A documentary depicts disposal of high level nuclear waste in salt mines in the United States. A crew man checks a storage hole. Animation depicts the containment, removal of cans, backfilling of holes with crushed salt, and replacing of fuel cans with highly radioactive fuel. A man installs tubes in the hole. A machine which tells the exact temperature in the experimental area. A man looks through a dumpy level. Another man takes measurement with a floor to ceiling gauge and a wall to wall conversion gauge. A man uses a strain gauge to obtain data. Men insert holders into the hole. A man looks at the machine which gives the salt flow data. Two men study the data and draw an actual design requirement of a disposal facility. An animation depicts the process of disposal of crushed salt. A transporter moves after an experiment
Military passengers get off from a TWA jet in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. A Trans World Airlines (TWA) jet taxis at Bien Hoa Air Base. 'TWA' written on the tail of the jet aircraft. A ground crew pushes aviation passenger stairs to the door of the aircraft. A sign on the stairs reads ' U.S. Air Force'. Officers, airmen and soldiers get off from the aircraft. A van parked in the background.
U.S. soldiers claim baggage and leave an airfield in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Military passengers assemble on the airfield. An aircraft parked at the field. They walk to a terminal building. A sign on a board reads 'Det 5 8 Aerial Port, Passenger Processing'. A group claims their baggage. The soldiers load barracks bags into trailer trucks. Buses leave the airfield. The bags of the soldiers lying on the ground.
U.S. soldiers during a replacement process in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. U.S. recruit Richard Gillispie and other soldier replacements go through processing at 90th Replacement Battalion. A non commissioned officer (NCO) welcomes the assembled soldiers to Vietnam. The soldiers enter the processing building. They receive papers. Gillispie and other soldiers listen to the NCO who is speaking into a microphone. The soldiers check the papers and listen to the NCO. A soldier has a pen in his hand. The soldiers write on the papers.
United States soldiers in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. The soldiers change their currency to military payment certificates (MPC). They stand in a line and exchange the currency one after the other. A soldier receives MPC and walks off. Another soldier with glasses signs on a paper after receiving the MPC. U.S. soldiers stand in front of a building. The soldiers walk in a line to the orientation building . Smoke rises in the background. They climb up the stairs of orientation building. A sign reads '18th Repl Orientation Building'. U.S. recruit Richard Gillispie and others being issued field gear. They exit from the building carrying barracks bags.
U.S. troops in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. A box of toothbrushes and toothpastes. Soldiers pick up brushes and pastes one after the other. The soldiers stand in an open area. U.S. recruit Richard Gillispie puts toothpaste on a brush and brushes his teeth. The soldiers stand in front of their barracks bags. They collect keys from a counter. A soldier smokes. They pick up barracks bags and walk to their billets. A soldier with a cigarette in his mouth and bags on his shoulder walks towards a billet. The soldiers enter their billets.