U.S. Air Force C-123B Provider aircraft in Vietnam during Ranch Hand Operation of the Vietnam War. A fleet of aircraft in flight. Five C-123B Provider fly over water and a forest area. They pass over a shoreline and spray defoliant agent orange over rural areas in an attempt to deprive the Viet Cong of vegetation cover and food.
United States 9th Infantry Division troops in Cambodia during the Cambodian Campaign of the Vietnam War. Troops aboard M113 Armored Personnel Carriers and M-48 Patton tanks drive in a forest area. A South Vietnamese soldier atop a tank with U.S. soldiers. Vehicles on a dirt road. Palm trees and thatched houses along the road.
United States 9th Infantry Division troops in Cambodia during the Cambodian Campaign of the Vietnam War. 9th Infantry Division soldiers standing in a line pass enemy weapons and stack them for demolition. A soldier carries a shell on his shoulder. U.S. Army General William Bradford Rosson looks at the displayed ammunition on the ground.
United States 9th Infantry Division troops in Cambodia during the Cambodian Campaign of the Vietnam War. U.S. Army General William Bradford Rosson looks at displayed enemy weapons and ammunition on the ground. Soldiers seated in the background. The General speaks to the soldiers. 9th Infantry Division troops stack ammunition for demolition. Cartridges in a box.
U.S. Navy and Marine life fire exercises at sea. Opening scene shows Destroyer USS Decatur (DD-936) accompanying Aircraft Carrier USS Coral Sea (CV-43)at high speed. Navy and Marine pilots scramble to A4 Skyhawk aircraft readied on deck of the aircraft carrier, USS Ranger (CV-61). Green shirt operator seen at controls below ship's catapult, as an A4 is launched. F4 Skyray aircraft being launched simultaneously from different catapults. Destroyers firing 8-inch guns. Closeup on deck, of an 8-inch gun being fired. Battery of antiaircraft guns installed beside flight deck on an aircraft carrier. missiles being lauched from deck of a ship and from aircraft in flight. Marine aircraft dropping napalm. Flames and black smoke from the bombing.
As film begins, U.S. Marine paratroopers are seen jumping from an R4D (Douglas DC-3) transport aircraft. View of the airplane with Marines parachuting from its cargo door. (The aircraft has "QF"and number 17225 stenciled on its tail, and United states Marines on its fuselage.) A marine descending on opened parachute is seen from below. Narrator describes them as "Pathfinders," to establish landing zones. As they hit the ground, the parachuting marines quickly set up homing devices, electronic signals and markers to guide incoming helicopters. The amphibious assault carrier, USS Princeton (LPH-5) is seen underway at sea, with her deck full of marine helicopters. She is accompanied by a transport ship. Closeups of the carrier and helicopters, from low flying helicopter overhead (unseen). Scene shifts to pilots being briefed aboard the ship. Marines in battle dress on the carrier flight deck. They double-time and board their assigned Sikorsky H-34 helicopters. View from inside a helicopter as marines board it. View from helicopter flying above those on flight deck shows those below with their engines running. Deck crew directs launching of the choppers. The H-34s are followed by Sikorsky H-56 helicopters carrying heavy equipment. Several views of them flying near the ship. Formation of helicopters in flight en route to landing areas. Helicopters heading to the beach and landing in formation. Closeup of them landing and marines moving quickly to exit and take up their positions ashore. An artillery piece suspended from a helicopter, being lowered to the ground. A number of views of marines and equipment deploying from helicopters. Scene shifts to landing craft in formation approaching the beach. Explosion occurs on shore.
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