Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) soldiers stand near an armored locomotive at a railroad yard in Saigon, Vietnam. The ARVN soldiers board the train. An American advisor climbs aboard. View from the top of the locomotive as it leaves the Saigon railroad yard and passes through the city and wooded areas. (Vietnam War period).
Incoming U.S. Vietnam Ambassador Ellsworth Bunker and outgoing U.S. Vietnam Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge shake hands with each other in Saigon, Vietnam. Reporters ask questions. Henry Cabot Lodge and his wife board plane and wave.
A film on the 1968 Tet Offensive on Saigon, Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Army of the Republic of Vietnam ( ARVN ) psychological warfare team in a combat area. Soldiers in the area. Damaged buildings along street sides and fire in buildings. Soldiers speak on loudspeakers and call on the people to remain calm. Heavy smoke columns rise from burning buildings. Civilians run and flee on a street. They are being evacuated by the soldiers to refugee centers. The soldiers help them to get out of the area. Doctors and nurses help the wounded civilians. A soldier speaks on a loudspeaker. A fire fighting squad in operation. Firemen douse fires.
Vietnam tour by U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense, David Packard. Mr.Packard enters the Vietnamese Naval shipyard, Saigon. A motorcade seen. Vietnamese personnel in the background. Cars enter a gate. Mr Packard meets Commodore Tran Van Chon, Chief of Naval Operations,Vietnamese Navy and Captain Bich, Commander of Republic of Vietnam Naval shipyard. Mr Packard meets with several Vietnamese officers. Mr Packard ; U.S. Vice Admiral Elmo Russell Zumwalt, Comnavforces, Vietnam and Commodore Chon look at the map of the shipyard. Mr Packard enters a car. The car moves. Republic of Vietnam military police in a jeep. The official party departs the shipyard.
Broad view of the valley in which the Phu Cat base is taking shape during construction. Many structures are already complete. Hills visible in distance. Areas of newly cleared earth visible. Carpenters seen on roof of a building being framed, in a row of wooden buildings. Closeup of U.S. Airmen (members of 819th Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineers, AKA RED HORSE). They are installing corrugated asbestos cement roofing sheets on a new building. View of Airmen on ground handing roofing sheets up to installers. View of a man in fatigues and cap smoking a cigarette, as he watches the airmen work. (He wears no military insignia, and is possibly a civilian working with the construction consortium: RMK-BRJ (Raymond International & Morrison-Knudsen, Brown & Root & J.A. Jones Construction.) The Airmen of 819th pause for the camera, then reach out and install some more roofing panels.
United States Marines of 1/1 (1st Battalion 1st Marines) look toward parked M-48 tank on road (river barrier). Tank parked on road with 90mm gun aimed out. Turret swings toward buildings in bushy area. Tank fires. Smoke rises from the background. Turret turns slowly as several 90mm shell casings are thrown out onto ground. Marines stand behind top turret of parked M-48 tank. Marine kneels along road with 3.5 rocket launcher on his shoulder. Second marine loads rocket into launcher as third marine speaks and points out position of attack. ARVN (Army of the Republic of Vietnam) rangers armed with M-16 rifles move quickly followed by marines. AVRN rangers and marines cross Perfume River Bridge and move toward a building in the background. AVRN rangers talk into radio atop parked M-48 tank. (Vietnam War, Tet Offensive period).
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