173rd Assault Helicopter Company (Robin Hoods) patrols in Lai Khe, south Vietnam. Soldiers stand near a Bell UH-1 Iroquois "Huey" helicopter and discuss. Clouds low over the jungles. Assault helicopter in flight for a mission. Number of rockets fired one after the other at a target. Helicopters in air firing rockets to destroy the targets. Assault helicopters in formation. Smoke and flames rises from the rocket explosions. Change of scene back at a base, as U.S. Army soldiers load into a Boeing CH-47 Chinook transport helicopter. View of a smaller helicopter with nose art showing unit insignia. Pilots operate the controls inside the cockpit of one of the helicopters. Background wild track audio includes sounds of helicopter pilot communications with command. (Vietnam War period).
Seals of National Aeronautics and Space Administration and Atomic Energy Commission indicate joint sponsorship of the idea in this film: namely, to promote consideration of Nuclear-powered rockets, in lieu of chemical-povered ones, in the U.S. Space Programs. Moon as seen from earth. Animation of a landing vehicle landing on surface of the moon. Animation of space vehicles and equipment in outer space and on a planet. Chemical Rockets are mentioned and are compared to future plans for Nuclear rockets to expand programs in space. View of Saturn V rocket on launch pad. Night time launch of Saturn V rocket from launch pad powered by chemical fuel. S-aturn V rocket ascending. View from rocket as part of propulsion system is ejected during ascent second stage. Animation and discussion of use of a nuclear powered third stage for propulsion. Animation of a lunar base and a spacecraft involved in a lunar supply mission. It is explained by animation how more thrust and efficiency is gained by use of nuclear rockets versus chemical rockets. (The program was the Nuclear Engine for Rocket Vehicle Application or NERVA, a nuclear thermal rocket engine development program.)
United States HH-53 helicopter on a mission in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. HH-53 helicopter taxis along and lifts off from an air base in Vietnam. Helicopter in flight as three aircraft fly overhead. HH-53 helicopter comes in for landing and again climbs up. HH -53 helicopter in flight. Another helicopter in flight in the sky.
United States HH-53 helicopter crew on a mission in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Crew of United States HH-53 helicopter being briefed by the pilot at an air base in Vietnam with HH-53 in the background. Pilot briefs the crew. Crew boards the helicopter. Pilot and co pilot climb into the cockpit. They prepare for the flight.
United States HH-53 helicopter crew on a mission in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Crew of United States HH-53 helicopter prepare for the flight. Pilot and co pilot wear helmets in the cockpit of the helicopter. HH-53 taxis along the air base with two other helicopters parked in th background. It lifts off and in flight.
U.S. Marine aircraft and transporters supply in South Vietnam. A fork lift loads tiers into air transporter craft. A CH-46 helicopter in flight. Boxes at base. The CH-46 helicopter lands. Soldiers load boxes in the craft. U.S. artillery is fired. Logistics dropped from air are attached to parachutes. Bombing near air craft. Bombing on artillery at night. Ammunition loaded in air craft. Maintenance work of craft. Bomber parked at revetment with bombs. Bombs loaded on McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II. Damaged air plane. Troops get onto plane and fly to a hospital ship. A wounded soldier in air plane. Machine gun at door. (Vietnam War period).
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