Opening scene shows a message being received on a teletype machine from the U.S. 3rd Air Division. Two Air Force officers are seen seated at desks. One is labeled "Ops-Plans." The on duty operations officer passes on the message to his staff where it goes through operation, operation planning, maintenance, ordinance and armament. Technicians preparing the guns and loading ordnance for the mission, on a B-52 aircraft. Air crew members ate seen assembled in their briefing room, Glimpse of the mission briefing officer at a podium. View of wristwatch as narrator speaks of navigators synchronizing their watches. A B-52 crew stepping from their crew bus as they arrive at their aircraft. As other crew member climb aboard the plane, their aircraft commander reviews the aircraft status, as reflected on its Form 781, with the aircraft crew chief. Crew members then begins a pre-flight walk-around inspection, starting with the landing gear and wheel wells. The last of the crew enter the aircraft via a bottom hatch, which a ground crewman then fastens from the outside. Inside, crew members are seen going through pre-flight check lists at their respective duty stations. Back at the Command Post, the duty controller receives the order via secure telephone, from 3rd Air Division headquarters, to execute the mission. He informs the Aircraft Commander and the B-52 starts its engines. View of throttles being pushed forward in the cockpit, as the aircraft begins takeoff. View from ground as the B-52 takes off and flies overhead. Glimpse of the aircraft commander in the cockpit wearing helmet and oxygen mask. Hand of radar observer is seen as he checks out his equipment. Aerial closeup of a B-52 in flight. View of radar observer placing the aircraft controls in so-called "Second Station," with the autopilot controlled by the bombing navigation computer. Inflight closeup of B-52 opening its bomb bay doors and starting to drop bombs. Glimpse of the aircraft commander in cockpit and of B-52 aircraft in flight, as narrator states they are returning to U-Tapao Airbase,or to Guam. The aircraft in the mission are seen landing back at U-Tapao Airbase, Thailand, where other B-52s are parked on the ramp. They taxi to their parking places and crew members board buses back to operations for a mission debriefing.
Man with a cycle-rickshaw on a busy city street in Bangkok, Thailand. Vehicular traffic including many pedicabs and pedestrians on the street. Siam stationary shop can be seen in background. Various scenes of Wat Phra Keow (Temple of the Emerald Buddha, Na Phra Lan Road Phra Borom Maha Rajawang, Phra Nakhon, Bangkok 10200 Thailand). This temple is the royal temple and is connected to the Grand Palace Bangkok of the Thai king. Spires of temples, oriental structures and animal statues can be seen. Several men dressed in white suits pose in these scenes and are probably in the party taking the pictures.
United States airmen from Takhli RTAFB sightseeing in Bangkok, Thailand during the Vietnam War. United states Air Force personnel on R&R in Bangkok. They visit Buddhist temple Wat Arun (158 Thanon Wang Doem, Wat Arun, Bangkok Yai, Bangkok 10600, Thailand) which is located on the bank of the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok. They take pictures. They climb up the stairs of Wat Arun Temple. Boats in the river with the temple in the foreground. Tourists sightseeing around the temple.
Women performing a Siamese Ballet, accompanied by youthful musicians in Siam, present day Thailand. Youths play a traditional instrument while a group of women in traditional Thai costumes dance. Boat sails in the Chao Praya River in Bangkok with Wat Arun Temple (158 Thanon Wang Doem, Wat Arun, Bangkok Yai, Bangkok 10600, Thailand) in the background. Scene shifts to Cambodia, where a man is seen drawing water from a river with the Angkor Wat Temple Complex in background. A Buddhist Monk standing and looking through a portal at part of Angkor Wat.
An old man wearing a hat smiles and talks. Another old man in a hat. Men seated near a store, one smokes. Empty bottles nearby. A man sleeps outside a door on the pavement. Men talking. An old man walks on the pavement and enters a store. An old woman walks by the store. Man reading San Francisco newspaper with headline about Vote Snafu in election for Board of Supervisors. (This refers to O'Shea narrowly Defeating Mailliard only after absentee ballots were finally counted on Wednesday night, November 8, 1967.)
Aerial view of an LKA (Amphibious cargo Ship) with barge at her starboard side, in extremely calm waters of Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam. Several fast-moving 15 foot Boston Whaler (Skimmer) boats are seen crossing the bay. (Note: Such boats were assigned to Inshore Undersea Warfare Group One, Western Pacific Detachment, AKA, IUWG-1 WESTPAC DET. The first 4 Skimmers arrived in country on January 3, 1967 and were assigned to Unit 2 at Cam Ranh Bay. Reportedly, the one seen armed with the M60 machine gun, is boat # 72.) Aerial views of the coastline, with shoals, are seen, and a freighter anchored in the bay, surrounded by barges. On a promontory overlooking the bay, are seen buildings and a lookout and searchlight tower, that are part of the Harbor Entrance Control Post (HECP).
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