President of the United States Gerald R. Ford, Jr awards medals to soldiers of Vietnam War during a ceremony in White House in Washington DC. Officers and their families enter a hall. President of the United States Gerald Ford, Jr walks up to the platform to the podium. President Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr addresses the gathering. United States Secretary of the Army Howard Hollis Callaway reads the citation while the President awards the officers of Vietnam War. President Ford pins medals of Honor to United States Army soldiers Louis R. Rocco and Jon R. Cavaiani. He greets the family members of the soldiers. The two officers greet each other.
American and South Vietnamese being evacuated from Saigon, by helicopter, during fall of Saigon, at end of Vietnam War. Crew members on the deck of the USS Midway assist those escaping Vietnam. A UH-1D/H Huey helicopter on the deck. Helicopters in flight in the background. A CH-53 helicopter lands and American and South Vietnamese evacuees exit onto the flight deck. They walk along a roped off area and proceed below deck where they are administratively processed.
Fall of Saigon and evacuation of Americans and South Vietnamese escaping Vietnam at end of Vietnam War. US Navy crew members seen pushing UH-1D/H Huey helicopters and a CH-47 helicopter over the side of the ship, to make room on the deck for a Cessna O-1 (unseen), with evacuees, seeking to land.
Scenes on flight deck of the USS Midway (CVA-41) during evacuation of Americans and South Vietnamese escaping the country during fall of Saigon, at the conclusion of the Vietnam War. A South Vietnamese VNAF Ch-47 Chinook helicopter is seen being moved by a tug boat. Republic of Vietnam flag and letters "GNP" painted on its fuselage. VNAF UH-1D/H Huey helicopters are being moved as close together as possible to make room on the deck. Aerial view of the helicopters parked on the deck.
Evacuation of ethnic Vietnamese from Cambodia during the Vietnam War, to help them escape massacres of ethnic Vietnamese by Cambodian forces. Ethnic Vietnamese refugees in a camp with their children and belongings wait for transportation. Women and children stand by in the area. The refugees load their baggage and board a truck. A dog, the refugees and belongings on the truck. South Vietnamese (ARVN) forces assist the civilians in loading gear as they prepare to evacuate to South Vietnam.
Japanese forces occupy part of Vichy French Indochina during 2nd Sino Japanese War and World War II. Animated map shows Leizhou (luichow) Peninsula and Hainan Island of China opposite the North Central coast of North Vietnam, centered at Haiphong harbor. Lines appear showing the path of Japanese troops occupying North Vietnam from Haiphong, in two sweeps to Northeast and Northwest and circling towards Hanoi. Mountainous terrain of the region is shown. Camera pans down a sheer cliffside in the mountains. Narrow roads are shown carved in the mountains and hills. A Japanese sentry stands at a sandbagged outpost, displaying the Japanese flag. A solitary building sits atop a hilltop in the background. A concrete marker indicates distance of 171 km to Hanoi. Several Japanese engineers make their way to the top of a mountain, accompanied by soldiers. An abandoned French heavy gun is seen in a concrete emplacement. View of Japanese soldiers looking out from the hilltop. A sign along a mountain road reading "Keep to the right," in French, English, and Japanese. Soldiers gather around a large tree fallen across the mountain road. They pose for the camera next to the tree. Japanese officers walking through an archway, from a large building in background. Closeup of barrel containing portland cement, followed by view of many such barrels being examined by Japanese engineer.
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