A semi tractor truck drives into an open air munitions storage area at the U-Tapao Royal Thai Air Force Base in Thailand. Numerous bombs are seen stacked behind bumker walls, and a flatbed truck trailer loaded with bombs is parked nearby. The airman driving the truck backs it up to the loaded trailer and hooks it up to his truck. Closeup of him making the necessry connections and then moving the trailer onto his truck and driving away. Next, a truckload of bombs is seen unloaded from a tractor trailer truck.
A truck tractor slowly pulls a rack of M117 General Purpose Bombs, on a low trailer, to a munitions storage area in the U-Tapao Royal Thai Air Force Base in Thailand. The driver gets out and disconnects the trailer from the truck. Change of scene shows Thai workers cleaning inside the rear parts of M117 bombs sitting on their tail fins. They each wear hats or other headgear to protect from the sun. Closeup of one wearing turban style head protection. Closeup of bomb casing interior, as one of the Thai men works on it View of many bomb casings on their tail fins, lined up at a pickup point. A truck pulling bomb trailers pulls into place, near the line of bomb casings. Then another truck pulling a flat bed trailer filled with bombs pulls up at another driveway. Its driver gets out and walks away. Next, the line of bomb casings is seen sitting alone in the facility, when a yellow vehicle pulls into one lane and tractor truck pulling a loaded flatbed trailer pulls into another lane of the facility.
View at U-Tapao Royal Thai Air Force Base in Thailand. Pre-loaded bomb racks are tug pulled by transport vehicles toward a B-52 F bomber aircraft. Pre-loaded racks of Mk 82 bombs are loaded into bomb bay of B-52 F aircraft by airmen. MJ-1 loading Mk 82 bombs on B-52 F wing cluster rack.
Aerial views of Munitions Storage area in U-Tapao Royal Thai Air Force Base in Thailand. B-52 F planes can be seen parked in revetments at the base. Many stacks of bombs are seen in the Munitions Storage area.
U.S. Airmen (figefighters) of the 430th Tactical Fighter Squadron are seen performing maintenance on fire truck and equipment in their firehouse at the Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base, during the Vietnam War. Glimpse of airmen relaxing in a ready room. Others are sunbathing on cots outdoors. Parked aircraft and fuel trucks are seen on an airfield apron. One taxis forward, slightly. Suddenly, an airman in a flight suit is seen running as fast as possible to the firehouse. He runs into a shower locker room where some airmen are seated, grabs a roll of toilet paper, and runs outside, dropping the roll, once, in his haste. Next, several airmen run from the shower locker room Camera focuses on a coiled cobra snake sitting in the sun, at the shower facility. It jumps towards the building. An airman with a hooked pole, pulls the snake from an awning, onto the ground, where others surround it and use shovels, clubs, and other implements to kill it. the airman with the hook poses, holding the dead snake aloft. It appears to be about 8 feet long. Glimpse of sunbather lying unperturbed on his cot.
Animated map of Pacific region shows sphere of Japanese influence and potential areas for Japan to control in the Southwest Pacific during World War 2. Majority of scenes are from before outbreak of World War 2. Final scenes of clip include invasion scenes. Clip begins with pre-war views of city life and streets of Manila, Philippines and Filipino people. Scene changes to Hong Kong under British, and scenes of port area and buildings near port. Chinese civilians on busy city streets of Hong Kong. Views of jungle areas in Malaysia. Views of buildings and temple landmarks in Bangkok, Thailand. A car and a rickshaw pass by with temples in background. Thai tanks and Thai soldiers marching through the streets of Bangkok as civilians watch soldiers in Thailand on parade. Aircraft in skies over Bangkok during parade. Scene changes to Makassar on Celebes and people on streets in city of Indonesia. Views of port of Singapore, pre-war. Elevated views of city of Singapore and City Council offices. Buildings and traffic along busy streets in Singapore. View of the General Post Office (GPO or Fullerton Building.) Scene changes to Sumatra with port views and three float planes of flying boat aircraft flying overhead in formation. Final scenes of clip focus on Japanese offensive maneuvers during World War 2: Japanese fleet at sea and Japanese aircraft in skies overhead. Japanese soldiers boarding landing craft from transports. View from inside Japanese landing craft of Japanese soldiers preparing to go ashore on a beach landing. Japanese soldiers invading an area in the Pacific under cover of naval bombardment. Japanese soldiers firing machine guns and rifles. Japanese infantry charging. Animated map of Pacific region. Japanese aircraft bombing Port Darwin in Australia.