First day of duty of the United States Air Force personnel in Vietnam A Trans International DC-8 airplane arrives at Saigon Tan Son Nhut Airport Terminal. Marshalling the airplane. Various personnel of the United States Air Force descend from the plane. Air Force personnel put their luggage in a truck. They then move in to a bus. (Vietnam War period).
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).
Trucks move out of the port in Saigon in Vietnam. A number of ships are anchored in at the port. Oil barrels are unloaded from a ship by local people as smoke emits out from the ship's stack. Locals unload cast concrete blocks from the ship as jeeps move out of the port. Cargo being carried away on vehicles.
Vietnamese onboard a boat. Local people unload boxes from a ship onto a truck at Saigon port in Vietnam. A Vietnamese wearing a pair of spectacles looks out from a window at the port where a number of ships are seen. Scrap cargo lies at the port. Sacks being carried away on a vehicle. Piles of brown bags and wooden planks lie at the port.
Piles of bags being unloaded from a ship with the help of a crane and a hook at Saigon port in Vietnam. Local people load bags onto trucks as a Vietnamese supervises and instructs them. Boxes being unloaded from a ship as a Japnese ship is seen anchored at the port in the backdrop. A woman with a child in her hands stands near the Japanese ship.
Local people pull hand driven cart out of a yard at Saigon port in Vietnam. The cart loaded with cargo being driven to a United States military truck. Vietnamese unload the cargo from the cart onto the military truck. Wooden boxes being loaded on board a military truck.