Film opens showing a damaged U.S. M48 tank stranded in a ditch at side of road near buildings in Hue, Vietnam. Closeup of the front and tread of the damaged tank. M-48 tanks parked under trees near sandbagged garden fence. U.S. Marine in combat gear silhouetted against window as he fires rifle from inside a building. Several U.S. Army soldiers, of the 1st battalion 44th artillery, load shells into an M42A1 twin 40mm self-propelled anti-aircraft gun ("Duster"). Marines on the roof of a building. They prepare to fire a 3.5inch rocket launcher. A rocket is loaded into a tube and the 3.5inch rocket launcher is fired. A marine ties the 3.5inch rocket launcher onto a rope and stands holding it.
Willian Jennings Bryan, campaigning for President Wilson, as a private citizen, in 1916 (after having resigned as Wilson's Secretary of State). He stands in a car decorated with patriotic bunting and an American flag, in front of modest house in a rural area. Bryan is accompanied by several associates. A popular Wilson campaign photograph (coming loose at the top) is attached to the car door . The writing under Wilson's picture is not legible. As Bryan sits down in the car, his wife, Mary, is seen next to him. (She had been blocked from the camera while he stood.) The car drives away. In complete change of scene, a crowd is seen completely filling the lawn and grounds of "Shadow Lawn," President Wilson's Summer White House, at Long Branch, New Jersey. They have come to celebrate his renomination as Democratic candidate for President. Camera pans over the crowd. Next, President Wilson is seen standing on a step in the center of the garden, acknowledging and accepting the nomination.
People gathered early on a misty morning at Roosevelt Field, Long Island, New York, to watch as Charles Lindbergh attempts to make a solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean in his airplane, The Spirit of St. Louis. The plane starts its takeoff role between groups of spectators, raising dust. The spectators move to get a better view as the plane continues, out of sight in the fog and mist. It is not clear where the plane is, although engine sound has changed. Spectators strain to see it through the mist. Then, some cheers are raised when the crowd realizes that Lindbergh has successfully taken off in his heavily laden airplane. The opening caption refers to Curtiss Field, where the Spirit of St. Louis was test flown and reportedly maintained in Hanger 16. there, from May 12th through the 20th. However, for the Paris flight, the plane was towed a mile to Roosevelt Field where, heavily loaded with fuel, it could take advantage of the longer runway for takeoff. (Note: Both fields were originally part of the old Hempstead Plains Field renamed Hazlehurst Field when taken over by the U.S. Army in 1917. U.S. Geological survey maps of 1918 show three areas named, respectively, Hazelhurst Aviation Field No. 1; Aviation Field No. 2; and Camp Albert L. Mills, abutting it. Field No. 2 was renamed Mitchel Field on July 16, 1918. The eastern part of Field No. 1 was dedicated as Roosevelt Field, on September 24, 1918. After the war, the western part of Field No. 1 became known as Curtiss Field, associated, as it was, with the Curtiss Aeroplane & Motor Company located there.)
Scenes from massive offensive by 1st Air Cavalry Division against the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) in A Shau Valley, during the Vietnam War. Film opens showing scattered wreckage of a U.S. Army UH-1H helicoptor damaged by enemy fire or by collision with obstacles during landing. As troops work to clear wreckage, another UH-1 lands precariously in the midst of debris. United States Army soldiers dismount. Other soldiers work around the crash site. Nearby, a contingent of troops is busy carving out a proper landing zone, using small tools and a number of chain saws. Two of them pass close by the camera, carrying a huge tree trunk. Troops employ chain saws close to one another as they work on the tangled underbrush and trees. In the background, one soldier chops smaller brush with a machete. (Note: It has been reported that these scenes depict elements of B Company, 227th Assault Helicopter battalion, at LZ Pepper, and the UH-1H seen landing might be from the 1st/9th "Head Hunters.")
USS Enterprise (CVAN-65) in Gulf of Tonkin Vietnam, during Vietnam War. U.S. Navy officers and airmen walking on the deck area near the ship's island. Number 65 in bold written on the lower portion of ship's island. Several airmen go and come out from the island. Lieutenant Commander Robert R Brennock walking towards the A-4FSkyhawk for his 200th mission. Pilot inspects the engines, climbs up. LCDR Paul Shields written on the plane beside cockpit. Brennock lowers the canopy and takes off. The A-4FSkyhawk aircraft lands and the pilot step down. As the pilot walks, the commanding officer Robert J Thomas congratulates him. A UH-2C helicopter parked on the deck and several men stand near to it.
U.S. aircraft during on the USS Enterprise (CVAN-65) in Gulf of Tonkin, Vietnam during Vietnam War. U.S. Navy pilots walk with different equipment on the deck. Number 65 in bold written on the lower portion of ship's island. Lieutenant Commander Paul D Stephenson walks towards an A-4F Skyhawk parked near the island. LCDR Stephenson gives his bag to crew. Pilot inspects the engines, climbs up and puts on oxygen mask. Pilot Stephenson lowers the canopy and takes off as the crew shows signal. On returning Commanding officer J L Nicholson congratulates Stephenson and both of them walk away.
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