Soviet aircraft and missiles in the Soviet Union. Soviet sailors and a captain inside the control room of a submarine off the coast of the Soviet Union. Soviet R-29 ballistic missile also known as Sawfly being launched by a submerged Soviet submarine. The missile takes off and moves upwards with a fiery flare at its tail section. Another R-29 missile being launched from the submarine.
Soviet aircraft and missiles in the Soviet Union. A Soviet tactical ballistic missile R-11 also known as Scud is being raised to a launch position. Technicians work on the control panel. The missile is launched. The missile moves upwards emitting a fiery flare from the tail. An explosion occurs and a massive pillar of smoke rises.
Test launchings of R-16 intercontinental ballistic missiles from their underground silos. (Missiles are also designated by NATO code name SS-7 "Saddler" or as Soviet GRAU-8k64). Next scene shows detonation of a atomic bomb or nuclear device in water with ships surrounding the blast area. (Possibly from U.S. nuclear test in Operation Crossroads in 1946)
Pilings protrude from water. Crane swirl piling around in position for the pile driver. Barge is out on bay in the background. Merchant ship in the far background. One man in small boat as the pile is swung around. Two crane booms lowering pilings into position. Several piling protrude from water. Surveyor behind his transit. Man swims around base of a piling and another man assists him. Steel pilings protrude from water. Crane aboard huge barge. Crane swinging its pile driving unit and positioned on very top of a steel piling.
United States Lieutenant General William R. Peers and men from the Peers Inquiry Group arrive in My Lai 4 village in South Vietnam. They interview witnesses and make an on-site inspection of the village. The Inquiry Group investigates about the alleged My Lai massacre incident of March 1968. Mr. Robert MacCrate and Mr. Jerome K. Walsh also arrive in the village. A helicopter lands in the village. The Inquiry Group members visit the burnt houses. Damaged buildings in view. Rubble on the ground. Wrecked material scattered on the ground.
United States Navy patrol boats (Swift Boats) at Nha Trang Harbor in Vietnam. A sailor unties lines from the dock. A Swift Boat pull away. The boat leave the harbor. A United States flag flying on the boat. Buildings on hills in the background. Sailors aboard the patrol boat. A sailor uncovers a 50 caliber machine gun. The Swift Boat underway.