Aerial view of Newport Dock area near Saigon, Vietnam. Aerial views of U.S. Army and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) logistics base located on the Saigon River. View of warehouses and dockyard. Ships anchored at harbor.
U.S. President Richard Nixon visits Vietnam during the Vietnam War. A U.S. Army jeep carrying President Nixon drives through mud at a U.S. base. President Nixon greets U.S. troops. A soldier photographs President Nixon.
A CH-54 carrying a 155mm howitzer from 101st Airborne Division Fire Support Base, Geronimo. It carries the howitzer in a sling to Fire Support Base, Whip, on top of a hill. A signal flare releases yellow smoke. The CH-54 sets down the howitzer. These aerial supply operations are conducted by the U.S. Army 160th Combat Aviation Group. (Vietnam War period).
Film opens showing a U.S. Air Force F-100 in flight. Its SE tail code identifies it as belonging to the 416th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 31st Tactical Fighter Wing, out of Tuy Hoa, Vietnam. This is a two-seater F-100F training aircraft employed as a fast Forward Air Controller (FAC) in Operation Commando Sabre. Its back seat is empty. Various views of the aircraft are shown, some with brilliant blue sky background. Background radio transmissions sound like a Navy or Marine GCA unit giving approach guidance to an aircraft. Beginning at TC: 01:50, an F-4E of the 366th Fighter Wing is seen, flying on the wing of the F-100. The flight of two continues in formation to the end of the film.
Soldiers of the 40th Signal Battalion on telephone pole work with telephone lines. Soldiers pull the telephone cable along roadside. Soldiers at pole, fix telephone lines. Soldiers on ground hold the line attached with pole. Few soldiers walk away from pole. (Vietnam War period).
Bombardment of target areas around Bien Hoa Province by U.S. Air Force aircraft during Vietnam War in Vietnam. Aerial view of A canal in view with trees and fields on either side, 6 miles Southwest of Bien Hoa Province in Vietnam. U.S. Air Force aircraft drops general-purpose bombs on Viet Cong concentration in the target areas as grey smoke rises. Several fields in view. Another General-purpose bomb blasts on a target area. Black smoke spreads in the air above the trees. Fields in an area.
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