1st Air Cavalry Dv. of Operation Delaware. Smoke rising from the ground. UH-1Ds helicopters flying in the air. 19 April 1968.
Different types of United States and Vietnamese aircraft at Tan Son Nhut Air Base in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. A United States Air Force Lockheed C-141A Starlifter taxis. A C-130B Hercules aircraft taxis and is parked near Air Vietnam Douglas DC-3s. United States Navy Grumman S-2D Trackers parked. A car drives in the foreground.
A freighter with a United States flag approaches pier at Cam Ranh Bay, headquarters of 124th Transportation Command. The flag waves in air. Vietnamese workers secure hawser to pier. Ship rub against tires on the side of the pier. The ship is docked at pier
Activities at Phan Rang Air Base in Vietnam. Secretary of the Air Force, Robert C Seamans along with Gen. Lucius Clay,7th AF Commander and party. Dr. Seamans shaking hands with U.S. Air Force personnel and inspecting AC-119K aircraft along with other officials. Dr. Seamans boarding a T-39A plane for departure. T-39A taxis on air field. (Vietnam War period).
Division of Vietnam into North and South Vietnam as Indochina war ends up in Vietnam. Aerial view of cratered battle ground, with smoke rising, at Dien Bien Phu, Vietnam, in March, 1954. A French A-26 Invader aircraft flying above some clouds and pilot in cockpit using radio. French paratroops, dropping from C-47 aircraft, and landing, to reinforce troops dug in at Dien Bien Phu. French artillery firing and rounds exploding in the distance. French troops moving through brush, and carrying wounded back out. Citizens on streets of Hanoi, North Vietnam, scrounging for scraps to eat. An old woman hunkered down in a doorway. A mother with a young boy. French troops crossing a bridge as they surrender following the siege at Dien Bien Phu. North Vietnamese troops entering Hanoi. Delegates at the Geneva conference of 1954, in the Palais des Nations, including representatives of the Soviet Union, the United States, France, the United Kingdom, and the People’s Republic of China, among others. Closeup of Soviet delegation, with Foreign Minister, Vyacheslav Molotov, second from left. View of the North Vietnamese delegation, and delegate Ta Quang Buu, Vice Minister of Defense of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam), and Head of their Military Delegation, signing the accords. Closeup of one treaty page, with his signature, as Minister of Defense, and that of Henri, Deltiel, Brigadier General, who signed for the Commander in Chief of all French Forces in Indochina. OUtdoors. After the conference, Soviet Foreign Minister, Molotov shakes hands with Chou En-lai, Chinese Foreign Minister. Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister,Andrei Gromyko, wearing a hat, is standing behind Molotov. A long line of refugees fleeing to the South, from North Vietnam. A 1954 map showing the division of North and South Vietnam at the 19th parallel. Mist settled among mountain tops. South Vietnamese people engaged in agricultural pursuits and building new dwellings. South Vietnamese placing ballots in boxes during elections. Brief glimpse of the glamorous Madame Ngo Dinh Nhu, defacto First Lady of South Vietnam, dressed in ao dai and wearing dark glasses, as she leaves a polling place. Farmers dressed in traditional conical hats (non la) working in grain fields, and reaping and carrying cut grain on poles in the South. Beautiful view of fishermen and boats silhouetted against sky, with tall limestone islands in background, at Ha Long Bay, North Vietnam (incorrectly implying it shows South Vietnamese in peaceful pursuits). South Vietnamese at work building structures with concrete blocks. A car with bullet holes in the windshield, draws attention on busy street in South Vietnam. Closeup of murdered man inside on floor of car. Scenes of vandalism at a house. Viet Minh guerillas moving through jungles and setting fires to straw roofed houses. Remains of a destroyed dwelling. Bodies of South Vietnamese killed, according to the narrator, by "Viet Cong pursuasion squads." A framed picture of Ho Chi Minh, over a North Vietnamese star flag.
An orientation film for United States Air Force personnel assigned to Southeast Asia. A USAF Base in Vietnam. An air strip at the base. Area surrounding the air base. U.S. aircraft parked on the airstrip. Planes taxi on the runway. Traffic moves along a road. Sheds and barracks in the compound. The city in the background. Vehicles parked in the compound. Numerous barracks at the base. A water tank amidst the barracks. (Vietnam War period).
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