Activities at Soc Trang Army Air Base,Vietnam, on occasion of its turnover to VNAF forces. Major General McCown and Secretary of Air Force Robert C. Seamans speaking on the microphone. Soc Trang tower with flags of U.S. and Vietnam flying over it. Vietnamese General speaks on the microphone. Dr.Seamans and his group leaving,walking past Vietnamese troops and taking salutes. (Vietnam War period).
MACV (US Military Assistance Command, Vietnam) Advisory Team assists South Vietnamese soldiers in the evacuation of refugees from Kontum during the Nguyen Hue Campaign of the Vietnam War. Vietnamese refugees board a U.S. Army Boeing CH-47 Chinook helicopter. The helicopter takes off. The chopper in flight at sunset. U.S. and South Vietnamese soldiers inside a U.S. Army Bell UH-1D Iroquois helicopter during a FAC mission over Kontum. A soldier on the radio in the chopper. A battery on the helicopter floor. The pilot at controls in the cockpit. Aerial view of craters and terrain damage from a bomb strike. Smoke due to fire from explosions.
A guard tower of the U.S. 1st Infantry Division in Dian, South Vietnam. A U.S. soldier atop the tower operates AN/PSS-4 short range surveillance radar set. (Vietnam War period).
American comedian Bob Hope performs for United Service Organization (USO) at Tan Son Nhut air base in Vietnam. The U.S. Army troops watch the show and applaud. Bob Hope's entertainment troupe performs on the stage. Carroll Baker, Anita Bryant, Joey Heatherton, the Korean Kittens, Phyllis Diller seen on stage. A troupe member seen wearing a sari. (Vietnam War period).
French colonials, carrying French tricolor flags, and Vietnamese civilians, carrying North Vietnamese flags, mingle with French and Vietnamese military and officials, outside airport. men carry a huge banner. The banner reads 'Viet Nam Lao Dong Lien Doan', meaning: Vietnam Labor Union. A group of young Vietnamese women, carry flags and chant. Small Vietnamese children wave flags. A DC-3 aircraft, with North Vietnam flags in the windows, taxis to a stop. North Vietnamese leader, Ho Chi Minh, emerges, followed by Jean Sainteny, delegate from the High Commissioner of France. Ho Chi Minh is immediately surrounded by high ranking French officers and officials and press and photographers. A little Vietnamese girl presents him flowers. Ho Chi Minh makes a public statement into two microphones covered by hankerchiefs (to muffle wind?).
U.S. 3rd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division operations at Phu Bai Combat Base near Hue, Vietnam. Empty dump trucks enter the base. Airport at Phu Bai. View of Phu Bai combat base. (Vietnam War period).