A film on the 1968 Tet Offensive on Saigon, Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Rubbled buildings and houses. A soldier stands holding a rifle. Civilians look at the rubble. They search through the debris for their personal belongings. Wrecked cars. Aerial view of the rubbled area. Homeless people look at the rubble. Soldiers try to relocate the homeless. Civilians in refugee centers. They receive food and medical attention. Civilians walk with their personal belonging.
United States Marines of 1/1 (1st Battalion 1st Marines) look toward parked M-48 tank on road (river barrier). Tank parked on road with 90mm gun aimed out. Turret swings toward buildings in bushy area. Tank fires. Smoke rises from the background. Turret turns slowly as several 90mm shell casings are thrown out onto ground. Marines stand behind top turret of parked M-48 tank. Marine kneels along road with 3.5 rocket launcher on his shoulder. Second marine loads rocket into launcher as third marine speaks and points out position of attack. ARVN (Army of the Republic of Vietnam) rangers armed with M-16 rifles move quickly followed by marines. AVRN rangers and marines cross Perfume River Bridge and move toward a building in the background. AVRN rangers talk into radio atop parked M-48 tank. (Vietnam War, Tet Offensive period).
United States Army Air Forces Martin B-26 Marauder, a World War II twin-engine medium bomber, drops bombs over targets in Germany near the end of World War II. Captain Browning in a USAAF B-26 Marauder over Germany. POV shots from cockpit. The B-26 bomber drops bombs. B-26 landing gears lower. POV from cockpit as the B-26 lands and taxis along the perimeter strip. Crewmen on the ground directs the B-26 for parking. A Lieutenant plots out flak damage. The crewmen of the B-26 gathered around B-26 and in a jeep. An interrogating officer takes down flight data from the pilot. Crewmen inspect belt of damaged ammunition. A Lieutenant views the damaged ammunition. Note: a small bright object, possibly a foo fighter, is seen moving diagonally and downward across the frame from left to right in the first second or two of this clip.
The life of crew of a United States Air Force RC-121D Warning Star Picket ship in the United States. A line of six RC-121D Picket ships along the ramp. RC-12lD Picket ship on ramp with engines running. View of the the radar dome. The nose section of the aircraft. A canvas covered truck. Crew members alight from the truck and walk towards the aircraft. Men take stations in front of the aircraft for outdoor briefing. Several views of the men during the briefing. An officer gives the briefing. Men dismissed and they wa1k towards the aircraft. Men climb aerostand and board the aircraft. Officers carry briefcases and board the aircraft.
U.S. 351st Bomb Group at RAF Station Polebrook, Northamptonshire, England during World War II. A display board of the U.S. 351st Bomb Group, at RAF Station Polebrook, England, shows 15 principal targets and the number of times they've been struck by B-17s of the Group. The most missions were flown against Schweinfurt, Germany (25 times) and second most, against Hanover, Germany (17 times). Another recent status board records missions against Amiens and Evreux,and Romilly, France; Stuttgart, Germany; and Brussels,Belgium.Swastikas indicate German aircraft shot down during these raids. A C-45 aircraft lands and parks at the field. Major General Ira C. Eaker,Commander 8th Air Force, steps from the plane for a visit with the 351st Bomb Group. He proceeds to the briefing room, in a Quonset hut. Four Officers of the Group pose. View of heavy bombs in the bomb dump. Views of bombs hung wing racks of a B-17 to increase its bomb load. Bombs being transported on motorized dollies. Airmen writing in chalk on a bomb. It reads: "From the boys K of C #92 Jim, MH." Fliers at nighttime in their Quonset hut quarters. One writes a letter. Others trying to sleep, as sounds of aircraft engines are heard. Officer opens door of quarters and wakes crew members, telling them breakfast is at 3AM and briefing at 4AM. Briefing officer asks fliers to guess what the target of the day will be. Several make suggestions. The briefing officer removes a cover from the mission map, revealing target deep in Germany. The fliers respond with good-natured boos. Commander gives final instructions.,
Construction of CE (Civil Engineering) administration building at Air as a part of U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield Sattahip Complex in Thailand. A huge cement mixer truck pulls up at the construction site. It pours out cement into hand carts. Cement being poured out as workers look on. Workers pour out cement for building foundation and floor. A Thai driver at the steering wheel of the cement mixer truck.
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