Interiors of aircraft AC-47 shows crew members boarding plane. Last crewman aboard stores away ladder in tail compartment. Parachute flares in flare rack. AC-47 No 1 engine starts as seen from AC-47 door. Pilots at controls. Radio man and crewman attach lanyard wires to parachute flares.
Distant views of three B-52 D planes taking off in succession, from U-Tapao Royal Thai Air Force Base during Vietnam war. Views are from camera at side of runway. Takeoffs are made toward the camera that tracks the aircraft as they pass overhead and climb out.
Film opens showing a blue crew bus moving on a ramp at U-Tapao Royal Thai Air Force Base in Thailand, during the Vietnam war. It stops near a B-52 bomber, and the crew members step from the bus. Some carry gear in A-3 bags. The crew members each begin their respective preflight inspections, as the aircraft commander looks over the aircraft's Form 1. Photographer slate is shown. Then the scene is retaken. The aircraft commander is seen looking over the bombs loaded on the aircraft.
Commander of U.S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam (MACV) William C. Westmoreland arrives at Phan Rang Air Base in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. William C. Westmoreland arrives in a Beechcraft U-8F aircraft. He disembarks from the aircraft. He is greeted by Phan Rang Air Base Commander Colonel Lewis R Riley, 35th Tactical Fighter Wing (TFW) Commander Colonel James A. Wilson, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) No. 2 Squadron Commander and members of 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division. William C. Westmoreland leaves the base in a staff car.
President of the United States Lyndon Baines Johnson visits Cam Ranh Bay Air Base in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Troops including all service color guards break formation and run towards platform. President Johnson addresses troops. Presidential seal on door of a United States Air Force aircraft VC-137B aircraft. President Johnson talks to United States Army General William C Westmoreland and U.S. ambassador to South Vietnam Ellsworth Bunker. He boards the VC-137B aircraft. President waves from the top of the ramp. A red kangaroo painted on side of an aircraft. Ramp being rolled away from the aircraft. Ellsworth Bunker, Vice President of Vietnam Nguyen Cao Ky,William C Westmoreland and others walk on Air Base. William C. Westmoreland shakes hands with Nguyen Cao Ky. Ellsworth Bunker and General William Wallace Momyer in the background. Nguyen Cao Ky boards the United States Air Force aircraft T-39A.
An orientation film for United States Air Force personnel assigned to Southeast Asia. USAF airmen at the Binh Thuy Air Base near the city of Can Tho in Vietnam. U.S. Air Force 632 Combat Support Group Unit Mail room on the Base. A sign board with the mail room timings. Airmen collect their mail at the counter and leave. Officers and airmen enter and leave the Officer's Club. A sign for the club near the door. Airmen emerge from the NCO Club, sign on a wall. A plaque amidst benches and plants. The plaque reads: 'Lest We Forget' in memory of AIC Millard W Lehman, 652 Air Police SQ, Arizona. An airman passes a huge sandbag bunker. 'Binh Thuy' written on lined barrels. Clothes lines outside barracks. An airman dries clothes on the line. Sandbags outside the barracks. An airman climbs stairs leading to the USAF Clothing Sales Store. A sign states the store's timings. A sign reads: 'R&R Office, Base Library, Tape Recordings, Personnel Services Office'. (Vietnam War period).
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