U.S. Air Force team recovers debris from a Keystone LB-7 bomber aircraft that crashed in Bluefields,Nicaragua. U.S. Air Force Major William A Blackburn and recovery team removes pieces of a United States Army Air Corps Keystone LB-7 bomber aircraft from swamp. They use machetes to clear some of the swamp grass, and probe for pieces of the bomber. They manually retrieve a number of parts and pieces of the airframe, which are seen piled in a small heap.
Recovery of USAAC Keystone LB-7 bomber aircraft in Bluefields, Nicaragua. Aerial view of the crash site of United States Army Air Corps Keystone LB-7 bomber aircraft in a jungle in Bluefields. U.S. Army Major William A Blackburn and recovery team members search for the debris of the aircraft in the jungle. The men carry the debris and move towards the parked United States Air Force CH-3C Sikorsky helicopter.
Recovery of USAAC Keystone LB-7 bomber aircraft in Bluefields, Nicaragua. U.S. Army Major William A Blackburn and recovery team members load the debris of United States Army Air Corps (UASSC) Keystone LB-7 bomber aircraft onto United States Air Force CH-3C Sikorsky helicopter. The helicopter in flight. The framework of the LB-7 aircraft on the ground.
Exterior view of the Konzerthaus building in Vienna, Austria. Flags of different nations flutter in wind in front of the building. Several trams are parked in front of the building. They move away. The United Nation flag flutters in wind atop the building. Representatives from different nations seated in chairs. Plaques with the names of their countries placed on their tables. Representatives stand as an official arrives. Photographers take photographs. The official walks towards a podium and addresses the gathering. Other officers on a platform in the background.
John Charles Daly stands in the Hall of Heroes, at the Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia, U.S.A. Behind him is a display containing names of the American military recipients of the Medal of Honor. He points to a section of a display listing 131 names added during the Korean War. He then moves to the latest section of the display, covering the period 1964 and subsequent, in the Vietnam War. At this point, the film begins to depict scenes from the Vietnam conflict. An American soldier holding a rifle is silhouetted against a light sky background. U.S. soldiers firing M-16 rifles. shadow cast by a Bell UH-1 Iroquois (Huey) helicopter flying overhead. Soldier firing machine gun from M113 armored personnel carrier (APC). U.S. gun crews firing 105mm howitzer; 175mm self-propelled gun; M107 Howitzer; and battery of howitzers in the field. Army troops inside a helicopter. View from below of CH-47 helicopter (Jolly Green Giant) landing and troops leaving its rear door. A patrol of American soldiers firing their weapons as they move forward. Soldiers dealing with difficult terrain. One stepping through deep mud. Infantry patrol moving and taking cover. A soldier using field radio. A UH-1 flying over palm trees. Infantry moving through jungle accompanied by M113 APC. Explosions and fire. Soldiers boarding a Huey helicopter, as the ship's gunner delivers covering fire by machine gun. Soldiers having a smoke while airborne in the helicopter.
U.S. President Richard Nixon visits Vietnam during the Vietnam War. A U.S. Army jeep carrying President Nixon drives through mud at a U.S. base. President Nixon greets U.S. troops. A soldier photographs President Nixon.