A feature film about PBR (Patrol Boat River) at Binh Thuy Air Base, Mekong Delta, Republic of Vietnam. A machine gunner aboard a PBR stands by his machine gun. The gun trained out over water. The PBR runs down a canal. The PBR underway in the wake of camera boats. The machine gun in the foreground. A U.S. Army UH-1B Seawolf helicopter in flight. A crewman in a helmet and a flak jacket. He smokes a cigarette on the inboard of the boat. He speaks into a communication microphone. A crewman stands by a machine gun on the stern of the boat. The gunner stands in the background. Hands of a man on a wheel. The gunner fires the machine gun. Viet Cong on shore area fire back. (Vietnam War period).
A feature film about PBR (Patrol Boat River) at Binh Thuy Air Base, Mekong Delta, Republic of Vietnam, in Vietnam War. A PBR underway at a high speed. Firing from the bank of the river. A machine gunner aboard the PBR. Firing at the shoreline. A crewman fires an M-79 Grenade Launcher. Water off the port side of the PBR. Heavy jungle growth at the riverbank. The deck of the PBR off the starboard bow area. The machine gunner behind the gun. The ammo belt of the gun protrudes over the starboard bow. A gunner fires an M-60 machine gun. A crewman drinks from a small C-ration can. The stern of the PBR. A .50 caliber machine gun is fired off towards the starboard side. A bucket of ammo is loaded in the gun. The gun is cocked and rechecked. Tracers and smoke heads towards the heavy jungle. A crewman fires the M-60 machine gun. The last of the belt is used up. The crewman quickly loads another belt of ammo into the machine gun. Other works with a clip.
Activities of Lieutenant Colonel Preston S. Flanagan of U.S. 31st TFW (Tactical Fighter Wing). Flanagan flies the same C-47 Skytrain from Tuy Hoa Air Base in Vietnam during the Vietnam War, which he had flown during World War II in Africa and Asia. Colonel Flanagan and a copilot in the cockpit of C-47D. Colonel Flanagan is interviewed. He speaks about his experiences in this particular C-47, his duties in World War II and presently in the Vietnam War.
Activities of Lieutenant Colonel Preston S. Flanagan of U.S. 31st TFW (Tactical Fighter Wing) who flies the same C-47 Skytrain aircraft from Tuy Hoa Air Base in Vietnam during the Vietnam War that he had flown during World War II in Africa and Asia. Colonel Flanagan and a copilot at the controls of the C-47D Skytrain transport plane. They talk to each other. Colonel Flanagan works on throttle knobs and switches on an instrument panel.
A training film based on biological warfare sampling and chemical warfare detection in the United States. U.S. Army NBC (Nuclear, Biological, Chemical) disaster control training given to a survey team. The team monitor puts on protective clothing including hood, boots and a gas mask. He carries a radio for communication. Working equipment of the survey team monitor shows a biological sampling kit and chemical detection kit. Contents of the chemical detection kit include test tubes, bags to contain samples, swabs, aspirator bob, sterilized water, nutrient solution and a notebook. Contents of the biological kit includes instruction cards, detection tubes, universal detector papers, plastic container packets, inspection report card and cards to report findings in the field. U.S. Army officers at a wall chart and a desk during an NBC survey. The survey includes the sighting of a low level airplane releasing a chemical gas, a low order explosion on a field and a gas released alongside a road. U.S. soldiers in a jeep come to a stop and talk into a radio. Information reaches an officer at the control center. It is further dispatched to the survey team.
A training film based on biological warfare sampling and chemical warfare detection in the United States. A sign reads 'Disaster Control Headquarters'. U.S. Army NBC (Nuclear, Biological, Chemical) disaster control surveyors in protective clothing get into jeeps. The jeeps pull away. A surveyor takes a look at a chemical detection paper placed on a pole, on which normal olive green coating turns red. The surveyor takes the detection paper to his jeep and takes another look. The NBC survey team monitor looks for clues on the side of a road. The monitor tests for chemical agents and inserts a chemically treated ticket in an aspirator bob. He checks if the color of the ticket changes when it comes in contact with a gas. He proceeds further and does other tests. Animation depicts a check on a detector ticket and blue-band and green-band tube tests for nerve agents. The survey team monitor uses a crayon and performs a test along a road. He reports to the disaster control center. The contaminated sector is roped and marked with signs reading 'gas'.
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