Vietnamese people carrying objects on poles walk slowly along a pathway leading to a substantial house in walled compound with hills in background. A painted portrait of 19th Century Vietnamese nationalist, Phan Dinh Phung. Three Vietnamese men plowing rice paddy, manually with bamboo pole over shoulders of two who pull plow. Group of men pose for photograph wearing small ladder-like wooden collars over their heads. View of French Prison walls, and watch towers. Francois Pierre Rodier, French Governor-General of Cochinchina from 1902-1906. (World War II period).
1920 photograph of Nguyen Ai Quoc, Vietnamese Nationalist, with two comrades. A letter from him to comrades in 1924, written in China. Images of French and English newspaper articles about Nguyen Ai Quoc, referring to him as an Annamite. A 1931 handwritten dossier compiled on Nguyen Ai Quoc. Picture of him with associates.
A picture of the Vietnamese nationalist, Bao Nguoi Cung Kho. Newspaper for French Colonials living abroad, contains artlcle about him.
1st Air Cavalry Dv. of Operation Delaware. A Shau Valley filled with smoke and pockmarked with craters all over. April 1968.
North Vietnamese fishermen who captured Lieutenant JG Everett Alvarez, jr. after his A-4D was shot down. The fishermen in their wooden boats help divers locate and retrieve wreckage of the aircraft. Barefoot men in two boats raise heavy pieces of wreckage on wooden poles. Views of various recovered airplane parts. A Vietnamese diver in deepsea divers suit is hoisted up at side of one boat. Men in boats pick up aircraft parts and gear.Part numbers and model information on various aircraft parts. A life vest with manufacturer's marking : "BUAER USN".
North Vietnamese civilians armed as they pursue daily work activity. Interiors of factory. North Vietnamese working in machine shop. At a signal, they leave machines, pick up rifles from racks lining the walls, and deploy to defensive positions. Men producing artillery shells in factory. Men plough in rice paddy, with their rifles stacked ready for use. Men and women work in farm fields, with rifles stacked, nearby. Men and women work in field with rifles slung on their shoulders. An armed man feeds ducks. Men and women march with rifles on beach. Artillery gun crew on North Vietnamese gunboat. Various boats in water. Sail boats.