U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense David Packard on a tour of Vietnam. David Packard walks at a naval shipyard in Saigon. Commodore Tran Van Chon, Chief of Naval Operations ;Vietnamese Navy, walks with Mr Packard. U.S. Vice Admiral E. R. Zumwalt, Comnavforces, Vietnam and Mr. Packard look at Ferro cement boats that were built by Vietnamese at Vietnamee Naval shipyard. Mr Packard looks at the boats from the edge of the dock. Commodore Chon in the background. Mr.Packard chats with E. R. Zumwalt and they enter a car. The official party looks at some of the ribs of one of the boats under construction. Mr. Packard signs a log book. E. R. Zumwalt stands in the background in a building at the shipyard. Mr Packard is introduced to an officer of the Republic of Vietnam. The official party walks at the shipyard. Mr Packard talks with B Donohue, Director of Small Boat School, Saigon. The party in one of the rooms at the boat school. The party departs from the school. A young Vietnamese girl runs through a hall at the school.
American and South Vietnamese being evacuated from Saigon, by helicopter, during fall of Saigon, at end of Vietnam War. Crew members on the deck of the USS Midway assist those escaping Vietnam. A UH-1D/H Huey helicopter on the deck. Helicopters in flight in the background. A CH-53 helicopter lands and American and South Vietnamese evacuees exit onto the flight deck. They walk along a roped off area and proceed below deck where they are administratively processed.
Helicopter in flight over outskirts of Saigon. Many houses on the ground. Smoke rises from ground in small clearing as seen through windshield of helicopter. UH-1B gunshot while in flight over homes on the outskirts of Saigon. Smoke rise from many areas. Tracers seen heading in towards buildings and woods surrounding area. M-60 machine gun barrel protrudes from doorway of helicopter in flight. Helicopter moves in for landing at airfield. Crossed pistols painted on doorway of helicopter, words below read 'Billy the kid'. 'Finalizer' painted on shield alongside rockets on helicopter.
Activities of United States Military Police in Saigon, South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Military Policemen on guard at the U.S. Embassy. They check the cars entering the embassy grounds. Joint MP patrol of the US, New Zealand, Australia and South Vietnam leave Provost Marshal headquarters, Military Assistance Command Vietnam (MACV) and tour downtown streets.
United States soldiers mark the date onto containers with a chalk and load it onto a ship in Vietnam. Cargo is brought near the ship by vehicles driven by United States soldiers. After marking the date cargo is loaded onto the ship with the help of a crane. A United States soldier reads a piece of paper. (Vietnam War period).
ARVN (Army of the Republic of Vietnam) soldier talks with a civilian on scooter. Soldiers guard street. Barbed wire road barrier. Soldiers stand by and lay under trucks. American soldiers at M-48 tanks in street. (Vietnam War period).
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