VNAF helicopter pilots at Ton Son Nhut Airport. They bid farewell to families and friends inside airport terminal. Officials check boarding passes at terminal gate. Bags of VNAF candidates are also inspected. They board plane. American commercial airplanes, namely Seaboard World and Airlift, taxi down runway and take off. A plane in flight is shown. Ton Son Nhut Airport terminal building appears with flags flying at terminal entrance.
Opening scene shows Vietnamese refugees, including women, children, and aged persons, being assisted by ARVN (Army of Vietnam) soldiers as they slowly proceed from their homes. One person weeps, while crouched beside pile of belongings. Vietnamese carrying belongings, including one with a child sitting in a cauldron, on poles across their shoulders. ARVN soldiers are seen burning buildings. Closeup of an M60 machine gun being fired on full automatic from door of a U.S. Bell UH-1 Iroquois helicopter (unseen). U.S. marines in a trench surrounded by sandbags. One is looking through binoculars toward a ridge where white smoke is rising. A C-123 of the U.S. Air Force 311th Special Operations Squadron (Tail Code WV) out of Phan Rang Air Base, lands at dirt field and soldiers hurry to board it. Partial glimpse closeup of pilot in cockpit of a U.S. Navy or Marine Douglas A-4 Skyhawk aircraft in flight. Aerial views from above, of ordnance being dropped on Viet Cong positions from U.S. warplanes. Explosions in trees on the ground. Small part of an aircraft seen from onboard camera, as it flies over cultivated part of South Vietnam, dropping bombs. U.S. soldiers walking into a wooded area where smoke is rising, and taking a blindfolded Vietcong prisoner.
President of the United States Lyndon Baines Johnson visits Cam Ranh Bay Air Base in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Troops including all service color guards break formation and run towards platform. President Johnson addresses troops. Presidential seal on door of a United States Air Force aircraft VC-137B aircraft. President Johnson talks to United States Army General William C Westmoreland and U.S. ambassador to South Vietnam Ellsworth Bunker. He boards the VC-137B aircraft. President waves from the top of the ramp. A red kangaroo painted on side of an aircraft. Ramp being rolled away from the aircraft. Ellsworth Bunker, Vice President of Vietnam Nguyen Cao Ky,William C Westmoreland and others walk on Air Base. William C. Westmoreland shakes hands with Nguyen Cao Ky. Ellsworth Bunker and General William Wallace Momyer in the background. Nguyen Cao Ky boards the United States Air Force aircraft T-39A.
Prime Minister of Japan Eisaku Sato visits Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Prime Minister of Japan Eisaku Sato arrives at the Saigon Tan Son Nhat International Airport (Truong Son, Phuong 2, Tan Binh, Thanh pho Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam). Prime Minister of South Vietnam, Nguyen Cao Ky and officials greet and receive him. Dignitaries walk past the lined-up troops. Large crowd of civilians gather at the airport to greet Prime Minister Sato. Prime Minister Nguyen Cao Ky addresses gathering. Dignitaries wave at the gathering from the reviewing stand.
United States aircraft carrier in South China Sea during the Vietnam War. Essex-class USS Hancock (CV/CVA-19) aircraft carrier sailing in the South China Sea. Ship personnel are seen standing on the deck. Aircraft are parked on the deck. A destroyer is seen escorting the USS Hancock aircraft carrier. A Vought F-8 Crusader takes off from the aircraft carrier catapult. Port side of the USS Hancock shows aircraft parked on the deck edge aft. A Douglas A-1H Skyraider takes off from starboard catapult.
United States aircraft carrier in South China Sea during the Vietnam War. Essex-class USS Hancock (CV/CVA-19) aircraft carrier sailing in the South China Sea. A Vought F-8 Crusader moves until it makes an abrupt stop. A pilot runs in front of the aircraft. A Douglas A-1H Skyraider makes an arrested landing on aircraft carrier. Douglas A-1H Skyraider folds wings after arrested landing. USS Hancock’s radar tower. Douglas A-1H Skyraiders take off from the catapult. A man waves at a Douglas A-1H Skyraider on airdeck. Crew men working on Douglas A-1H Skyraider. A rocket is seen attached to the Douglas A-1H Skyraider. An aircraft flying after take-off. Men standing near the aircraft carrier radar tower. In front of the radar tower, a pilot on a A-1H Skyraider and a plane captain talking.
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