USAF,USN and ARVN personnel requiring air transportation through the 8th Aerial Port squadron terminal on Tan Son Nhut Air Base in Saigon, Vietnam. Airman writes on a board. Airman works at passenger counter. Airman talks to others. A airman stands at counter.
New security controls to fight terrorism in Saigon, Vietnam. Special boats patrol in the Mekong river delta. Men in boats. Steel covered boats in river. Houses along the shore line. People walk on street. Military Policemen at a street. Military Policemen check people entering a building. A wire mesh on tree in the foreground. A road with fenced area on one side.
Opening scenes show destroyed and damaged American UH-1 helicopters. A flying buzzard depicted on remains of one. Damage to buildings at American airbases and other installations, including barracks of U.S. servicemen, where a photograph of a girl and other personal items are seen on the ground. Smoke rising and ambulance responding at site of a bombing in Saigon. Injured personnel bleeding, after the Viet Cong detonate a car bomb outside the American Embassy in Saigon, on March 30, 1965. A victim being carried on a stretcher. (Vietnam War period).
Activities of communists in Haiphong, Vietnam. Building with a flag flying from staff on top. "Tram" sign on building. MP (Military Police) barricade across a road. Soldiers marching single file down roadway. Building with picture of Chiang Kai-Shek on the front. Communist soldiers and motorcade seen. Bridge across Haley Canal. Photographer in the foreground. U.S. Army personnel walk down. Communist troops at bridge in the background. Canal and view of an opposite shore. Junks in canal. Small buildings along a canal. Communist flag flying over one building. Bridge over canal, communist troops waiting to cross.
Communist troops in Haiphong, Vietnam. Truck loads of communist troops waiting to occupy Haiphong. Civilians in streets. Group of cars beside a road. Military vehicles in motion. Empty streets, communist troops on a sidewalk. Communist trucks carrying troops as they drive down a street. Communists riding bicycles and driving jeeps. A truck driving down street. Red flag flying from a balcony. Communist troops marching down a street. Red vehicles parked on a street. Communist soldiers on sidewalk. View of motorcade. Red troops march down a street of Haiphong.
Communists, U.S. soldiers and French officers in Haiphong, Vietnam. Civilian pointing to a sign on post. Communists putting up a sign on a building. Children in street and a shop selling communist flags in the background. Across large a field toward Red troops marching in distance in front of a building. Communist flags on a building. Two men and a child read signs on a building. People and vehicles on a street. French officers talk on a street. Truck in motion. MPs (Military Police) cross a street and vehicles in the background. Miniature American, French and Chinese flags on a jeep. MP barricade across a road. Civilian sitting on curb. Long line of cars. MPs standing on a street.