United States aircraft in flight for an air strike, South Vietnam. U.S. F8E Crusader in flight low fires a rocket. Plane pulls up from the target area. It banks off to left and moves on the run. It moves for attack at Tay Ninh. A rocket fired and explodes on the ground. Plane in flight banks off to its right on its attack on the Viet Cong Concentration. A rocket explodes in a patch of woods. Plane over a jungle. It banks in and strafes the area. Smoke rises from the target area. (Vietnam War period).
Covers TET observance program by VNAF (Viet Nam Air Force) 33rd Wing and U.S. Air Force Advisory Team No. 1 in Tan Tru village, Vietnam. Vietnamese villagers gather. Arrival of USAF (United States Air Force) and VNAF (Viet Nam Air Force) personnel. A VNAF officer speaks from a podium. Hamlet chiefs receive gift boxes. Vietnamese soldiers carry boxes away from the distribution point and people lined up for food. (Vietnam War period).
U.S. 9th Infantry Division, 3rd Brigade troops in Ben Luc, Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Soldiers aboard an air-cushion vehicle. The soldiers work on a mini-gun. A soldier uses a grease gun on engine bearings. The soldiers at the controls of the air-cushion vehicle. They push a container in the air-cushion vehicle.
Covers TET observance program by VNAF (Viet Nam Air Force) 33rd Wing and USAF (United States Air Force) Advisory Team No.1 in Tan Tru village, Vietnam. A crowd gathers in front of a stand for dignitaries. The dignitaries get off a car. A VNAF Colonel escorts U.S. 7th Air Force Chief of Staff Brigadier General Franklin A. Nichols. A group of officers passes by Vietnamese honor guard. Brigadier General Franklin A. Nichols is introduced to Vietnamese officials. Vietnamese officers salute him as they pass to their seats. A hamlet chief stands in front of his group and hamlet chiefs receive gift boxes. One gift box is given out by USAF Colonel Benjamin S Catlin III. (Vietnam War period).
Air strikes on Viet Cong positions near Phan Rang in Vietnam by U.S. Air Force aircraft during Vietnam War. Aerial views of U.S. Air Force A-37A Dragonfly attack aircraft dropping GP (general-purpose) bombs on Viet Cong camp near Phan Rang. Aerial views of F-100D Super Sabre jet fighter aircraft strafing Viet Cong supply area.
The first successful powered flight of the X-15 Rocket Plane. Contrails at high altitude above, are seen, generated by the X-15 Rocket plane, 56-6671, and three chase planes. Scene shifts to view from a camera vehicle speeding across the Rogers Dry Lake bed towards the X-15 already landed on a runway. The three chase planes breaking away in background. Two Piasecki H-21 helicopters hovering low over the runway as the X-15 is obscured by dust it raised during its landing. The X-15 becomes visible as the dust settles. Officials step from a staff car that just arrived. The X-15 silhouetted with sunlight reflected on its top. Officials approach and surround the cockpit. One climbs upon the aircraft nose and helps open the cockpit canopy. Pilot, Scott Crossfield seen in the cockpit. Fire trucks and Air Force officers arrive. Firefighters direct a stream of cooling liquid at the rocket motors and rear of the X-15. Scott Crossfield, still in the cockpit, converses with officers and officials. Closeup of Crossfield in the cockpit. Technicians begin examining the exterior of the aircraft.
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