U.S. soldiers arrive in a V-100 Armored Commando car in Longbinh, Vietnam. The car drives into motor pool at Longbinh. Crew climbs out of the car. The Vehicle Commander and Sergeant discuss maintenance of the car. They look at the vehicle log book. The military men test the car. Two soldiers discuss a document. They get into the car and drive out. (Vietnam War period).
Elements of B Company, 2/47th Infantry (Mechanized) and C Company, 4/39th Infantry, clearing North Vietnamese Army regulars from "Widows' Village" (a hamlet of housing provided by the government of the Republic of Vietnam for widows and children of fallen ARVN soldiers). The action occurs January 31st, 1968 (on "Tet", the Vietnamese Lunar New Year holiday). U.S. troops firing small arms as they proceed across tall grass into the hamlet. Several M 113 armored personnel carriers (APCs) are seen accompanying the troops. A soldier, who has been hit, lying prone between two other soldiers, tries to get up. Flames consuming huts. Riflemen moving cautiously. A slightly wounded soldier, lying on the ground, smiles as he points to his leg as another soldier helps him. APCs advance, firing 50 caliber machine guns. Riflemen staying close behind. Views of a number of huts, in the hamlet, that have not been destroyed. (Note: According to Colonel Sonny Craven, then leader of a combat photo team on the scene, these combat sequences was filmed by soldiers of the 221st Signal Company [Pictorial]). Craven and another photographer, were both wounded in the engagement.) (Vietnam War period).
U.S. 2nd Field Forces, 199th Light Infantry Brigade fighting with Vietcong in Vietnam. Ordnance test of M72 Law, Rocket HE 66mm. Open flat field. Test range. View of target tank. Impact of rockets as they hit target tank. Smoke rises up from explosions. (Vietnam War period).
Narrator Lee Marvin standing on a seashore. U.S. astronauts heading to their capsule for launch on mission to first man on the moon. Launch service structures falling away, as rocket launch is completing countdown in launch of Saturn V rocket carrying Apollo 11 mission to the moon. View of Mission Control operations center during Apollo 11. Glimpse of the earth from the moon and sound of Neil Armstrong on radio to Houston Control Center, "Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed." View shifts to Houston Control Center. View of the Lunar Module, Eagle, descending and landing on the moon surface, July 20, 1969. Next, a view of Neil Armstrong descending ladder from the Lunar lander and taking the first step onto the moon by a human, and then moving about on the lunar surface, on July 21, 1969. View of seashore, again, where birds are walking on the wet sand. Flock of birds flying above breaking surf. Aerial view of Hoover Dam. A road being built in rugged wilderness. View of the Panama Canal. Aerial view from helicopter flying very close to the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco.
Various views of sunset. Stoplight turns green in evening. An elderly woman, driving a gray convertible car with the top down, checks the stoplight. The woman drives ahead after the stoplight turns green. Yellow 1969 Ford Mustang GT pulls up. The convertible car and the 1969 Mustang GT drive in the night. Woman parks her car in her driveway. Woman taking groceries from car and carrying them to the front door of her house at night and opening front door. Ruffles potato chips bag seen in groceries. 1969 Mustang GT headlights turning off at night Elderly woman entering house interior at night carrying bag of groceries. Elderly woman going out of her house front door at night. outside to her driveway, calling for her cat to come inside. Elderly woman at night calling "Here Kitty, Kitty, Kitty, from her driveway. Woman going inside her house at night. Woman taking off her jacket in house. Elderly woman shocked at seeing strange man in her house, a would-be rapist.. The man says “You forgot your paper” as he extends rolled newspaper in hand and closes house door.
The December 1, 1969 Draft Lottery for the year 1970 is held at the United States Selective Service headquarters in Washington, D.C. The draft lottery is led by General Lewis B. Hershey, Selective Service Director. The ceremony begins with a benediction, and then an official pours slips of paper containing birth dates into a glass bowl. Congressman Alexander Pirnie of New York draws the first birth date. He declares the date, September 14, and another man pastes the birth date next to a number on a board. Members of the Selective Service Youth Advisory Committee draw additional birth dates and the board is filled out with the draft sequence.
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