General Charles De Gaulle and General Henri Giraud, escorted by Cadet Officers, review formation of cadets at the U.S. Military Academy, West Point, New York. Men,women and children observe the proceedings from a lawn and applaud. General de Gaulle and his party emerge from a building and are escorted to the L'Ecole Polytechnique Monument, presented to the cadets of USMA by cadets of that French school, in 1919. General de Gaulle places a memorial wreath at the base of the monument. General de Gaulle and all other officers salute.
Big Picture depicts the U.S. soldiers in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Paintings of United States soldiers and firing of artillery during the Vietnam War in Vietnam. A CH-47 helicopter lands at hilltop fire base. U.S. troops on patrol First Lieutenant leads a squad. They ignite orange smoke flare to mark landing zone for Huey chopper (Bell UH-1 helicopter) that lands and picks them up. View of squad inside helicopter. U.S. troops sweep for mines. U.S. tanks equipped for mine clearing. Huey chopper fires missiles. Tank fires artillery. U.S. artillerymen fire 155 mm long tom gun. Soldier fires fully automatic hand-held weapon.
Busy and crowded Vietnamese market at a riverbank. Republic of Vietnam soldiers move amid a wooded area and engage enemy forces. They escort several captured Viet Cong prisoners. South Vietnamese Political leader addressing people from stage shared with many U.S. Officers and Vietnamese elders. Group of South Vietnamese children walking through a village, carrying very small Republic of Vietnam flags. A jeep containing South Vietnamese soldiers drives under a sign reading: "TRAI TRANG-SUP, III Corp CIDG Training Center.", at base of Civilian Irregular Defense Group. U.S. Advisor seen with South Vietnamese soldier, at firing range where Vietnamese Irregular Defense Forces are firing M-16 rifles. Scenes of rural village life in Vietnam and South Vietnamese security personnel checking people's identifications. (Vietnam War period).
A Flying Crane (CH-54) helicopter in Vietnam transporting a bridge span. Land Clearing Platoons, using tractors with tree cutting blades, clearing pieces of land to deny the enemies jungle concealment. View from inside cab of a tractor at work. U.S. Army advisory team personnel at the site of a house-building project. Vietnamese carpenters using two-man saw on a window sill. Houses built in a row. Children and men outside the houses. Equipment in a plant. Airial view of the sprawling U.S. base at Cameron Bay, Vietnam. Forklift moving cargo on the ground. (Vietnam War period).
Bombardment of target areas by U.S. Air Force A-1E Skyraider aircraft in An Xuyen Province during the Vietnam War in Vietnam. A U.S. Air Force A-1E aircraft in flight leaving trails in the sky. The aircraft in flight over a water body. Several trees on the side of the river. Clouds visible in the sky. The U.S. Air Force A-1E aircraft, piloted by Captain Geraghty, drops General-purpose bombs on jungle areas 2 miles North West Xom Mui in An Xuyen Province. Aerial view of several huts among the canopy of trees. White smoke rises and spreads from the bombed areas. General-purpose bombs dropped by the U.S. aircraft on target areas in the Province. View from the camera aircraft of another A-1E dropping white phosphorus and napalm bombs. (Note: The A-1E aircraft on this mission are believed to belong to the 1st Air Commando Squadron, operating out of Bien Hoa Air Base)
View from forward camera in a USAF A-1E aircraft on a mission in Vietnam. The aircraft descends toward an area where smoke is rising. As it reaches the area, a fiery explosion occurs and thick black smoke rises rapidly forcing the pilot to climb to avoid it. But he goes IFR as it engulfs the aircraft. Scene shifts to camera aircraft following another A-1E as it begins a strafing run on a target near a river. Another scene shows the camera aircraft descending over a group of buildings and a bridge over a river, and then pulling up into a climb. (Note: The A1E aircraft on this mission are believed to be from the 1st Air Commando Squadron, operating out of Bien Hoa Air Base.)
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