Scenes after Vietcong attack on Saigon during Tet Offensive of 1968. Care and feeding of Vietnamese in refugee camp including children. Medical care of refugees by doctors and nurses. Refugees eating. Children playing. Large trucks remove debris. Saigon traffic with people cycling. Aerials of Saigon. (Vietnam War period).
Captain Barry, Commanding Officer of Bluegill and invited guests in conning tower, of submarine. Man handles lines on Bluegill during tying up. Men at quarters on deck of Bluegill. Commanding officer and officers on watch, in conning tower. Bluegill tied up to pier. Captain J.B. Dracknick, Chief Navy Section MAAG (Military Assistance Advisory Group), Saigon talks to Commander Parke, Naval Attache to Saigon, South Vietnam. Captain Dracknick shakes hands with Captain Barry, on the deck of submarine
Refugees scramble for freedom soon after First Indochina War. Children seen in huge crowd. People carry a banner reading 'Long live mutual assistance, Spirit of Western Powers'. People wear local hats. Red troops poise on the outskirts of Haiphong ready to take over the city as the French troops leave Vietnam. Red troops march in the streets.
Still photographs of French Marine infantry occupying Vietnam in late 19th Century. Pictures of Vietnamese resistance leaders, including 19th Century figure Phan Dinh Phung; early 20th century figure Phan Boi Chau, and Nguyen Sinh Cung (Ho Chi Minh). Houses in the village with thatched roofs. Well in front of one of the houses.
Dead Vietcong lay on ground on outskirts of Tan Son Entrance Air Force Base. U.S. personnel in the background. U.S. personnel check out area following attack. ARVN personnel look over captured Vietcong ammo. B-40 rocket and grenade lay in grass. Dead Vietcong lay in tall grass, another in foreground. U.S. and ARVN personnel talk and look over dead Vietcong. CH-37 helicopter approaches for landing, kicking up much dust. American trooper takes pictures of dead Vietcong. Man examines dead Vietcong. Ammunition and grenades removed from body. Pile of B-40 rockets and grenades accumulated by U.S. forces in field near dead Vietcong lying in grass. (Vietnam War period).
Tet offensive attack by Viet Cong, during Vietnam War. Hole blown in wall of U.S. Embassy compound in Saigon. B-40 rocket and other explosives removed from dead Vietcong. EOD (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) men remove explosives from bodies of dead on U.S. embassy grounds in Saigon.Troopers walk on embassy grounds. Vietnamese man and woman at gates. Dead body of Vietcong on embassy grounds. The building damaged. General Westmoreland talks with slightly injured personnel on the scene.