1960s

Color (faded) documentary w/ narration / audio - Republic of Vietnam - Southeast Asia during Vietnam War - military and scenics aerial over South of Qui Nhon coastal plain - coastal village or town establish city street, traffic, pedestrians - center region occupied by mountain tribesmen man rides elephant in street, dog on ground - w/s flowering trees line town street - town of Lomituit (sp?) French - Far Eastern architecture - building, monument - establish religious statue of Virgin Mary - zoom out to w/s church w/ Christian cross - pedestrian goes by - city street traffic - pedestrians - rich plantation area during French occupation w/s helicopters sit on airfield - helicopter unit of U.S. Army scenic w/s and h/a down to South China Sea - l/s water, boats, the Riviera of Nha Trang area low aerial over resort city - beach, shoreline, recreational retreat for Vietnam pov across water to town (280 miles north of Saigon) w/s scenic tropical resort - pov from sandy beach h/a down to water - l/s people play in water - w/s street w/ African-American U.S. soldiers ride bicycles past - Vietnamese girl rides bike - pov from street to waterfront and l/s island or atoll in distance m/l scenic shot of natives on beach, man sits under palm tree in shade, beach and water in b/g - w/s and h/a across to S.E. Asian structure, The Old Chungtola (sp?) - now a Buddhist temple - native Vietnamese man rides by on bicycle rickshaw w/s zoom out from new homes being constructed - water buffalo graze in field - m/c child sits on water buffalo as he tends animals - pov from airplane of low aerial as military plane lands on base of aviation battalion - Headquarters for Lang Bian c/u soldiers walk out from building w/ sign says Headquarters - m/l and w/s same - direct support aviation company - l/s planes parked on field - c/u pilot exits military airplane - w/s long building w/ large headquarters sign of 5th (fifth) Special Forces Group - c/u building w/ sign for Headquarters for 5th Field Hospital U.S. Forces - zoom out to w/s building and road Red Cross vehicle goes by - aerial pov from interior plane to opened door w/ machine gun w/ barrel visible (few miles from Nha Trang) - low aerial over sandy and hilly peninsula - deep water port of Cam Ranh Bay - aerial down to bay w/ long dock - large concrete pier - low aerial over pier w/ loading craft