Opening slate reads: "Operation Rio Grande" and shows partial date of "11-2....." (The complete date is November 20-27, 1967, when this Search and Destroy mission was launched by the U.S. Marines 5th and 7th Brigades with South Vietnamese forces support during the Vietnam War.) A U.S. Marine jet aircraft dives low and drops a bomb on a Viet Cong position. View from overflying CH-46A helicopter of others maneuvering low over rice paddies, where smoke rises from some small fires, possibly from helicopter M60 machine gun fire. Helicopters parked with rotors turning on a large open field. Helicopters maneuvering low above the ground, and then climbing and departing the area.
U.S. Marines in Con Thien, Vietnam during the Vietnam War. United States Marines fire M-16 rifles and .45 pistols. A tank rolls across a field to retrieve dead Marines. The Marines advance across a field. Dead Marines lying on the ground. Holy Bible lying on the ground, opened to John 1. A Marine speaks over a field phone.
U.S. Marines in Con Thien, Vietnam during the Vietnam War. United States Marines advance across a field as they retrieve dead Marines. A Vietnamese soldier (interpreter) speaks to the Marines as a Marine holds a piece of paper. The Marines advance and set up a field phone. A Marine with bandaged left arm. Marine speaks over PRC-25 radio. A dead Marine lies next to him. The Marines milling about on a field. A damaged building in the background. A Marine examines a dead Marine. There appears to be a broken tread of a tank in the background. Two Marines with M-16 rifles wearing bullet proof vests move across the field as smoke rises in the background. They duck suddenly as they appear to be under fire.
A company of uniformed Yugoslav partisans marches in formation along a rocky mountain road, in World War 2. Next, several are seen in defensive positions with Zastava M84 Medium Machine Guns at the ready. A still picture of Yugoslav partisan leader, Marshal Josip Broz Tito.
A film titled 'Colorado: land of long look' about places of interest in Colorado, United States. Telephone poles and farmland on the side of the highway in Colorado as seen from a moving car. Highway view of the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. People ride horses. People enjoy their vacations. Close-up view of a man filming a scene using a Kodak Instamatic M30 movie camera or camcorder. A group of youngsters on a vacation. Teenage boys and girls walking, and they drive away in a car.
U.S. 23rd Infantry Division sniper school in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Soldier students in prone firing position. An instructor seated near them. A student aims through a scope and fires an M-14 rifle from behind sand bag mounds. A spotter looks through a sighting instrument. A U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter with a sling load flies overhead.
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