Film begins showing a Japanese Mitsubishi Ki-67 bomber parked in the grass at a Japanese airfield right after the end of World War II. American fighter aircraft fly overhead. Camera pans around the Japanese bomber with closeup of its engines. View from the rear showing its twin tail. Next, the camera focuses on a Japanese Mitsubishi Ki-67 medium bomber showing it from a tail view. The camera pans around the aircraft and then to many other multi-engine aircraft parked all over the field. Camera takes closeup of another Mitsubishi Ki-67. Film ends as a U.S. Army Air Forces C54 transport plane flies overhead.
An assortment of Japanese planes scattered all over in the grass at Tokyo municipal airport. Included are a Japanese "Shiragiku" plane with green cross on side. A helicopter flying by. A 2PA-B3 plane built by Seversky corporation (based on the P35 fighter, purchased pre-war as a long-range escort fighter but sold off for civil use). Japanese "hickory" plane. Scrapped Douglas DC5 transport . Several DC-3s and other unidentified aircraft are also seen. Salvaged Japanese planes from World War II. Hangars and airfield. An American C-47 and small high wing monoplane with radial engine (possibly a UC-81).Transport ship on bay and a Japanese Mitsubishi C5M "Babs" reconnaissance aircraft.
U.S. and Republic of Vietnam soldiers (ARVN) walk around and peruse a vast display of captured Viet Cong (VC) weapons, displayed on an airfield ramp, in South Vietnam, during the Vietnam War. The display comprises numerous small arms and mortars, all of which are stacked against or on tables, and on the ramp itself. A pair of UH-1 Huey helicopters take off in background. ARVN soldiers walk from UH-1s that are hovering in the background. Scene shifts toward vehicles gathered on a sandy area nearby. Camera shows several suspected VC being interrogated by a Vietnamese Air Force officer, and an American officer. Several ARVN in steel helmets stand with them. (Note: Silent except for brief comment by someone about VC suspects being interrogated.)
Aerial views of Fourth Infantry Division main base camp (Camp Enari) and airfield. Three UH-1D helicopters in flight. Aerial view of the main base camp. Flying over AH-1G in revetment. Soldiers walk away from UH-1D helicopters at the camp. (Vietnam War period).
Aerial views of Fourth Infantry Division main base camp (Camp Enari) and Airfield. Three UH-1D helicopters in flight. Main base camp. Flying over AH-1G in revetment. Soldiers walk away from UH-1D helicopters at the camp. Board of 7th Squadron 17th Cavalry headquarters.
147th Aviation Company at Vung Tau airfield in Vietnam. Soldiers of 221st signal corporation. CH-47 Chinook helicopter fly low in field. It picks up a 105 mm Howitzer and flies off. Truck in the field. Vietnamese soldiers load supplies into Chinook. Looking down at Howitzer in sling from helicopter in flight. Vietnamese soldiers seated in Chinook. (Vietnam War period).
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