USS Forrestal fire off the Gulf of Tonkin during the Vietnam War. Time moving on a clock. An RA-5C aircraft is on fire. A man is seen in lower foreground of the footage. Crewmen spraying water on the plane in flames in the foreground. A large fire is seen in the background, as more planes around the vicinity catch fire. Smoke begins to get very heavy in the area filled with parked aircraft. A small explosion from a plane in the background. Debris shot up in the air. Personnel putting water over many aircraft in flames. Many Damage Control (DC) personnel among aircraft in the background. Vast area of the deck on fire, heavy smoke in the background. Fire spreading all over the USS Forrestal. An RA-5C being moved in the foreground to the right. DC personnel move toward main fire in the background. Burned out aircraft in the original area of the beginning of the fire. Men fighting fire in the background. Some units attempting to contain fire. Another RA-5C is moved away from the fire, after heavy sprays of water are put on the aircraft. Deck is filled with DC personnel using fire hose to put out fire. A forklift moves up to the starboard wing of an RA-5C. Forklift lifting the aircraft, with the nose of aircraft seen on the deck. Aircraft is seen with burns and heavy damage. Firefighters spraying with fire hoses. A heavy cloud of smoke obscures much of the background in the fire.
United States airlift of Vietnamese refugees during the fall of Saigon at the end of the Vietnam war, in April and May 1975. Vietnamese refugees clog roads as the walk south carrying their possessions. Some are seen leaving buses and boarding by the rear ramp of a U.S. Air Force C-141 aircraft of the Military Airlift Command (MAC), at Tan Son Nhut airfield (Than Son Nhat International Airport, Trường Sơn, Phường 2, Tân Bình, Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh, Vietnam) in Saigon, Vietnam. Numerous boats arriving at southern port in Vietnam, carrying refugees. A MAC C-141 taking off with refugees, behind a Pan American World Airways, Boeing 747 jet airplane transport, contracted by MAC to provide additional airlift. A U.S. airman assisting refugees in the airport lounge. Glimpse of a MAC C-141 in flight. Refugees crowded, sitting on the floors, in the airport in the airport terminal.
Dedication of the "John F. Kennedy Square" in Saigon, South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. South Vietnamese soldiers standing at attention at the side of the Notre Dame Cathedral of Saigon (01 Công xã Paris, Bến Nghé, Quận 1, Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh, Vietnam). United States Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge, and the South Vietnamese Prime Minister, Maj. Gen. Nguyen Khanh, inspect South Vietnamese troops. A military band plays music. View of the square in front of the Notre Dame Cathedral of Saigon. Th Saigon Central Post Office (2 Công xã Paris, Bến Nghé, Quận 1, Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh 70000, Vietnam) is seen nearby. The square in front of Saigon's Roman Catholic Notre Dame Cathedral is renamed President John F. Kennedy Square, in honor of the late United States President John F. Kennedy. Vietnamese and White civilians witness the ceremony from across a street. ). Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge reads a speech behind a podium. Prime Minister Nguyen Khanh listens to the United States Ambassador’s speech. United States military officials in attendance. Ambassador Lodge and Prime Minister Nguyen Khanh jointly unveils a plaque to the memory of President John F. Kennedy. Plaque reads “Cong Truong Tong Thong John F. Kennedy”. Photographers take photos of the unveiling event. South Vietnamese soldiers standing at attention as a staff car drives away. Statue of the Virgin Mary in the square.
ARVN (Army of the Republic of Vietnam) military training centers and schools in Vietnam. South Vietnamese cadets train at a training center. A hootch in a simulated Vietcong village. A sign on the hootch reads 'Ntram Thong Tin'. Several pictures and papers put up at various spots in the hootch. ARVN cadets enter and inspect the hootch. One cadet is shot and wounded. The other cadets help move the wounded cadet away from the hootch. (Vietnam War period).
From a U.S. Information Service film entitled "A Threat to the Peace", describing the South Vietnamese people and forces, and their efforts against the Vietcong forces from the north. An illustration of globe. Map of Vietnam and neighboring countries. Devastated bridges and canals in South Vietnam. South Vietnamese children at work rebuilding huts. Scene of market. A man with a basket full of coconuts. Farmers in a field working the soil by hand and with ox. A man harvests grapes on a farm and collects them in a basket. Women study in school. Girls in kitchen prepare food. A man sprays insecticide chemicals in fields with a sprayer to kill mosquitos and eradicate malaria. A man teaches a girl at home. Students at a research laboratory. Students see an experiment. A soldier walks in between huts. View of damage from Vietcong forces, including bullet holes in the side of a community building, damaged equipment, a burned out van and a burned out car. (Vietnam War period).
306th Tactical Air Squadron Air Strikes over Vietnam. Aerial views from American F-100 airplane in flight over Vietnam. Gun camera view shows Vietcong targets on ground. Targets burn due to attacks by planes ahead. (Vietnam War period).