U.S. Gun crews firing howitzer, in Vietnam. CH-47 helicopter lands and discharges U.S. Army soldiers, who engage enemy in battle. Several UH-1 (Huey) helicopters land and discharge U.S. troops. Army personnel helping Vietnamese build a new school room, as many Vietnamese children look on. Searching for Viet Cong from helicoptors, flying over jungle canopy. A UH-1B, helicopter, equipped with a "personnel detector." Transmitters placed on free-ranging dogs, in hostile areas, to detect enemy. (Vietnam War period).
Railroad ambush detector in Vietnam.precedes the train and senses any tampering with the track. Spotlight equipped helicopters, called "fireflies." expose night activities of the enemy to gun ships. Large group of UH-1 helicopters in flight. A CH-47, heavy lift helicopter transporting artillery and supplies. U.S. Army AH-1Huey Cobra, firing rockets and gatling miniguns. Cayuse OH-6 observation helicopter in flight. (Vietnam War period).
Riverine warfare in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam. U.S. Riverine Afloat Force consisting of one Brigade of the Army's Ninth Division, and the U.S. Navy's River Flotilla One, supported by special Navy ships. Seen are: Barracks ship; Armored and armed transport ship, with river vessels alongside and helicopter landing on deck. An armor-plated and armed 60-foot "Monitor" river craft underway and firing from its gun turret. U.S. soldiers firing a howitzer on board a barge. An F-100 Supersabre tactical jet fighter aircraft flies over river and drops ordnance on riverbank. American troops make amphibious assault on riverbank. (Vietnam War period).
U.S. Air Force Air cargo terminal at Travis Air Force Base, California. High priority (Red Ball Express) cargo is loaded onto a Boeing 707 aircraft for delivery to Vietnam. Upon arrival it is sorted for immediate delivery. Computer room of the 14th Inventory Control Center, featuring reel-to-reel tape decks and Hollerith punch card equipment. Aerial views of numerous medical facilities of the Army Medical Service, in Vietnam. A UH-1 Huey medical evacuation helicopter lands and wounded soldiers, on stretchers, are placed aboard, and flown to medical facilities for treatment. Inside an Air Ambulance helicopter, a personnel hoist, upon which a stretcher can be placed, is lowered to the ground. Also shown, is a search and rescue "jungle penetrator" that facilitates rescue of a downed pilot or other person from dense jungle where landing is impossible. The pilot is shown attached to hoist connected to helicopter.
Dramatic aerial view of white phosphorus and napalm bombardment of huts among trees by U.S. A-1 Skyraider aircraft during the Vietnam War in Vietnam. A blast caused due to a bomb in a region full of trees and a few huts of a village. Fire in huts among the trees. More areas with trees and thick black smoke rises from the area of blast. More huts in fire among the trees. Stacks of hay near the huts. The fire spreading to the nearby areas. Black smoke rising into the air as the bombing raid continues. Fire in hay stacks near huts. Several fields near the huts.
Bombardment of target areas by U.S. Air Force A-1E Skyraider aircraft in An Xuyen Province during the Vietnam War in Vietnam. A U.S. Air Force A-1E aircraft in flight leaving trails in the sky. The aircraft in flight over a water body. Several trees on the side of the river. Clouds visible in the sky. The U.S. Air Force A-1E aircraft, piloted by Captain Geraghty, drops General-purpose bombs on jungle areas 2 miles North West Xom Mui in An Xuyen Province. Aerial view of several huts among the canopy of trees. White smoke rises and spreads from the bombed areas. General-purpose bombs dropped by the U.S. aircraft on target areas in the Province. View from the camera aircraft of another A-1E dropping white phosphorus and napalm bombs. (Note: The A-1E aircraft on this mission are believed to belong to the 1st Air Commando Squadron, operating out of Bien Hoa Air Base)