United States 1st Cavalry Division soldiers during phase II of Operation Mosby in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Soldiers of United States 1st Cavalry division walk towards United States Army UH-1D helicopter on a field in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Soldiers board the helicopter at Ankhe, Vietnam. African American soldier stands beside the helicopter. Closeup view of a soldier inside the helicopter and then it lifts off. Pilot at controls of an airborne UH-1D helicopter.
Artistic depiction of United States Marine Corps (USMC) Marines in Vietnam. Soldiers of the 5th Marine Division march in at Camp Pendleton . A medical officer holding a mass inoculation gun. An officer wearing a helmet that reads “EMBARKATION”. The Marines load supplies into the back of a truck. Marines boarding the helicopter carrier USS Iwo Jima (LPH-2) bound for Vietnam. A Marine kisses his wife while holding his daughter before he leaves for Vietnam. Family members wave goodbye to departing Marines. A Marine kiss his daughter’s cheek. A drawing depicts Marines boarding a helicopter to Vietnam. Bell UH-1 Iroquois Huey helicopter shooting at enemy positions in flight. Boeing CH-46 helicopters landing in Vietnamese jungle. Artistic depiction of Marines fighting in the Vietnam War. Marines in fox hole. Marines stand and point their bayonets at wounded North Vietnamese abandoned on the battlefield. Navy corpsman treats wounded Vietnamese soldier. Body of dead Vietnamese soldier and recovered weapons gathered on the field.
A pallet containing several flag-draped coffins of those who perished in the October 26, 1966 fire, aboard the USS Oriskany (CVA-34) are lowered to a pier from the ship, by crane. Several clergymen in robes stand on the pier. A flag on ship at half mast. Honor guard on pier with rifles. Sailors wheel the pallet of coffins across the pier. U.S. Navy Catholic Chaplain, Fr.Conall Richard Coughlin (who is stationed at Subic Bay) and the ship's Chaplain (Lt Commander) officiate on the ship's deck as coffins are placed on pallets.(The ship's own Catholic Chaplain, LCDR William John Garrity, perished, performing his duties, on October, 26, 1966, and is among these dead ). Sailors aboard the Oriskany open boxes of American flags as they prepare the coffins for transfer. Honor guard with rifles stand at parade rest on the pier. Church officials on the pier. A C-130 transport aircraft sits nearby with its rear door open ready to receive the coffins.
NASA Lunar Orbiter 2 takes off to photograph areas of the moon, on November 6, 1966.The space ship in space. Scientists work reviewing film and photos of potential landing zones for man's future attempt to land on the moon (stated as a 1970 goal by the narrator), as part of the Apollo program. Next part of clip shows scenes from NASA Gemini missions in 1966. Space walk by astronauts tied with a tether to the space ship. Astronauts docking with Agena Target Vehicles. Astronauts David Scott and Neil Armstrong welcomed after their return from space at conclusion of Gemini VIII (Gemini 8) mission. They emerge from a helicopter and walk on a deck. Narrator mentions that in same year a U.S.-Russian space treaty was signed for disarmament of space.
The 1966 Miss World pageant, held at the Lyceum Theatre Ballroom (Lyceum Theatre, 21 Wellington St, London WC2E 7RQ, United Kingdom) in London, United Kingdom. Women beauty pageant contestants seen on the stage include contestants from Germany, New Zealand, Sweden, Syria, Venezuela, USA, France, Yugoslavia, and India. Miss India, Reita Faria, sits on the throne while Miss World 1965, Lesley Langley of United Kingdom, crowns her as Miss World 1966. Italian artist and director Beni Montresor is seen as one of the judges. Reita Faria walks the stage carrying scepter and wearing crown.
Flood relief operations carried on in Vietnam. A truck parked near Vietnam air Force C-47 aircraft at Tan Son Nhut air base in Vietnam. Men load bulgur bags into the plane from the truck. Girl scouts get down from a tuck, girls lined up with aircrafts in the background. Girls sing as they stand in a line. (Vietnam War period).