Refugees scramble for freedom soon after First Indochina War. Children seen in huge crowd. People carry a banner reading 'Long live mutual assistance, Spirit of Western Powers'. People wear local hats. Red troops poise on the outskirts of Haiphong ready to take over the city as the French troops leave Vietnam. Red troops march in the streets.
North Vietnamese fishermen who captured United States Navy Lieutenant JG Everett Alvarez, jr. after his A-4D aircraft 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 deep sea 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". (Vietnam War.)
Scenes of Vietnamese people as they flee Hue during communist siege of the city in 1968 Tet offensive during the Vietnam War. Refugees with belongings run as city is bombed. Houses burned. Woman cries after crossing remains of a destroyed bridge over river. Scenes changes to one year later: Long line of Vietnamese on way to newly discovered mass grave on March 25, 1969. Vietnamese civilians dig and on March 27, 1969 they begin to uncover bodies in the sand which show signs of torture. Locals try to identify dead. Second mass grave uncovered. Dead bodies and body parts. Third mass burial uncovered. Men at local authorities meeting. Assembly point for hundreds of coffins. Incense burning. Mourners at coffin. Coffin opened and woman looks at remains. Flowers and incense burning on coffins. Buddhist ceremonies shows coffins prepared for procession. Women grieve. Shrine at cemetery.
Exteriors of Vietnamese First Signal Brigade headquarters are seen. Sign board of the headquarter in front of the buildings. U.S. military vehicles parked outside the building. U.S. soldiers move around the vehicles. An army jeep moves with high speed on the road . (Vietnam War period).
F-8E Crusader aircraft of U.S. Marine Squadron VMF (AW) 232, (Red Devils) taxiing from revetment with wings folded and canopy open. A ground crewman wears noise suppressor headset and walks forward. The F-8E taxis out and joins another F-8E on the active runway. They proceed to take off successively. They are heavily loaded and require unusually long takeoff distances. Armorer and ground crewmen stand near to an F-8E in a revetment. The armorer inspects 250 pound bombs mounted under the aircraft's wing. (Vietnam War period).
American MCB-10 Seabee soldier replaces bulb in deck runway light after examining it at Camp Shields in Chu Lai. Man puts in new bulb and then replaces cover plate. Blast fence for jet turn-up built by MCB-10 group. View of an old blast fence that was used for jet turn-up earlier. (Vietnam War period).
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