173rd Assault Helicopter Company (Robin Hoods) patrols in Lai Khe, South Vietnam. A helicopter patrols over the jungles. Barrel of the machine gun of the helicopter can be seen. Smoke rises from two places in the jungle. Wild track audio commentary indicates helicopter is doing a troop lift. Helicopter then flies over the sea. Formation of other Assault Helicopters at high altitude, still in air. (Vietnam War period).
Contract airlines supplementing the armed forces in airlifting cargo at Tan Son Nhut airbase in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Pan American Boeing 707-320Cs parked on the airbase. Freight being unloaded from the airplanes. Air policeman watches. 'Pan Am' insignia on the plane.
The U.S. Naval fleet underway in the Pacific before Pearl Harbor. Italian narrator describing names and sizes of various ships including the USS Arizona,USS Oklahoma, USS West Virginia, USS California and USS New Mexico. Footage of the U.S. Pacific fleet ships in heavy seas with water crashing over their bows. Army Air Force biplanes take off from the deck of the USS Langley Aircraft Carrier. Sailors stand by as a biplane aircraft lands on the deck of the USS Langley (CV-1). Biplane aircraft on the deck of the USS Langley. Topic then changes to Air-Raid Defenses in and around Italian naval bases. Italian Sailors roll helium barrage balloon inflation tanks into ships. Sailors direct air into a balloon. Numerous barrage balloons in the sky. Soldiers prepare to release a balloon from a boat and fasten the metal cables. Deck guns in position. Soldiers observe through binoculars, telescopes, other instruments and monitor gauges and radar on a machine. A soldier talks on the radio from amidst sand bag barricades. Soldiers watch as two play a bacci ball game. They run to take their positions as a soldier signals incoming enemy aircraft. Enemy planes attack the Italian base. Explosions near ships in the water. A barrage balloon is hit and bursts into flames. Sailors fire anti aircraft artillery from behind a barricade. Mobile units dash to substitute the destroyed barrage balloon with a new one. Soldiers in a truck hold onto the new balloon and then release it. (World War II period).
Sign for Homestead Air Force Base. President John F Kennedy arrives at Homestead Air Force Base in Florida. President Kennedy inspects aircraft and men and adds battle streamer to flag. RF-101 recon aircraft. President Kennedy speaks. Air force burial ceremony and formation of jets in flight.
Activities of United States Army 173rd Airborne Infantry Brigade during the Vietnam War in Vietnam. The U.S. Air Force Douglas A-1E Skyraider, U.S. bomber drops napalm on Vietcong positions. Explosions on Vietcong positions. Smoke rises due to explosion. A few soldiers walk past. A-1 drops napalm bombs on Vietcong positions. Soldiers carry wounded man on litter.
Activities of United States Army 173rd Airborne Infantry Brigade during the Vietnam War in Vietnam. The U.S. Air Force Douglas A-1E Skyraider, U.S. bomber dives at Vietcong position. Soldier on ground in the foreground. Group of soldiers on ground. One man speaks over a radio. Helicopter lands. Shells burst on Vietcong positions. Explosions on Vietcong positions. Smoke rises due to explosions. American soldiers in grass in the foreground.
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