United States Army 1st Infantry Division nicknamed 'Big Red One' arrives at the beach. American color guard on a beach in Vietnam. General William C Westmoreland, Commander General, U.S. Army, Vietnam, on the beach landing area. Major General Jonathan O Seaman, Commander General 1st Infantry Division, on beach. He converses with Brigadier General John "Jack" Norton, Commander of the 1st Air Cavalry Division and Colonel Curt Aronson of his Division. .A Landing Craft Utility (LCU) arrives carrying the first contingent of the 1st Infantry Division. As the troops disembark, General Westmoreland shakes hands with first two soldiers. The soldiers carry barrack bags. Remainder of the film shows troops offloading from the LCU and making their way across the sand past the Generals and the color guard.(Vietnam War period).
Aftermath of the Tet Offensive bombing on United States Embassy (4 Le Duan Blvd., District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam) in Saigon, Vietnam. Blasted roofs of wrecked buildings across the street of the United States Embassy. Extreme damage inside the building. Smashed building and broken windows. Rubble strewn about in the building. Blood on glass top of desk. Rubble in offices and wrecked furniture. Vietnam map hanging askew.
Air kinescope of TV news broadcast about U.S. soldiers taken as prisoners of war (POWs) by the Viet Cong. Large illustration of POWs on wall behind newscaster, Charles Collingwood. A map of Vietnam highlights Con Thien, on the Vietnam-Laos border. Viet Cong film shows them, covered with foliage camouflage, firing small arms as they move through brush and surprise a group of American soldiers who surrender and are taken prisoner. The Americans are escorted by armed Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army soldiers. Views of individual American POWs. The news anchor speaks with a sign in the background that reads ' Causality reporting officer ' (Vietnam War period).
Monkey Mountain in Vietnam. Aerial view of radar site in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Buildings on mountain top with a radar. Radar site amidst a lush green area.
United States Air Force radar site at Monkey Mountain in Vietnam. United States Air force and Vietnam Air Force personnel at radarscopes. A man writes on a paper. Man observes a radarscope as images are being formed. Men at controls of a radarscope. (Vietnam War period).
Soviet Union RPG-7 anti tank rocket fired during a demonstration in Vietnam. Fuel drums filled with dirt being used as targets as a Soviet RPG-7 rocket hits them in Vietnam. A cloud of smoke rises. A second round being fired and strikes the target. Rocket being removed from the rocket launcher by an American soldiers. After section of the rocket launcher as smoke and flame come out of the rear tubes. Captain M.S. Fletcher of the United States Army carries the rocket. Another soldier spins something off rear of the rocket. Captain Fletcher holds the rocket. Rocket bing inserted into the launch tube. Soldiers grouped around the rocket launcher. Rocket being launched and an explosion takes place in mid air. (Vietnam War period).
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