Civilian life in Vietnam early in Vietnam War. Animated earth revolves. Map shows area of Burma, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and the Philippines. Terrain in Vietnam. Fishing boat up to the beach. Beach area. Bombed bridge over a river. Villagers walk on a pathway. Roadway leading through heavy foliage. Children build a pen towards the back of their home. Children who are 4-H club members and a boy. Two villagers carry coconuts.
Civilian lifestyle in Vietnam, early in Vietnam War. Picture of a large square in Vietnam. Government building in the background. Small shop along with the building. Interiors of a market place. Picture of people in the market place. Picture of a sidewalk store.
Flood relief operations being carried on in Vietnam. Vietnamese soldiers on a dock, guards lined up. Vietnamese people wearing conical straw hats wait for distribution of food supplies as a part of flood relief operations in Vietnam. A military truck loaded with bulgur bags. Men offload the bags and place them on piled up food bags. (Vietnam War period).
A helicopter in flight as it releases leaflets encouraging Viet Cong to defect. South Vietnamese soldiers mounting loudspeakers on a boat for broadcasting to people along the shore. Vietnamese people, in traditional dress, propel large narrow river boats, by hand, using twin poles. Former Viet Cong who have changed sides and now support South Vietnam. South Vietnamese operate a vehicle equipped with a movie projector and loudspeaker. Children on the side of the road. A U.S. Army Special Forces (Green Beret) Sergeant and South Vietnamese Special Forces personnel, training South Vietnam regional defense forces in use of firearms, including M79 grenade launcher. (Vietnam War period).
River and port facilities being developed in South Vietnam. Small buildings along the port. View of "Newport," built upriver from Saigon, by the U.S. Army in Vietnam. Views of 6oo foot permanent piers, with numerous vessels tied up in the port. A tractor emerges from USS Plumas County (LST-1083), Vietnamese workers prefabricating panels and trusses, at the Cameron Bay Engineer Site. A SeaLand Container ship at the new port, offloading containers on to 35-foot semi trailors. A Vietnamese dock worker secures a container onto a trailor and it drives away. Cargo ships unloading Conex Containers, which are moved by a forklift, on the dock.. Conex containers being used as quarters, dispensaries, offices, supply rooms, etc. (Vietnam War period).
U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense David Packard on a tour of Vietnam. David Packard walks at a naval shipyard in Saigon. Commodore Tran Van Chon, Chief of Naval Operations ;Vietnamese Navy, walks with Mr Packard. U.S. Vice Admiral E. R. Zumwalt, Comnavforces, Vietnam and Mr. Packard look at Ferro cement boats that were built by Vietnamese at Vietnamee Naval shipyard. Mr Packard looks at the boats from the edge of the dock. Commodore Chon in the background. Mr.Packard chats with E. R. Zumwalt and they enter a car. The official party looks at some of the ribs of one of the boats under construction. Mr. Packard signs a log book. E. R. Zumwalt stands in the background in a building at the shipyard. Mr Packard is introduced to an officer of the Republic of Vietnam. The official party walks at the shipyard. Mr Packard talks with B Donohue, Director of Small Boat School, Saigon. The party in one of the rooms at the boat school. The party departs from the school. A young Vietnamese girl runs through a hall at the school.
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