United States Air Force ( USAF ) support for the evacuation of Cambodian refugees at Pleiku AB in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. A building with signs 'Det 115th Aerial Port Sqdn, Pleiku Air Base, Air Cargo Section, Serving The Highlands' and '834th Air Division, aircraft Control Element' (ALCE). A crew in the control room. A C-7A aircraft and a truck in the background as seen from the control room.
United States Air Force ( USAF ) support for the evacuation of Cambodian refugees from Boung Long, Cambodia to Pleiku AB in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. At Boung Long, Cambodia: Cambodian refugees wait to board an aircraft. They board a C-7A. A pilot at the controls and the control panel. At Pleiku Air Base, Vietnam: The C-7A taxis in. The engine of the aircraft stops. Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) troops and refugees unload the aircraft. The refugees leave the aircraft.
A dirigible at a mooring tower in Dearborn, Michigan. Several views of the dirigible (a steerable self-propelled aircraft) at the mooring tower. Views of a tower, a base and automobiles.
U.S. President Harry S. Truman is the main speaker at dedication of the American Legion in Washington DC. View of the American Legion headquarters building. The U.S. flag on the building. A large crowd of Americans seated in chairs. President Truman welcomes the Legion to base operations. Several American agents seated in the background. People stand and applaud after Truman's speech.
Opening scene shows local citizens as they stand in the main square (Hauptplatz) of Linz, Austria, watching surrendered German troops depart at the end of world War 2. The troops climb over barriers at the base of the Trinity Column (Dreifaltigkeitssäule) and march in loose formation out of the city. A group of American troops watch from atop an M10 tank destroyer. View through a building archway as the German soldiers march past. The long column continues along a road looking down on the Danube River. Another view shows two U.S. soldiers with slinged rifles strolling at the head of the column. The departing German soldiers are all disarmed and carry their personal kit and gear. A group of German officers pass the camera, and one takes particular notice of the filming. A Sherman tank passes going in the opposite direction. A civilian man, carrying a brief case walks past the departing troops. (Note: Today, the Trinity Column looks different than in this film. In 1943 all removable statues and parts were taken from the column and safely stored in central cellars on Kapuzinerstrasse. They were recovered in 1945 and restored to the column, along with other changes, that were completed in December, 1947.)
Aerial view of many helicopters parked on rain soaked ground at an air base in South Vietnam. American army officers (military advisers to South Vietnam) hold conversations while standing near a UH-1 Huey helicopter. Next, a group of ARVN (Army of Republic of Vietnam) troops boarding a U.S. Piasecki-H21 helicopter and a Sikorsky H-34. Armed ARVN troops are seated inside, on the floor of a helicopter. Aerial view from above, of UH-1 choppers flying low across the terrain near a coastline. View from helicopter flyiing low along a river. Closeup of a Piasecki-H21 flying past the camera. South Vietnamese soldier looking out the window of a chopper. ARVN exit a hovering helicopter into shallow water and slog towards their objective. View of jungle from helicopter in flight. U.S. officers confer as a wounded American adviser is carried, on a stretcher, from the jungle to a waiting UH-1 helicopter, for evacuation. He is placed in the medivac chopper next to a wounded ARVN soldier. Closeup of Two South Vietnamese navy officers standing on a boat. One points to a South Vietnamese river gunboat firing at the opposite shore. Gun are seen firing from another gunboat. ARVN troops charge the shore in an amphibious training exercise. They enter sandy areas and employ shrubbery as camouflage. View over shoulder of one firing his rifle. Views of ARVN troops firing weapons as they advance in jungles and firing a mortar. Closeup of a wounded South Vietnamese soldiers being tendedon a stretchers . Vietnamese women and girls dressed in ao dai waiting anxiously. A soldier burning incense and praying for a fallen comrade.
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