United States attack aircraft A4C Skyhawk in flight over Beirut Harbor in Lebanon. A pilot seated in the cockpit. Aerial view of the buildings and the Beirut Harbor. Ships in water near the Beirut Harbor.
United States Navy patrol boats (Swift Boats) underway at a sea in Vietnam. Sailors aboard the patrol boats fire 50 caliber machine guns. Mortar shells are loaded and fired. Smoke rises up due to explosions at the base of mountains near the shore. Bullets of 50 caliber machine guns hit the water surface and the beach. A United States flag on the boat.
A United States Navy patrol boat (Swift Boat) underway in Vietnam. Sailors board Vietnamese fishing junk boats. Vietnamese boats approach the Swift Boats. The sailors check the identity cards of the natives. A Swift Boat approaches the dock at Nha Trang Harbor.
View of muddy river from a Command and Communications boat of the Mobile Riverine Force (9th Infantry Division) moving in the Song Ba Lai - West region in Vietnam. As it rounds a bend in the river, several other boats from the unit are seen ahead including Armored Troop Carriers and monitors underway. One monitor, maneuvers close to shore past the camera boat. it is followed by two Armored Troop Carriers. Change of scene, shows another Command and Communications boat passing the camera boat in the opposite direction.
Opening scene shows a Navy anti-submarine warfare SH-3A helicopter, of ASM Squadron HS-11, from Carrier Anti-Submarine Air Group 52 (CVSG-52) on the Carrier USS Wasp (CVS-18). It is filmed from another nearby helicopter as it executes a "dippiing sonar" procedure during fleet maneuvers in the Caribbean Sea. .It is seen lowering an ASW tranducer, into the water by means of a cable. The helicopter remains in a hover throughout the sequence, with the sonor buoy deployed.
United States Navy aircraft carrier USS Wasp (CVS-18) underway in the Atlantic Ocean. Men on lowered deck-edge elevator of the USS Wasp. A capsule in the cradle on the elevator. A crane boom swung over the elevator and hooked up to the capsule. A Whaleboat in water near the ship. The capsule on the elevator is being hoisted out by the crane. It hangs over water from the crane hook. The Whaleboat pulls up alongside the capsule. Men on deck-edge elevator look down. SCUBA (Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus) divers in water at the small end of the capsule. The Whaleboat takes a turn. Men on SCUBA (Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus) diver heaving in on a line. A nylon line attached to the capsule. The capsule under the elevator. Divers work with lines. A man on the capsule. SCUBA divers in water. The capsule floats under the deck-edge elevator.
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