Reconstruction of events that took place during the Gulf of Tonkin Incident, 2-5 August 1964. A U.S. ship underway in the Gulf of Tonkin. The ship's doctor and a hospital corpsman simulate giving aid and saline solution to an engine man who simulates collapse from heat during Gulf of Tonkin incident. The engine man on a stretcher. A respirator is held up to the man's mouth. Saline solution bottle hanging nearby. The engine man is wiped down with alcohol by the doctor. The hospital corpsman holds the respirator over the man's mouth.
Reconstruction of activities that took place during the Gulf of Tonkin Incident in August 1964. USS Ticonderoga underway in the Gulf of Tonkin. A U.S. Navy A-1H Skyraider aircraft being catapulted from the aircraft carrier for weapons strike. A U.S. Navy RF-8A Crusader aircraft parked on the flight deck. A photographer closes the door side of the camera area of the RF-8A aircraft. A ship of a task force on the horizon.
Re-enactment of events that took place during the Gulf of Tonkin Incident, 2-5 August 1964. USS Ticonderoga underway in the Gulf of Tonkin. A catapult officer gives an aircraft take off signal aboard the ship. U.S. Navy A-4E Skyhawk and F-8E Crusader aircraft taxi up to a catapult. The RF-8A aircraft takes off from the port catapult. The A-4E aircraft takes off. A U.S. Navy A-3B Skywarrior aircraft on the catapult. An A-1H Skyraider taxis on the flight deck. USS Maddox underway. Number '731' written on the port bow of the ship. USS Maddox makes a sharp starboard turn.
Events of the Gulf of Tonkin Incident, 2-5 August 1964, re-enacted at later date. A U.S. aircraft carrier underway in the Gulf of Tonkin. A U.S. Navy A-4E Skyhawk being recovered aboard the ship. The aircraft makes an arrested landing and is being recovered. A U.S. Navy F-8E Crusader aircraft being recovered. A U.S. Navy RF-8A Crusader aircraft touches down for a landing. The F-8E aircraft touches down for an arrested landing.
Vietnamese men work at a quarry, An Thoi. They break stones with small hammers. A Vietnamese wearing a coolie hat, swings an iron weight and breaks up small stones. The rock quarry. Vietnamese men under a temporary covering, breaking up rocks.
Aircraft AC-47 takes off from runway at Bein Hoa Air Base. AC-47 in flight. Camouflaged AC-47 parked at air base. Crewmen aboard AC-47. Pickup trailer loaded with parachute flares arrives. Trailer is detached from truck. Crewmen place parachute flares in flare rack aboard AC-47.