A peace demonstration in San Francisco, California during the Vietnam War. A large crowd of pacifists, hippies, and anti-war activists march on streets holding banners. They proceed to Kezar Stadium for a mass assembly. Scuffle is shown between anti-war activists and some members of a group supporting the war in Vietnam.
Views of aircraft operating at Tan Son Nhut Airbase, Saigon, in the period of Operation Market Time. A yellow Follow-Me vehicle is moving along a taxiway. Parked behind it are three U.S. Air Force EC-121D "Big Eye Task Force" aircraft from the 552nd Airborne Early Warning and Control Wing. (Aircraft from that unit rotated on 90-day temporary duty assignments, from their home base at McClelland AFB, California.) A number of C-123s and C-47s can be seen parked on the flight line in the background. A USAF B-57B aircraft taxis along the taxiway (where the Follow-Me vehicle had led). Next, a C-123 taxis on that taxiway, in the opposite direction. An O-1E Bird Dog observation plane taxis past the noses of the EC-121Ds as a U.S. Army UH-1E Iroquois helicopter flies overhead and lands behind them. U.S. Navy A-1H Skyraider with Tail Code Z, taxis past the camera, followed by another with Tail Code V. In background, another UH-1E helicopter lands and an ambulance takes wounded away. It is followed by yet another one, also met by ambulance. A U.S. Navy Lockheed SP-2H aircraft of Patrol Squadron Four (Tail Code YD) taxis fairly close to the camera.
Flare drop missions at Bein Hoa Air Base. Parachute flares descend at night. Muzzle flashes from mini-guns. Smoke drift from flares.
Aircraft AC-47 takes off from runway at Bein Hoa Air Base. AC-47 in flight. Crewmen place parachute flares in flare rack aboard AC-47.
Aircraft AC-47 night missions at Bien Hoa Air Base. Parachute flares descend at night. Smoke drift from flares. Muzzle flashes from mini guns. Tracers from mini guns.
A group of U.S. soldiers stands next to MEDEVAC helicopter caring for a wounded man on stretcher. Wounded man moved into MEDEVAC with glucose bottle held by another man. Another wounded man is brought to side of helicopter and taken aboard helicopter. Pilot climbs into cockpit. Helicopter takes off from field at Tan Son Entrance, other UH-1D helicopters in revetments on ground. (Vietnam War period).
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