Elephant being airlifted from Trang Phuc to Chu Lai air base in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Elephant stands on cargo net weaves from effects of drug. The elephant falls on the net. The elephant tries to get up. The United States Army (USA) special forces tie the cargo net around the elephant. The cargo net being lifted by a forklift. The net containing the elephant being placed onto a wooden pallet.
A field in mountainous region in Vietnam. A North Vietnamese flag flies. Soldiers checking a jeep at a check post. 'Post De Controle Halte' written on a board at the post. A man wears arm band reading 'Bao Chi ' in Vietnamese and "press" in English. Press photographers and journalists with Vietnamese soldiers. A shade house and jeeps parked out side. Jeeps painted with "Dien-Bien-Phu" and (7-5-1954) . Soldiers sitting around a table for meeting. Soldiers stand as delegates arrive. A photographer takes pictures from background. Name plates of Colonel Lennuyeux and Van Tien Dung lie on the table. All persons take seats. Colonel Lennuyeux stands and speaks during the meeting. All clap. Photographers take photos. Two men light cigarettes from a flame.
Chinese soldiers at Indo supply lines in Vietnam. Red Forces walk along a road and cut vital supplies to besiege Dien Bien Phu. Roads leading to the seaport of Haiphong are mined. Smoke rises. Views of damaged equipment and wounded men. Sign of 'Ben Yen NH, Hanoi'. Vehicles pass on the highway. Vietnamese men repair railroads which are mined. A train passes after overhauling.
Korean instructor with Popular Forces troops during a karate class at Chan Tho Training base in South Vietnam. Students jab in air with hands. Class advances step by step. Korean instructor calls a command to the class. Class fights using karate techniques in pairs. A student smashes a thick stack of slates kept in front of him. A man stands at attention and salutes. A student fails to break two bricks kept in front of him. The bricks later broken. A man smashes two bricks. Clenched fists of a student. A student straddled on the shoulders of other student. He holds out a curved piece of slate. Another student gives a high kick to kick it out of his hands. Two students fight using karate techniques. (Vietnam War period).
UH-1B helicopter in flight over thickly populated area of Saigon. Column of smoke rises up from residential area. Pilot and copilot at controls of helicopter in flight. Smoke rises in the background. Machine gun in doorway. Fire and smoke rise from ground in midst of homes. Helicopter in flight over countryside. Aerial view of military base Tan Son Nhut Air Force Base. (Vietnam War period).
A CH-54 flying Crane helicopter, of the U.S. Army 160th Combat Aviation Group, hovering over 101st Airborne Division Fire Support Base (FSB), Geronimo. A 155mm howitzer seen in a revetment on the ground. Troops on the FSB fasten the howitzer to a sling from the CH-54, which lifts it and flies away. Air-to-air view of the CH-54 underway with the howitzer slung below. (Vietnam War period).
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