An orientation film for United States Air Force personnel assigned to Southeast Asia. The Cam Ranh Bay in the province of Khanh Hoa, Vietnam. The Bay shoreline. Clouds over mountains in the background. The Cam Ranh Air Base. Two towers on the Base. U.S. aircraft parked on the runway. Runway lights on either side of the runway. A plane taxis and takes off. (Vietnam War period).
An orientation film for United States Air Force personnel assigned to Southeast Asia. USAF airmen at the Binh Thuy Air Base near the city of Can Tho in Vietnam. U.S. aircraft taxis and turns on the runway. A sandbag bunker. An aircraft passes overhead. An airman works on the engine of a U.S. aircraft parked on the runway. A Douglas C-47 Skytrain or Dakota parked in the background. Airmen near a sandbag bunker. A sign behind them reads: '22nd TASS Flight Line Maint.' A Tech sergeant talks on the radio. Airmen including Airmen Second Class and Airmen First Class look on. A fire extinguisher on the road. A barrack in the background. Vietnamese Air Force Fin Flash flag on a pole. The fluttering flag. A sign reads: 'Khong Boan 74 - 74th Wing Headquarters'. (Vietnam War period).
An orientation film for United States Air Force personnel assigned to Southeast Asia. The Cam Ranh Air Base in the province of Khanh Hoa, Vietnam. A barb wire fence around an enclosure. Trees sway in the wind. A military jeep parked inside. USAF airmen and women serve themselves at the Base mess. Airmen prepare and serve food from behind a counter. Airmen in line. Food laid out on tables. A military jeep passes a building. An airman walks past a yellow barrier along the building. Airmen and a nurse emerge from the building. A helicopter flies overhead. A military jeep and bus drive past the building. (Vietnam War period).
ARVN (Army of the Republic of Vietnam) military training centers and schools in Vietnam War. South Vietnamese soldiers train cadets at an artillery school. Cadets near a M114 155 mm howitzer. Cadets load a shell into the Howitzer. The Howitzer fired. A 105mm Howitzer camouflaged with foliage. Students load and fire the Howitzer. The instructor gives orders over the radio to fire the Howitzer.
Soldiers assembled inside a hangar at Can Tho Army Airfield, in Vietnam, applaud individual performers who are part of a USO troupe. A man and woman sing a duet. Scene shifts to soldiers overflowing the hangar, and watching from outside. Some sit and stand on improvised platforms and military equipment. Two women from the troupe pose near a fence, holding a white cloth over their heads to protect from the sun. Soldiers watching the performances while standing on a piece of construction equipment. View from behind soldiers standing inside the hangar. Large number of soldiers in audience seated inside the hangar. (Vietnam War period).
Sammy Davis Jr. on tour with a USO Troupe, entertaining American troops at Can Tho Army Airfield in Vietnam. A U.S. Army military policeman peeks through a curtain aside a stage, where Sammy Davis Jr. is performing as part of a USO tour entertaing troops during the Vietnam War. Davis stands onstage, backed by women dancers who move rhthmically as he speaks or sings into the microphone. Camera shifts to spot at back of large audience seated in a hangar at the base. Musicians and other members of USO troupe are seen onstage in distance. View of soldiers seated outside the hangar applauding the performances. View from behind audience. Sammy Davis Jr. seen onstage in distance. Soldiers watching from atop a raised platform, outside the hangar. Several views of audience clapping rhythmically to beat of music sung by performers. Some soldiers taking moving pictures of the event, from outside the hangar. Huge overflow crowd of soldiers watching from outside the hangar. Glimpse of Sammy Davis Jr. singing, accompanied by musicians. More audience shots.