Landing craft loaded with French troops make their way through the Bamboo Canal in Vietnam. Troops disembark from the landing craft on river bank near port of Coi-Co at the junction of Song-Thai-Binh. They cross open fields and canal ( some with supplies on their backs). Local children seen with water buffaloes. A truck is ferried across the canal. Advance is held up as they encounter Viet-Minh resistance at a village. French soldiers dig in. They fire machine guns and mortars. Thatched-roofed house burns as they occupy the village.
Film begins as Texas takes the field, wearing red warm-up jackets. Stadium appears filled to capacity. Numerous plays in the game are seen throughout the film. A banner draped over a front row railing, in the grandstand, cites 100th anniversary of the NCAA and reads:"Welcome President Nixon." Several police officers are seen in that vicinity. Scoreboard shows Arkansas ahead 14 to nothing (after third quarter). Numerous shots of the crowd in the stands, but none showing the President or his party. As the game nears the end, some spectators appear to be covering up because of a light rain. (Note: In the 4th quarter, Texas rallied to win the game 15 to 14.)
Film opens showing a U.S. Army soldier of the 3rd Infantry Regiment (the old Guard) leading a riderless horse along an avenue in Washington, DC, during the funeral of Dwight D. Eisenhower. Crowds line the sidewalks. Closeup of people watching from the sidelines. Members of the Old Guard, escorting a horse drawn Army caisson bearing the coffin of the former General and President. Voice of President Richard Nixon, is heard, delivering eulogy at the funeral, as the caisson is escorted toward the Capitol building. More closeups of people watching. The Caisson and escorts stop at the Capitol steps where members of the Old Guard form two lines defining a center path. Glimpse of military honor guard with the colors. An Army band assembled in the background. View from behind a group of U.S. Navy sailors standing near the casket. President Nixon with family and friends saluting. Pallbearers from all U.S. military services lower the casket from the caisson. Closeup of solemn observers at sidelines. The pallbearers slowly carry the casket toward the capitol steps, past President Nixon and his group, and begin to ascend the Capitol steps.
The aftermath of the Viet Cong attack on village of Dong Xoai, Phouc Long Province, South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. A few Vietnamese soldiers looking at captured Viet Cong bazookas, recoilless rifles, mortars, machine guns and rifles. View of the guns and rifles on the ground. Artillery being fired. A soldier standing in a dirt area. An explosion occurs and smoke rises at a distance among the tress. Damaged houses and scattered debris. A few soldiers walking through the debris. Dead bodies of children among the debris. Dead men and women in the village beside the houses. Dead bodies lying about on the ground. Dead soldiers on the outskirts of the village. A part of a dead body lying on the ground.
The aftermath of the Viet Cong attack on village of Dong Xoai, Phouc Long Province, South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Burnt dead bodies lying on the ground in the village. Bodies of dead children lying about. Dead men lying on the ground among debris. Burnt and charred bodies lying in fields in the village.
An aircraft flies over fields,a few houses and trees as it approaches towards a dirt airstrip at Long Thanh in Dong Nai province in south east Vietnam. The aircraft lands at the dirt airstrip using and moves over it as a military truck remains parked towards the right of the runway.
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