United States Vice President Richard Nixon visits a military training camp in Saigon, Vietnam. Vietnamese soldiers stand in as honor guards to welcome Vice President Nixon. Vice President Nixon watches South Vietnamese soldiers as they jump over wooden obstacles during a training session. Vice President Nixon speaks with South Vietnamese officials. South Vietnamese soldiers practice firing as the Vice President with other officers looks on. South Vietnamese soldiers in prone position while firing. Vietnamese soldier conveys a message over a wireless field telephone as Richard Nixon and other officials stand next to him.
United States Naval patrol bomber SP-2H patrol the coast in Saigon,Vietnam as a river in the background is seen winding into the sea. Bomber flies over inhabited areas and junks. Aerial view from cockpit. A crewman speaks over the mike. Aerial view of water and shoreline as bomber flies over three swift boats and Nha Trang, where naval advisory radio station is located. Smoke is seen rising from the area.
United States ambassador to South Vietnam Maxwell D. Taylor and other officials leave Montagnard Technical School. They visit a Vietnamese Catholic Girls School. Ambassador Taylor speaks to a Vietnamese girl and an American nun as photographers take pictures. Luman also speaks to the nun.
United States ambassador to South Vietnam Maxwell D. Taylor presents Commendation Medal to Captain Gerald Geringer, medical advisor, in a ceremony held under a parachute tent at 23rd Infantry Division headquarters. Ambassador Taylor introduced to 23rd Division staff officers. Luman talks to Colonel Brown.
Huts on outskirts of Saigon. Children and woman start to run on other side. Man with red cross on bandana runs carrying child. South Vietnamese ARVN troops fire at Vietcong position. Soldier talks into radio. Troops reload machine guns. (Vietnam War period).
Saigon streets with people shopping, praying to ancestors in temples. Saigon in preparation for Tet festival night. City under attack by Vietcong during start of Tet Offensive. Burning buildings. Refugees leave city during siege. ARVN troops in house-to-house combat and street fights. Saigon radio station on fire and fire fighters fighting blaze in radio station. Vietcong prisoner being taken. Dead Vietcong and captured weapons. (Vietnam War period).