U.S. 1st Air Cavalry Division in Vietnam during Operation Long Reach in Vietnam War. South Vietnamese soldier tries to question a wounded Vietcong prisoner lying on the ground. Wounded American soldiers on litters waiting to be airlifted out by helicopters.
U.S. 1st Air Cavalry Division soldiers in Vietnam during Operation Long Reach in Vietnam War. U.S. soldiers with M-14 rifles stand guard over Vietcong prisoners. The prisoners are blindfolded and have their hands tied behind them. U.S. soldiers cautiously advance across grassy palm and into jungle.
U.S. 1st Air Cavalry Division in Vietnam during Operation Long Reach in Vietnam War. U.S. soldiers search dead bodies of Vietcong soldiers. U.S. soldiers look at a captured 7.62 automatic weapon which was manufactured in Red China. Soldiers take cover in wooded area. U.S. soldiers guard blindfolded Vietcong prisoners on field.
U.S. 1st Air Cavalry Division in Vietnam during Operation Long Reach in Vietnam War. U.S. soldiers with guns advance cautiously into jungle. Soldiers remove dead American soldiers from combat area. Soldiers rest in jungle.
A U.S. Marine Corps RF-4B Phantom on ground roll, towing its open drag chute after landing. Another RF-4B Phantom takes off. An F-8E Crusader lands. Another F-8E lands and rolls out to end of runway. An A-6A Intruder on long ground roll after landing. Two F-8E Crusaders take off in succession. (Vietnam War period).
A long line of UH-1 Helicopters, from the U.S. Army 1st Aviation Brigade, is seen parked beside the runway, with engines running, at Camp Holloway, Pleiku, Vietnam. One is moving slowly a few feet above the runway. Scene shifts to view from open door of an UH-1 Huey helicopter, flying overhead. View of the long runway with some red dust above it. View of misty mountains. View of narrow curving stream cutting through green brush below. Image stops from TC: 00:53 to 01:15, where another aircraft passes at a distance and a river and jungle are seen below. Next, numerous UH-1s are seen on the red earth fields of Camp Holloway, as the camera chopper settles over the camp runway and then air taxis along a ramp paved with PSP (pierced steel plank aka Marsden matting).
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