A United States Army Marine Pilot on a ship speaks on walkie-talkie. The Captain of the ship stands near the Pilot. The Pilot directs tugboats. The ship approaches the pier. The Third Mate looks up. Tugboats push the freighter. Freighter moves slowly closer to the pier. The Captain and the Pilot shake hands. Tugboat pushes freighter closer to pier. The Pilot talks over walkie-talkie. The Third Mate lowers a flag and then raises another. The flags wave in air. (Vietnam War period).
An Army Marine Pilot moves from pier to ship by a ladder. A tugboat near ship. A soldier operates wheel of a freighter. A man drinks from his mug. With sunset, darkness approaches. The Pilot talks on walkie-talkie. A freighter moves towards pier. During Vietnam War.
An Army Marine Pilot walks up a gangway to ship. He moves to the deck of the ship. The pilot talks with Captain of the ship on the bridge. They look at the harbor. The pilot talks over walkie-talkie. A freighter moves away from pier. The Pilot looks at harbor and at the ship. He greets a man and they shake hands. They move out to bridge. The pilot talks on walkie-talkie. A soldier on a tugboat moves towards pier. (Vietnam War period).
Huge ship crane loads containers on tractor trailers. Sea-land is written on the containers. Soldiers assist in proper unloading of containers from the crane to trailers. The tractor trailers drive off after loading. (Vietnam War period).
Sound only of crane moving sea-land vans at Cam Ranh Bay in Khanh Hoa,Vietnam
Officers of United States 720th military police battalion moving in a jeep. They reach the military police desk in Vung Tau in Vietnam. One of the officers parks the jeep.