Crowd of ethnic Vietnamese civilians, fleeing violence in Cambodia, are seen aboard a ship on arrival in Vung Tau, South Vietnam. A navy ship with the number "34" stenciled on her superstructure. The refugees begin to debark with all manner of belongings, such as mattresses, luggage, bicycles, and anything they could carry. They completely fill the deck of the ship.
(Clip opens with a brief view of a "color girl" or "china girl" for color television calibration.) Military and commercial aircraft land and take off from Da Nang Air Base in Vietnam. An F-4E Phantom takes off from the runway. A Volpar Beechcraft Model 18 takes off. A C-130A Hercules and an O-2A Skymaster land and taxi on the runway. OV-10A Bronco, T-39A Sabreliner and O-1E Bird Dog take off from the Da Nang Air Base runway. C-123K Provider taxis on landing.
Military and commercial aircraft operating at Da Nang Air Base in Vietnam. Four McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II's taxi towards the runway and take off in succession. American World Airways Boeing 707, O-2A Skymaster, and C-123 Provider take off from the runway. TA-4F takes off .
Command Post area. Telephone poles in the foreground. Marines walk near airstrip. Mountain in the background. UH-1E and CH-46A helicopters in flight. Columns of white smoke rise in the foreground. (Vietnam War period).
CH-46A helicopter in flight low over airstrip. CH-46A lands. Several marines with M-16 rifles enter the CH-46A. CH-46A takes off. UH-34D helicopter in flight low over airstrip. Cloud formations in the background. UH-34D in flight, turns, descends and lands. Marines begin to board helicopter. Supplies in the foreground. Close view of pilot of UH-34D. UH-34D turns and takes off. Parked CH-46A in the background. (Vietnam War period).
Jet aircraft in flight. Columns of white smoke rise in the foreground. Bunkers in area. Jet aircraft passes over field. Bomb explodes on ground. Close view of black smoke rising from explosion. Jet aircraft passes over. Another explosion on ground and smoke rises up. Blast on ground in the background. Jet aircraft drop more bombs. More explosions on ground. Clouds of smoke arise from ground. Explosions throwing billows of smoke in air. Marines watch explosions from sandbag bunker. Heavy explosions on ground. (Vietnam War period).
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