Captain McCreery speaks while looking at reconnaissance film on light table. Captain speaks about aerial photographs which is product of aerial reconnaissance. He further adds that aerial reconnaissance means looking for the enemy from air. This imagery is used by USAF, VNAF and U.S. Army. 13th Reconnaissance technical squadron interprets this imagery. He talks about various methods of reconnaissance. (Vietnam War period).
Night missions of aircraft AC-47 at night. Minigun fired from aircraft AC-47A at night. Gun fired creating flame 'Puff The Magic Dragon' image. Crewman aboard aircraft sets flares. (Vietnam War period.)
U.S. Navy pilot, Lieutenant Junior Grade, Everett Alvarez, Jr., in flight suit and helmet, being taken prisoner by the North Vietnamese. View of his military identification card. Lt Avarez being interrogated by North Vietnamese officers. Destruction by U.S. air strikes on North Vietnam. Wreckage of buildings. Remains of buildings. Lt Alvarez's clothing and survival gear, including his dog tags and keys. The retrieved wreckage of his A-4D aircraft is on display and being explained to North Vietnamese in a public gathering.
American troops under concentrated enemy artillery fire from North Vietnamese during Vietnam War. U.S. Army soldiers run and jump into a trench, taking cover in the trench as artillery strikes nearby. Dramatic explosions, fire and smoke as American troop position is bombed by Vietcong. U.S. troops firing artillery at the enemy. View from inside cargo compartment of a U.S. Air Force C-130 transport aircraft, as supplies are pushed out for airdrop to U.S. forces. View from ground of supplies descending by paracute from C-133.
A U.S. Army advisor holding an M2 carbine with enlarged 30-round magazine, as he trains South Vietnamese soldiers, seated nearby. Closeup of several American advisers, all displaying parachutist badges on their caps. An advisor going over a map with a South Vietnamese soldier, in the field. View of ARVN (Army of Republic of Vietnam) soldiers slogging through jungles, carrying weapons and gear. ARVN troops firing weapons as they cross field of tall grass. A Viet cong (VC) in black outfit with white conical hat, seen running. Troops running under heavy small arms fire. ARVN escorting captured VC, under guard. They have their arms tied back. Vietnamese tribesmen who were impressed into VC service, are seen, momentarily, seated on the ground. A medical clinic staffed by U.S medical personnel is seen treating local citizens, who form a line waiting to be seen.
A dramatization shows the survival of a downed U.S. pilot in a Vietnamese jungle during the Vietnam War. The pilot crouches next to a tree and sharpens his knife with a flat stone. He hides in the jungle growth and keeps an eye out for Vietcong soldiers. He drinks water from a piece of bamboo and uses some water to wash his face. The pilot advances through a wooded area. A parachute descends.