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Buildup of South Vietnamese military with American advice and assistance

American aid to South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. President Dwight D. Eisenhower, speaking at a Gettysburg College commencement, on April 4, 1959, notes, among other things, that the cost of defending freedom must be paid in many places. And he mentions Berlin,Vietnam,and the Middle East. Scene shifts to South Vietnam where recruits are being signed up for its armed forces. Glimpse of a U.S. Army Lieutenant advisor, in sunglasses, smoking a pipe, on a crowded street. Local people in the area. Scene shifts to 1960. Two U.S. Army Ranger advisors, in full brim hats (3214D-M41), stand near as a contingent of Montagnard troops boards a train. View from armed guard standing on front of train as it travels along a single rail in deserted area. A sudden explosion occurs on the train track about 100 yards ahead. Next machine gun fire is seen coming from an armored gun turret on the train. View from inside the armored compartment, as the gun fires, spraying the surrounding area with bullets, creating two explosions nearby. South Vietnamese soldiers (ARVN) pursuing enemy in wooded areas. One, down deep in underbrush, is firing a machine gun. Several others are engaging enemy with small arms. Huts being blown up. ARVN troops returning from an engagement, carrying wounded on stretchers. Year, 1961, and an official American Government airplane is seen. It carries General Maxwell Taylor (in mufti) who was sent by President John F. Kennedy. Taylor is seen being interviewed on the airport ramp. A U.S. Air Force officer training young Vietnamese pilot trainees. A Vietnamese student pilot in a T-28 training airplane.

Date: 1961
Duration: 2 min 3 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675071035
Aerial view of the H-34 helicopter,A-1E aircraft,A-1H aircraft and C-47 aircraft on Tan Son Nhut Air Base in Saigon, Vietnam

The city of Saigon and the Tan Son Nhut Air Base in Vietnam. Aerial view of the city of Saigon and the Air Base. Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) Sikorsky H-34 Choctaw helicopter,a South Vietnamese Air Force (VNAF) Douglas A-1E Skyraider aircraft,A-1H Skyraider aircraft and Douglas C-47 Skytrain aircraft parked on the Air Base. (Vietnam War period).

Date: 1966, June 12
Duration: 2 min 49 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675067555
Aerial view of the city and aircraft parked on the Tan Son Nhut Air Base in Saigon, Vietnam

The city of Saigon and the Tan Son Nhut Air Base in Vietnam. Aerial view of the city of Saigon. Aerial view of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) Sikorsky H-34 Choctaw helicopter,a South Vietnamese Air Force (VNAF) Douglas A-1E Skyraider aircraft,A-1H Skyraider aircraft and Douglas C-47 Skytrain aircraft parked on the Air Base. (Vietnam War period).

Date: 1966, June 12
Duration: 2 min 48 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675067556
Cargo being loaded on trucks at U.S. 506th Field Depot at Saigon Port in Saigon, Vietnam.

Cargo being loaded on trucks at U.S. 506th Field Depot, Camp Davies, near Saigon, Vietnam. U.S. soldiers operate forklifts to load cargo from warehouse 161, onto trucks. American soldiers watch as Vietnamese workers bind cargo onto truck. The loaded truck drives off. (Vietnam War period).

Date: 1967, July 18
Duration: 3 min 58 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675029148
USAF personnel buy food items and a Vietnamese woman works oata cash register in Saigon, Vietnam during the Vietnam War.

Personnel buy food items from a Navy Commissary in Saigon, Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Clarence E. Lyons of USAF (United States Air Force) from Canton, Ohio and John T, Brown from Chula Vista, California look trough the Navy Commissary in Saigon. They have items in a basket. Stant T. Kent of RAAF (Royal Australian Air Force) from Rockhampton, Queensland looks over the spices shelf in the Commissary. A jar of spices being looked over in the hand of Kent. He walks off with the bottle. Kent walks along looking at things in the Commissary. He passes by the frozen meat and eggs. Men stamp prices on cans. Two Vietnamese workers in the Commissary stamping prices on top of cans. A cash register being run up by one of the women clerks. Canned and other items move along the conveyor belt at the checkout counter. The Vietnamese female worker working on cash register. She checks prices as items move along the belt. A man stands waiting to pay for food he bought. A girl at cash register. Checkout counters in commissary with people going through each area. Several people in the Commissary. One man is checked out at one of the counters. A Vietnamese worker is bagging groceries. Men picking up items from shelves in the Commissary. Personnel making purchases in the Commissary. Some of them use the food baskets. Other just walk around with an item or two in their hands.

Date: 1965, November 19
Duration: 2 min 37 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675069607
U.S. AP (Air Police) and Viet Nam Air Force MP (Military Police) check bars in Saigon in Vietnam during Vietnam War.

Activities of USAF (United States Air Forces) 377th Air Police Security Squadron at Tan Son Nhut Air Base near Saigon, Vietnam during the Vietnam War. USAF AP (Air Police), U.S. Army MP (Military Police) and VNAF (Viet Nam Air Force) MP walk past bars and shops on a street in Saigon. A sign on tree reads 'Off Limits To U.S. Forces'. AP, USA MP and Vietnamese MP walk and check bars to see if they are closed. They come to an open bar. Two U.S. Army enlisted men exit and AP write up a violation, then the security guards move on. The name of the bar reads 'Snack Bar Tokyo'. Sentry dog compound shows a sign which reads 'OFF LIMITS, SENTRY DOG AREA, DANGER and KENNEL AREA'.

Date: 1966, May 11
Duration: 2 min 47 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675061427