French soldier fires rifle through bars of window in a building. French troops enter destroyed and burning Vietnamese village. They set fire to thatched roofs of huts. A French soldier walks through rubble past body of a Vietnamese. French soldier herds several Vietnamese prisoners from a building. One prisoner has cuts and burns on his face. French soldiers talk with a small Vietnamese boy. A Vietnamese woman and small boy help and aged woman away from scenes of battle. They fearfully bow in obeisance to the cinematographer as they walk past. French soldiers in a jeep pass burning thatched huts. French troops set up a machine gun and kill a Vietnamese who rolls out from shrubs in front of a hut. A French gunner on a tank. Entire village ablaze being consumed by flames.
In the morining, Ho Chi Minh rises and Ho Chi Minh comes down a wooden ladder, from upper floor of rustic shelter. he puts on shoes and joins his soldiers in morning exercise and a game of volleyball. He reads documents in his jungle office and types correspondence. A bamboo fencing with trees in the background. A pigeon on the ground. (Timeframe is near end of French Indochina War.)
Aerial view of fields from aircraft in flight. Napalm burst on a building shows flames from explosion.
UH-1B in flight over city, attacking buildings. Smoke rises up from fire on ground. Column of black smoke rises from local area. UH-1B hovers over houses. Civilians gathered in houses watch helicopter overhead. UH-1B passes through smoke in sky. UH-1B hovers over city.
United States Army Captain Roger H. Donlon of Special Forces 'C' Team walks in Camp Nam Dong which was ruined when the Viet Cong attacked the camp. The Captain holding a rifle and walking through the ruins of the damaged mess hall of the camp. He walks through debris strewn on the ground. He walks beside a barbed wire entangle beside a wooden fence. A small building in the background. Barbed wire fence around the camp. (Captain Donlon was later awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Battle of Nam Dong)
U.S. President Lyndon B Johnson speaks at the National Legislative Conference in San Antonio. He talks about the U.S. proposal for peace in Vietnam. He expresses the desire to negotiate with the Democratic Republic of Vietnam Ho Chi Minh and other Chiefs of States. He is prepared to send Secretary Rush to meet Vietnamese officials. Conference attendees seated during the speech. He states Hanoi's refusal of the peace offer, as a result of which the war in Vietnam continues.
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