Clinging to pieces of wreckage, exhausted sailors from a destroyed allied vessel are helped aboard an United States Navy submarine by fellow sailors. Some of the rescued sailors are covered in oil. Sailors from the submarine help the victims aboard while others post lookout with binoculars. Some victims are wearing flotation bladders and float on wooden planks. (World War II period).
View of Camp Holloway, Pleiku in Vietnam, where numerous helicopters of the First Aviation Brigade are seen parked. One rises up from near a revetment, passing the camera and casting a shadow on the ground. View from end of pierced steel plank runway marked "5" in white paint. UH-1 helicopters lined up along both sides of the runway, with their rotors neatly aligned. Closeup of some of them. View from control tower overlooking the field, showing revetments in foreground and parked aircraft and buildings on other side of the runway. Mountains in the background. View from control tower deck, of a UH-1 flying low along the length of the runway. View in different direction from control tower. Closeup of aircrews of 1st Aviation Brigade standing in front of a UH-1, with its door open. They are being briefed by an officer with an elaborate logo painted on the back of his jacket which contains the 1st Aviation Brigade insignia, as part of it. Next, the flight crews gather together to discuss their instructions and mark information on their aerial charts. Some are crouched down on marsden matting. Groups of crew members in discussions. Two brown dogs (obviously mascots) approach one group of crewmen and are welcomed.
Scene is Camp Holloway, Pleiku, Vietnam, where a CH-47 chinook Helicopter of the 1st Aviation Brigade is seen flying low with several bundles of supplies suspended underneath it. It is raising huge clouds of red dust from the bare earthen part of the camp, outside that covered by marsden matting aka pierced steel planking (PSP). Four UH-1 Huey helicopters take off raising dust as they start their takeoffs.A Hughes OH-6 Cayuse taking off from the camp's large field of bare red earth. The field's White wind sock is seen in the distance. A 3000 foot marker is planted on the field. Flight crews in helmets standing by their UH-1s with engines running. An OH-6 passes, flying low over the PSP runway. Closeup of main rotor spinning on a helicopter. Closeup of "Papa Gator" and emblem of 119th Assault Helicopter Company, containing picture of an alligator, painted on a helicopter.
Private Snafu, an animated cartoon character tries out different branches of military but returns to infantry, thus proving its importance. He becomes an airman, a sailor but finally turns back to the infantry.
View from a high ridge overlooking Pearl Harbor, with smoke emerging from ships all through the harbor immediately after Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. Ships burn as firefighters spray water to control fire. Hull of overturned battleship USS Oklahoma (BB-37). Rescue ships afloat as United States Navy ships continue to burn. United States Navy battle ship USS Oklahoma (BB-37) in foreground. At very end of clip, light cruiser USS Phoenix CL-46 sails by on her way out of the harbor. (World War II period).
Damaged American ships after Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii during World War II. United States Navy Arizona battle ship. Other battle ships like Maryland, Oklahoma, Nevada, California.
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