam) soldiers and M-113 armored personnel carrier move on street of Saigon. ARVN tank passes on road. Soldiers in full combat gear march on road. Soldiers with machines guns and bazookas. Soldiers on tanks pass on road. (Vietnam War period).
ARVN (Army of the Republic of Vietnam) soldier walk two Vietcong across the street in Saigon. They have their hands raised above heads. Army vehicles parked alongside road. Dead American soldiers lay on litters. Damage in alley. Rubble and wrecked buildings. American soldiers talk with each other near dead bodies. Soldiers walk past dead bodies in alley. Wrecked Vietnamese truck in street. Vietcong led out of building. (Vietnam War period).
Interiors of Military Police headquarters in Saigon, Vietnam. Area Command Officer talks on phone. Other officer talks on phone at Sergeant's desk. Officer works with documents. Officer hands over phone to another officer at desk. Vietnamese seated. Entrance to MP headquarters. Soldiers walk out. Vehicles parked outside headquarters. (Vietnam War period).
Film begins showing traffic and pedestrians in front of the City Hall in Saigon, Vietnam, at a quiet time during the Vietnam War. Camera pans back to reveal a huge botanical display being visited by local people. Young women in colorful áo dài (traditional dress) mingle among the visitors. Growers deliver flowers from a small bus for the display. Closeup of flower blooms as a man delivering more passes behind. A woman in a rickshaw carrying a huge bouquet of flowers. Closeup of two young women visiting the displays. An elderly man places a huge pot of white flowers into the display. closeup of white and orange-colored blooms. A small tree being carried into the display area. Scene shifts to a roundabout with statue of General Tran Nguyen Han in the center. (This was erected by the Republic of Vietnam in 1965.) Traffic moves past the Ben Thanh Market in the background. On the street outside the market building, merchants display their wares under umbrellas outdoors. Closeup of local people shopping in the outdoor stalls. Closeup of two young women shopping. Closeup of fruit displayed by one merchant. Several women and a girl making purchases. Closeup of a woman selecting pears for purchase. Closeup of another woman buying some sweets. Closeup of some cakes.
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