Arab and American dependents in a desert area in Bahrain. A building showing Arabic designs. A roadway leading to a distant desert area. Countryside around Bahrain shows dry terrain. A small structure. Camels are next to a wall. Six camel riders move off. Terrain is flat and rocky. The camel riders approach a wall. A tower seen off to left. A large group of camel riders. Some of Arabs and some of U.S. dependents. Some of American dependents seated with an Arab. Arab adults and children lean against a race track fence. An American woman dependent on a horse. Some Americans near the horse. An Arab leads a brown horse off in the background. A brown horse and a white horse at a race track. The Arab tends to the horses and others in the background.
A horse and a camel race in Bahrain. The horse race in progress. The horse riders approach down a track. The riders move past. Arabs are riding horses. Race horses on the track. A herd of camels. Arabs sitting on the ground in front of the camels. The race horses are running in the background. Americans and Arabs watch the race. The horses move past in the foreground and complete their turn around the track at a high speed. One of the camels races down the track. The camel and the rider move off to the right. A second camel is being led by its halter. Two camel riders approach down the track. Some of the spectators watch the camel riders racing down the track. The last man and the camel in the race.
USS Springfield returns to Boston, Massachusetts. Playboy bunnies and a group of teenage-girls walk to the end of a dock area. A playboy bunny poses on the end of the pier. USS Springfield (CLG-7) makes its approach in the background en route to the docking area. Five playboy bunnies wave to sailors aboard USS Springfield as the ship eases up towards the dock area. A navy band plays on the pier and a ship in the background. Line handlers handle lines on the dock in the foreground. A crowd on the pier behind a roped off area. Playboy bunnies, with one leading the band. Playboy bunnies perform on the pier. The sailors toss their white hats down to playboy bunnies. Men aboard a ship throw their hats down. Playboy bunnies don the white hats tossed down from the ship. They do a small act on the pier. Men at quarters. Playboy bunnies do a twist on the pier. Visitors and dependents on the pier. A woman waves up towards the ship. A sleeping child in the arms of his mother. Playboy bunnies on the brow wait to board the ship. Visitors disembark from the ship. Playboy bunnies move up over the brow.
USS Springfield return to Boston, Massachusetts. A ceremony in progress on board the ship. U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Means Johnston speaks at the ceremony. Mayor N.O. Howarth of Massachusetts is present. Johnston at a podium. A Lt. Governor Sargent speaks from the podium under 6" guns. The commanding officer receives a scroll from the Lt. Governor Sargent. Lt. Governor Sargent presents a folded flag to the C.O. A cameraman with his movie camera. Johnston introduces Mayor N.O. Howarth of Springfield, Illinois. The Mayor steps up to the podium and speaks. Mayor Howarth holds the key to the city. The key to the city is presented to the C.O. by Mayor Howarth. Crew stands at quarters during the ceremony. Officers and men during the ceremony. Mayor C.V. Ryan, Springfield, Massachusetts, steps up to the podium to give his remarks. Mayor Ryan speaks from the podium. The C.O. speaks to Mayor Howarth. Dignitaries stand at one side during the ceremony. A captain poses with the Mayors and other dignitaries. Craig Trefethen, SN, seated in a wheelchair. A sailor lost his legs when a mooring line snapped aboard Springfield in Naples. Craig Trefethen smiles for the camera. Johnston and visitors look at the Terrier missile. Missiles on a launcher in the foreground. The Terrier missile slides onto a launcher in the left foreground. The fantail of the ship, showing a UH-2A copter parked in the background.
The Vice President of the United States, Hubert H. Humphrey, visits the U.S. Army Americal Division in Chu Lai, South Vietnam (aka 23rd Infantry). U.S. and Vietnamese flags. Vice President Humphrey, U.S. General William C. Westmoreland, Commandant of U.S. Marine Corps, Robert E Cushman and U.S. Major General Samuel W Koster on a platform. Americal division troops march with flags. Humphrey pins decorations on soldiers and makes a short speech. He shakes hands with one soldier. (Vietnam War period).
A helicopter flies over the runway as U.S. Army RU-8D Beechcraft Seminole aircraft, with olive drab paint job, and serial number 57-6053, makes a successful gear up landing on a foam-covered runway at Ton Son Nhut Air Base in South Vietnam. Ppilot walks away from the plane as firefighters and equipment move in. The aircraft is from the 146th Aviation Company, 224th Aviation Battalion (Radio Research) at Ton Son Nhut Air Base, Saigon. The many antennae, of various types seen on it, are typical of Special Electronic Mission Aircraft that flew so-called electronic intelligence (ELINT) missions.( Note: This landing was skillfully executed by the pilot with both engines feathered and props rotated to minimize contact with the ground..) (Vietnam War period).