French troops prepare for defense in Vietnam. French paratroopers trained in American planes and methods, train for future action in Indo-China. Low- flying American-made planes drop napalm bombs, score a major victory over the communists near Hanoi. Soldiers help the civilians after the bombarding and destruction in Saigon. Destroyed vehicles on street.
French soldiers attack Communist forces in Vietnam, French Indo China. With heavy artillery and napalm bombs, they blast villages in which the Communist rebel forces have entrenched themselves. They fire artillery. Airplanes in flight dropping bombs during "Operation Mercury". Smoke arises due to the firing and bombardment. Some rebel forces surrender to French forces. French soldiers examining wounds of a Communist Vietnamese soldier. Communist prisoners of war seated on the ground. Some prisoners are being handed cigarettes. Women and children refugees and elderly Vietnamese citizens walk towards safe places behind French lines.
French (French Far East Expeditionary Corps) and Vietnamese forces attack the Vietminh in Vietnam, French Indochina. Bombarding and firing on the field. Wrecked and burning vehicles on the field. Soldiers move forward for attack. Soldiers fire rifles. A soldier fires with a machine gun (likely a M2 Browning). Bomber planes dropping bombs over a field. A tank fires at a hill. Smoke arises due to bombarding. Soldiers at a burning village.
United States Navy patrol boats (Swift Boats) at Nha Trang Harbor in Vietnam. A sailor unties lines from the dock. A Swift Boat pull away. The boat leave the harbor. A United States flag flying on the boat. Buildings on hills in the background. Sailors aboard the patrol boat. A sailor uncovers a 50 caliber machine gun. The Swift Boat underway.
Operation 'Jackstay' in Vung Tau, Vietnam. A Swift Boat (Patrol Craft, Fast ) PCF-26 underway on the Dong Tranh River. Patrol Craft PCF-31 underway. A shoreline in the background. A man stands up on the bow of PCF-26 boat. A man stands in the background aboard PCF-31. A man mans the twin machine guns aboard PCF-26. Other crew men stand on the deck. They stand around a 50 caliber machine gun. Crewmen aboard PCF-31 talk to men aboard PCF-26. Crewmen smoke as they stand by the twin machine gun. PCF-26 backs off from PCF-31. A man smokes aboard the boat. 50 caliber machine gun in view. A crewman stands in the background. PCF-26 underway in the river.
Riverine Operation in the Vinh Te Canal, Vietnam. A side of the canal as seen from a PBR (Patrol Boat River). Point of view shot from fast moving PBR. The PBR moves at a high speed. Ennis, a Salvage Mechanic First Class, is the PBR patrol officer. A part of the canal seen in the background. The hands of Ennis on a wheel. The port bow of the PBR speeds along the edge of the canal at high speeds. Water sprays on the port bow. Canal embankment as seen from the speeding PBR. The craft keeps away from the center of the canal. Trees line the canal bank. The PBR cruises at a high speed along the edge of the canal. A cluster of trees in the foreground. The PBR speeds down the center of the canal. It zig zags down the canal. A patrol officer looks at a map while holding a conference with a Vietnamese Commander on the bank of the canal. The commander points to an area on the map. He talks to the patrol officer. Village children in the background.
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