U.S. military personnel at Eglin Air Force base, near the end of the Vietnam War (after the fall of Saigon). A jeep moves along a road of the Vietnamese Refugee Processing Center encampment. Tents in the background. Cooks prepare food in a tent. A soldier seated outside a Vietnamese refugee tent and barracks area. 'Post Office So Buu Chinh' written on a board. A soldier hammers the board in position. A woman takes photographs of some men and women. Another sign board reads: 'Departure Center Noi Khoi Hanh'.
173rd Assault Helicopter Company (Robin Hoods) patrols in Lai Khe, south Vietnam. Soldiers stand near a Bell UH-1 Iroquois "Huey" helicopter and discuss. Clouds low over the jungles. Assault helicopter in flight for a mission. Number of rockets fired one after the other at a target. Helicopters in air firing rockets to destroy the targets. Assault helicopters in formation. Smoke and flames rises from the rocket explosions. Change of scene back at a base, as U.S. Army soldiers load into a Boeing CH-47 Chinook transport helicopter. View of a smaller helicopter with nose art showing unit insignia. Pilots operate the controls inside the cockpit of one of the helicopters. Background wild track audio includes sounds of helicopter pilot communications with command. (Vietnam War period).
The world mourns Winston Churchill, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Scenes from the life of Winston Churchill. Churchill and his wife greet the Queen of England. People follow Churchill on a street of London during the 1940 Battle of Britain in World War 2, as he tours blitz damaged areas. Churchill crosses the Atlantic and is seen meeting U.S. President Roosevelt in 1941 to create the Atlantic Charter. A navy officer stands nearby. Churchill at the rails of a ship looks out into the sea. Churchill in a barge with other sailors. Winston Churchill on Victory in Europe Day, or "VE-Day" waving to crowds in London, together with King George VI and the royal family. Churchill in conference with U.S. General Eisenhower. Churchill on a stage. Churchill in a motorcade passes through Broadway on the streets of New York City during a parade. Churchill addresses the American Congress. Churchill walks with General Eisenhower on the lawn of the White House. Photographers click pictures. Exterior of 10 Downing Street as people cheer Churchill when he exits the house and appears for the gathered crowd, smoking a cigar and waving.
Opens with montage of illuminated signs for various businesses on Wells Street and environs in Old Town area of downtown Chicago, Illinois. Camera focuses on the Stagecoach Restaurant and zooms in on its sign. The camera then shows brief scenes in darkened night spots featuring jazz musicians performing. Glimpse of cars on dark street. Several young people outside a place featuring "topless" Go Go dancers. A young woman showing disapproval, turns away from a young man with her. Closeups of people mingling on Wells Street. Shimmering dress of a dancer along with closeup of a musician playing bongo drums. More glimpses of people on the sidewalks. Inside a club, a woman in a short dress is singing and dancing accompanied by a band of musicians. Momentary glimpse of a street artist at work. View down on a piano being played by a jazz musician. A woman dancing alone, as musicians play. Two views of drummer playing in a band.
Captured Viet Cong (VC) film shows VC applauding as families enter camp with food and supplies. VC families eat at long tables outdoors under cover of jungle. Vietnamese families carrying supplies walk across a clearing holding branches of foliage, as camouflage, over their heads, to avoid detection from the air. They discard the branches as they enter the jungle cover at the VC base camp, where they are greeted with applause. A mother looks approvingly at her VC son. (Vietnam War period).
United States Army's Major General John Norton disembarks from an army UH-1D helicopter at the An Khe Air Base in Vietnam. He stands beside the helicopter and talks. He explains the importance of the Forward Air Controller and Artillery observers during the air-support operations. Another U-1D on ground in the background with U.S. troops aboard it. (Vietnam War period).
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