Tet Offensive underway in Saigon, during the Vietnam War. U.S. Army UH-1B helicopters in flight over buildings. Vietnamse civilians on the terrace or rooftop of a building. Massive clouds of smoke rise from fires and bombed areas in distance. Explosions seen.
UH-1B helicopter in flight over thickly populated area of Saigon. Column of smoke rises up from residential area. Pilot and copilot at controls of helicopter in flight. Smoke rises in the background. Machine gun in doorway. Fire and smoke rise from ground in midst of homes. Helicopter in flight over countryside. Aerial view of military base Tan Son Nhut Air Force Base. (Vietnam War period).
UH-1B helicopters fly over Saigon. U.S. soldiers in jeeps drive. V-100 armored commando car drives into alley. Soldiers fire rifles from behind cover of concrete wall. Soldiers rush forward to wrecked truck and V-100 in alley. (Vietnam War period).
Views of aircraft operating at Tan Son Nhut Airbase, Saigon, in the period of Operation Market Time. A yellow Follow-Me vehicle is moving along a taxiway. Parked behind it are three U.S. Air Force EC-121D "Big Eye Task Force" aircraft from the 552nd Airborne Early Warning and Control Wing. (Aircraft from that unit rotated on 90-day temporary duty assignments, from their home base at McClelland AFB, California.) A number of C-123s and C-47s can be seen parked on the flight line in the background. A USAF B-57B aircraft taxis along the taxiway (where the Follow-Me vehicle had led). Next, a C-123 taxis on that taxiway, in the opposite direction. An O-1E Bird Dog observation plane taxis past the noses of the EC-121Ds as a U.S. Army UH-1E Iroquois helicopter flies overhead and lands behind them. U.S. Navy A-1H Skyraider with Tail Code Z, taxis past the camera, followed by another with Tail Code V. In background, another UH-1E helicopter lands and an ambulance takes wounded away. It is followed by yet another one, also met by ambulance. A U.S. Navy Lockheed SP-2H aircraft of Patrol Squadron Four (Tail Code YD) taxis fairly close to the camera.
A conference between American Naval advisors and Vietnamese Naval officers on the Junk building program in Saigon, South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. A Vietnamese officer putting pictures on a board inside a conference hall in a building. U.S. Navy Senior Shipyard Advisor Commander Anthony W. Dusesek with another American Naval advisor and three Vietnamese Naval officers seated around a table and looking at blueprints of junks. Various views of the men discussing seated at the table. Commander Anthony Dusesek places a model junk over a blueprint and talks to Vietnamese Naval officer sitting beside him.
An orientation film for United States Air Force personnel assigned to Southeast Asia. A USAF officer speaks. A Pan American aircraft at the Tan Son Nhut Air Base (Than Son Nhat International Airport, Trường Sơn, Phường 2, Tân Bình, Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh, Vietnam) near Saigon in Vietnam. Civilians and U.S. Air Force personnel disembark the plane. A lady airline attendant stands by the air stair. Airmen standing near the plane take notes. Airplanes parked on the runway. An explosion in the background. U.S. airmen direct the new arrivals. Airmen and officers walk out of the Airport and line up at the entrance. A sign reads 'Saigon Tan Son Nhut'. (Vietnam War period).
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