Tet offensive attack by Viet Cong, during Vietnam War. Hole blown in wall of U.S. Embassy compound in Saigon. B-40 rocket and other explosives removed from dead Vietcong. EOD (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) men remove explosives from bodies of dead on U.S. embassy grounds in Saigon.Troopers walk on embassy grounds. Vietnamese man and woman at gates. Dead body of Vietcong on embassy grounds. The building damaged. General Westmoreland talks with slightly injured personnel on the scene.
North Vietnamese fishermen who captured United States Navy Lieutenant JG Everett Alvarez, jr. after his A-4D aircraft was shot down. The fishermen in their wooden boats help divers locate and retrieve wreckage of the aircraft. Barefoot men in two boats raise heavy pieces of wreckage on wooden poles. Views of various recovered airplane parts. A Vietnamese diver in deep sea divers suit is hoisted up at side of one boat. Men in boats pick up aircraft parts and gear. Part numbers and model information on various aircraft parts. A life vest with manufacturer's marking : "BUAER USN". (Vietnam War.)
U.S. soldiers around two jeeps and a truck alongside road. Soldiers pull out a jeep from a street. V-100 armored commando car backs out from a narrow alley. Soldiers and MP fire rifles and machine guns in alley. Soldiers duck and run away from truck which blocks the alley. V-100 approaches. Soldiers follow behind V-100 as it drives slowly into alley. Soldiers fire at building. Soldier under cover of tree rapid fires his M-16 rifle. Soldiers pull a wounded MP (Military Police) from alley. Medic treats wounded as V-100 drives past in the background. (Vietnam War period).
Soldiers of the 40th Signal Battalion on telephone pole work with telephone lines. Soldiers pull the telephone cable along roadside. Soldiers at pole, fix telephone lines. Soldiers on ground hold the line attached with pole. Few soldiers walk away from pole. (Vietnam War period).
Helicopter in flight over outskirts of Saigon. Many houses on the ground. Smoke rises from ground in small clearing as seen through windshield of helicopter. UH-1B gunshot while in flight over homes on the outskirts of Saigon. Smoke rise from many areas. Tracers seen heading in towards buildings and woods surrounding area. M-60 machine gun barrel protrudes from doorway of helicopter in flight. Helicopter moves in for landing at airfield. Crossed pistols painted on doorway of helicopter, words below read 'Billy the kid'. 'Finalizer' painted on shield alongside rockets on helicopter.
A1-H aircraft high over field at Tan Son Nhut Air Base. Aircraft drops bombs around perimeter. Large explosion occurs in the far background throwing billows of smoke and fire. A1-H makes a dive-run. Terrific explosions in the far background. Horizon filled with smoke.