President of the United States Lyndon Baines Johnson with other officials at Cam Ranh Bay Air Base in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. United States Army General William C. Westmoreland,Lyndon Baines Johnson and U.S. ambassador to South Vietnam Ellsworth Bunker talk. William C. Westmoreland and Lyndon Baines Johnson on a platform. U.S. troops salute. Officials on a platform during the playing of national anthem. Officials include Vice President of Vietnam Nguyen Cao Ky, Ellsworth Bunker and Vietnamese officer talk. President Johnson pins medals on to men.
A documentary series titled 'The Big Picture' on Mission Montagnard of United States soldiers during the Vietnam War. An animated map showing North Vietnam and South Vietnam. An aerial view of the central highlands of Vietnam. These places have been infested by guerrilla forces. A village in the highlands. Tribal people stand outside their huts. Some people walk along a street. Men cut wood. U.S. soldiers stand outside a building and discuss amongst themselves. They are accompanied by Vietnamese special forces. The soldiers seated in a jeep pass along the street. Villagers gather outside their houses. The soldiers meet them. They give candies to children and talk to them. A medic drives a jeep. He opens a box of medicine and places it in the jeep.
Vietnam Air Force personnel attend an English class at Tan Son Nhut Air Base in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. A language school building at Tan Son Nhut Air Base. VNAF (Vietnam Air Force) officers attend an English class. A Vietnamese instructor explains a tape recorder diagram to students in booths.
United States Air Force (USAF) Forward Air Controllers (FACs) in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. An ARVN (Army of the Republic of Vietnam) officer briefs USAF and VNAF (Vietnam Air Force) FACs for a mission. A USAF radio operator talking into a microphone.
U.S. troops arriving in Vietnam undergo processing by the 90th Replacement Battalion. Scene opens showing buses carrying newly arriving U.S. soldiers from the Ben Hoa airbase, to the depot of the 90th Replacement Battalion,near Long Binh, Vietnam. The buses make their way along dirt roads at the base. Various types of shelters, including tents and buildings of light construction are seen. The soldiers leave the buses, carrying personal belongings and manila folders with documents. As the buses pull away, signs in Vietnamese are seen on their sides. Next, the newly arrived soldiers are seen gathered in an open field. Some smoke cigarettes. There appears to be a chapel building in the background. Some soldiers see the camera behind them and wave toward it. A briefer is addressing them from a stand in front of a low building. Next, soldiers are seen entering a building where sign is posted reading: "OFF LIMITS, unless you are processing." (Vietnam War period).
Activities at VNAF base,Vietnam. Arrival of Secretary of USAF, Robert C. Seamans at Nha Trang VNAF Base in Vietnam. Seamans honored by an honor guard. Seamans and a Vietnamese officer inspecting VNAF units. Seamans shaking hands with the VNAF troops. Vietnamese AF cadets marching down the street. (Vietnam War period).