Riverine warfare in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam. U.S. Riverine Afloat Force consisting of one Brigade of the Army's Ninth Division, and the U.S. Navy's River Flotilla One, supported by special Navy ships. Seen are: Barracks ship; Armored and armed transport ship, with river vessels alongside and helicopter landing on deck. An armor-plated and armed 60-foot "Monitor" river craft underway and firing from its gun turret. U.S. soldiers firing a howitzer on board a barge. An F-100 Supersabre tactical jet fighter aircraft flies over river and drops ordnance on riverbank. American troops make amphibious assault on riverbank. (Vietnam War period).
A feature film about PBR (Patrol Boat River) at Binh Thuy Air Base, Mekong Delta, Republic of Vietnam. A machine gunner aboard a PBR stands by his machine gun. The gun trained out over water. The PBR runs down a canal. The PBR underway in the wake of camera boats. The machine gun in the foreground. A U.S. Army UH-1B Seawolf helicopter in flight. A crewman in a helmet and a flak jacket. He smokes a cigarette on the inboard of the boat. He speaks into a communication microphone. A crewman stands by a machine gun on the stern of the boat. The gunner stands in the background. Hands of a man on a wheel. The gunner fires the machine gun. Viet Cong on shore area fire back. (Vietnam War period).
A feature film about PBR (Patrol Boat River) at Binh Thuy Air Base, Mekong Delta, Republic of Vietnam, in Vietnam War. A PBR underway at a high speed. Firing from the bank of the river. A machine gunner aboard the PBR. Firing at the shoreline. A crewman fires an M-79 Grenade Launcher. Water off the port side of the PBR. Heavy jungle growth at the riverbank. The deck of the PBR off the starboard bow area. The machine gunner behind the gun. The ammo belt of the gun protrudes over the starboard bow. A gunner fires an M-60 machine gun. A crewman drinks from a small C-ration can. The stern of the PBR. A .50 caliber machine gun is fired off towards the starboard side. A bucket of ammo is loaded in the gun. The gun is cocked and rechecked. Tracers and smoke heads towards the heavy jungle. A crewman fires the M-60 machine gun. The last of the belt is used up. The crewman quickly loads another belt of ammo into the machine gun. Other works with a clip.
New security controls to fight terrorism in Saigon, Vietnam. Special boats patrol in the Mekong river delta. Men in boats. Steel covered boats in river. Houses along the shore line. People walk on street. Military Policemen at a street. Military Policemen check people entering a building. A wire mesh on tree in the foreground. A road with fenced area on one side.
View from low flying helicopter of flooded city of Chau Doc in An Giang Province, bordering Cambodia, in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam, during the Vietnam War. Houses and buildings surrounded by water. Fields filled with water. Several trees among the houses. A man walking in knee-deep water in front of a building. People walking out of the entrance gate of a building. A Vietnamese signboard above the entrance gate. The building surrounded by water. Vehicles parked outside the building. Several buildings in view with water all around.
A feature film about PBR (Patrol Boat River) at Binh Thuy Air Base, Mekong Delta, Republic of Vietnam. A camera boat approaches. American flags on the camera boats. A small sampan pass by. The stern of a PBR to a sampan along the port quarter. Vietnamese on the stern of the sampan. An interpreter talks to the Vietnamese. A PBR crewman talks to an elder woman on the sampan. South Vietnamese flags seen on the sampans. A crewman checks paperwork and he steps aboard the sampan. The Vietnamese on the stern is apparently a detainee. An injured Vietnamese being helped and bandaged on the deck of the PBR. A Vietnamese carries a wounded woman from the boat. The woman lying on the pier. Vietnamese carry off the injured woman on a stretcher. (Vietnam War period).