View from UH-1 helicopter flying over Camp Holloway in Vietnam highlands, during period U.S. troops are commencing their incursion into Cambodia, during the Vietnam War. Rough dirt paths and landing areas have been carved out of the earth and scrub brush landscape. Half a dozen UH-1s are parked on the site, as well as trucks and other vehicles. A huge section of the site is barren, except for a white wind sock. View from the ground of a UH-1 coming in to land. It sets down on a ramp of marsden matting, aka pierced steel planking (PSP), as a CH-47 chopper takes off in the background. Camera is photographing from another UH-1 that takes off, still focusing on the one that just arrived. A C-130 aircraft is on the runway in the background. The departing camera-helicopter shows troops and equipment on the bare earth below. Scene shifts to aerial views of sky, clouds, and mountainous terrain. Shifting to view of ground, another advance base is seen below. Another UH-1 is seen in the sky.The camera-helicopter passes over a dirt field where a low flying formation of helicopters is raising huge dust clouds. In the midst of this site there is a long hard surface (PSP) runway, that the camera-helicopter flies along, at altitude.Troops and equipment plus more helicopters are in the dirt areas beside the hard runway.
American soldier after being captured by North Vietnamese in Vietnam. A news bulletin shows a news anchor as he talks about Americans in Viet Cong prison camps. Carts move away from a village. Viet Cong soldiers patrol the village. An American soldier after being captured by North Vietnamese soldiers. (Vietnam War period).
Operation Phoenix in Vietnam. A news bulletin shows a news anchor with a map of south Asia in the background. South Vietnamese soldiers in a village as they question the local people. Soldiers move into a dense jungle. They catch hold of a VCI ( Viet Cong Infrastructure ) man and try to seek intelligence information from him. Soldiers torture the man and bury him in ground. (Vietnam War period).
Soviet Union RPG-7 anti tank rocket being fired during a demonstration in Vietnam. Group of Australian soldiers stand around as they watch the demonstration. Rocket section being unwrapped from a tape. American soldier works on the rocket. Rear section of rocket being unscrewed. Rocket being inserted into the tube. Officer orders to fire. RPG-7 rocket launcher ready to be fired by remote control. American soldier fires the rocket by hand. Soldiers of Australian Armored Corps 1st Task Force with their fingers in ears as they watch the firing of rocket. American soldier fires rocket from their shoulders. Australian soldiers around a truck in the background. Australian soldier with a rocket on his shoulder. American soldier loads the rocket and an Australian soldier fires it. He removes the launcher and sets it on a tripod. (Vietnam War period).
A United States Air Force HH-53 helicopter during simulated rescue operations in Vietnam. Crew boards the HH-53 helicopter and it lifts off. Radar screen on the control panel in the cockpit of the helicopter. A man hangs below the helicopter with the help of a cable and is being pulled up during a simulated rescue operation. The man comes near the door of the helicopter. (Vietnam War period).
United States Air Force HH-53 helicopter during simulated rescue operations in Vietnam. The crew boards the HH-53 helicopter and it takes off. View of a radar screen on the control panel in the cockpit of the helicopter. A cable being lowered to rescue a man during a test rescue operation. The man being pulled up. A crew member drags the rescued man into the helicopter. (Vietnam War period).