Flood relief operations being carried on in Vietnam as C-47 aircrafts bring in supplies from Tan Son Nhut Air Base. Two Vietnam Air force C-47 aircrafts taxi along the runway at Rach Gia airport and take off. Planes taxi along the runway toward Rach Gia tower. Two Vietnamese men wearing conical straw hats sit in a grassy field at the airport as a plane comes in and taxis along the background. (Vietnam War period).
Elements of three U.S. Marine Battalions land at Chu Lai in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Vietnamese soldiers with Vietnam flag on top of an Armored Personnel Carrier (APC). Marine on one knee holding a rifle. A marine smokes a pipe as he walks with a rifle. Marines walk inland. Lieutenant Commander John P Byrnes of 4th Marines Division, 2nd Battalion talks to a marine officer. Landing Craft Utility (LCU) off shore. Marine walks in water carrying flags.
Close-up view of the Vietnam War 8th Bomb Squadron emblem on side of auxiliary power unit (APU). The APU moves out, revealing a United States Air Force Martin B-57 Canberra tactical bomber with its pilot starting the engines. Dark smoke in the background. Camouflaged B-57B closes its canopy. The APU moves out of the way. High angle view of two camouflaged B-57B Canberra bombers as they taxi out to runway of Da Nang Air Base, Vietnam, during the Vietnam War. The second B-57 Canberra aircraft is seen carrying four 750-lb bombs.
View of Camp Holloway, Pleiku in Vietnam, where numerous helicopters of the First Aviation Brigade are seen parked. One rises up from near a revetment, passing the camera and casting a shadow on the ground. View from end of pierced steel plank runway marked "5" in white paint. UH-1 helicopters lined up along both sides of the runway, with their rotors neatly aligned. Closeup of some of them. View from control tower overlooking the field, showing revetments in foreground and parked aircraft and buildings on other side of the runway. Mountains in the background. View from control tower deck, of a UH-1 flying low along the length of the runway. View in different direction from control tower. Closeup of aircrews of 1st Aviation Brigade standing in front of a UH-1, with its door open. They are being briefed by an officer with an elaborate logo painted on the back of his jacket which contains the 1st Aviation Brigade insignia, as part of it. Next, the flight crews gather together to discuss their instructions and mark information on their aerial charts. Some are crouched down on marsden matting. Groups of crew members in discussions. Two brown dogs (obviously mascots) approach one group of crewmen and are welcomed.
The body of Ho Chi Minh, lying in State, following his death, on September 2, 1969. during the Vietnam War. Recounting scenes of war, revolution and violence associated with Ho Chi Minh's life and struggles. An aircraft in flight drops bombs. A smoke column rises from explosions. People weep. Prisoners executed in a field. Pile of dead bodies, in front of clusters of Christian crosses.
A flood in South Vietnam. Aerial view of a flooded city. Buildings surrounded by water and trees among the buildings. Rows of houses in view. Several buildings in water. Nui Sam Mountains surrounded by water. Rice fields covered with water in the Mekong Delta. Houses along the fields in water.
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