Activities of United States Army during the Vietnam War in Vietnam. Soldier of the U.S. 8th Battalion, 6th Army, services a 155mm Howitzer. Soldier load artillery shells into 155mm How. Soldiers fire the 155mm Howitzer for testing. Smoke in the background. Soldiers close their ears with hands due to loud noise of explosion during testing.
Covers crash landing of U.S. Air Force F-105D Thunderchief, a fighter bomber on foamed runway at Da Nang Air Base in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Camouflaged F-105D skids on a foamed runway and catches fire as it skids to a stop. F-105D burns as fire-fighters spray foam. Fire truck moves to extinguish fire of a burning aircraft. American helicopter flies over a crash site. A fireman on a fire truck and signals. Scenes of fire at tail of F-105D and smoke rises. Fire-fighters spray foam on fire and on a bomb under the wing of aircraft.
The strafing of the target areas in Vietnam by the United States Air Force. A-4E in flight towards the target. The target area shows a winding river. A run is being made on the target. Bombs being dropped on the Vinh Son supply dump and army barracks. More explosions go off. Another ripple of bombs explodes on the target area. Army barracks and supply dumps. Smoke rises from the area. Another ripple of bombs explodes. (Vietnam War period).
The strafing of the target areas in Vietnam by the United States Air Force. The USAF strafes the target area during Operation Rolling Thunder. Men are on the flight deck of a carrier deck. An aircraft goes in for a dive on the Than Hoa bridge. The aircraft turns around. A Bullpup Missile streaks down towards the bridge. The aircraft moves towards the bridge for an attack with Bullpups. A Bullpup hits the center of the bridge and explodes. (Vietnam War period).
Opening scene shows Vietnamese refugees, including women, children, and aged persons, being assisted by ARVN (Army of Vietnam) soldiers as they slowly proceed from their homes. One person weeps, while crouched beside pile of belongings. Vietnamese carrying belongings, including one with a child sitting in a cauldron, on poles across their shoulders. ARVN soldiers are seen burning buildings. Closeup of an M60 machine gun being fired on full automatic from door of a U.S. Bell UH-1 Iroquois helicopter (unseen). U.S. marines in a trench surrounded by sandbags. One is looking through binoculars toward a ridge where white smoke is rising. A C-123 of the U.S. Air Force 311th Special Operations Squadron (Tail Code WV) out of Phan Rang Air Base, lands at dirt field and soldiers hurry to board it. Partial glimpse closeup of pilot in cockpit of a U.S. Navy or Marine Douglas A-4 Skyhawk aircraft in flight. Aerial views from above, of ordnance being dropped on Viet Cong positions from U.S. warplanes. Explosions in trees on the ground. Small part of an aircraft seen from onboard camera, as it flies over cultivated part of South Vietnam, dropping bombs. U.S. soldiers walking into a wooded area where smoke is rising, and taking a blindfolded Vietcong prisoner.
United States conducts air strike on targets in south Vietnam during Vietnam War. Small boats at rivers edge in area of pier. Huge explosion goes off at river edge of pier and small boats appear to be a direct hit. Another huge explosion goes off in an area of small boats along river's edge. Bomb crater below at river's edge, smoke rises from the river. Out over water and some of the peninsula sticking into water. A bomb explodes along the edge of a canal. A-1H in flight. Fighting Air Command's (FAC) type aircraft pulling up in background, flying very low, bomb heads towards shoreline of canal and explodes. A-1H in flight in the background. Bomb being released from the aircraft and hits shoreline of the canal resulting in an explosion. A-1H in flight. Napalm explodes along the shoreline resulting in fire. A-1H in flight over target area.
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