A U.S. Army helicopter gunships being readied for a mission, at Soc Trang, Vietnam during the Vietnam War. A sign reads 'Welcome To Viking Island, Home Of The Blue Diamond, Devils Of The Delta'. A UH-1B Iroquois helicopter parked at the base. The fronts of the helicopters display a big blue diamond with a caricature of a Viking holding a machine gun under each arm spouting flame. These belong to the 13th Aviation Battalion, 121st Assault Helicopter Company of Tigers and Vikings at Soc Trang, Vietnam. (Tigers had lift misssion and Vikings were gunships.)
California State Department of Forestry firefighters and equipment gathered on a road at the scene of a forest fire. Firefighting crew moving along fire front in forest, setting backfires (aka back burns) to deprive primary fire of fuel. Flammable liquids and flares are being used.
Local people under threat from ongoing forest fire in California, attend a public meeting to be briefed by an official from the State Department of Forestry, regarding steps being taken to contain a forest fire. The official in a yellow jacket and red hard hat, explains with a large map, firefighters efforts to employ backfires to contain the main fire front along a river. The audience listens quietly and attentively.
Firefighter in red cap, stands in front of a makeshift Incident Command Post for firefighters at the Salmon River Complex, in 1987. He speaks of the value of having involved people of the local community in managing the battle against this forest fire.
U.S. Army cameraman set up on Theresienwiese plaza near Statue of Bavaria, in front of the Ruhmeshalle (Hall of Fame) in Munich, Germany. Closeup of him as cars drive past. View shifts to behind him, with flags of nations participating in the Olympic Summer Games. Behind the flags.St. Paul's Church can be seen in the distance. Unseen camera zooms in on the Army photographer. Scene shifts to him near street sign pointing to other German cities. The flags and St. Paul's church are clearly seen. Traffic continues to move on the streets. Unseen camera pans up the street sign showing "Pasing; Kempten,Memmingen; Landshut;Stuttgart; and Regensburg." An double tram passes close to the photographer. A change of scene shows him on a street near a poster advertising Löwenbräu beer. Pedestrians walk past and around him.
The 1972 Olympic Summer Games in Munich, Germany. Arriving athletes walk along a path toward their lodgings. Large multistory apartment houses seen in background. Flags fly in front of a large building. Colorful sign points to it as the Olympic Village. Traffic moves along street.
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