HIGH ANGLE LONG LINES OF UNION TROOPS MOVING FORWARD
IN FIELD AMID HUGE EXPLOSIONS AND SMOKE DURING CIVIL
WAR. MONTAGE OTHER REENACTED CIVIL WAR SCENES.

MONTAGE AMERICAN TROOPS MOVING THROUGH DENSE JUNGLE,
SWAMPS, AT SLOW PACE DURING VIETNAM WAR.

MONTAGE TROOPS RUNNING TO, BOARDING NUMEROUS
HELICOPTERS IN HIGH GRASSY FIELD. HELICOPTERS TAKE TO
AIR, CHURN UP LEAVES AND DUST.

HUGE "BANANA" (SHAPED) HOVERING HELICOPTER LOWERS
ARTILLERY PIECE WITH SLING. MORE OF HELICOPTERS
TAKING OFF FIELD.

1ST CAVALRY DIVISION TROOPER RIDES HORSE TOWARDS
HELICOPTER IN SYMBOLIC GESTURE, DURING CEREMONY AT
FORT BENNING, GEORGIA ON 7/1/65

1ST CAVALRY TROOPS BOARD BUSES. RAILROAD TRAIN
PULLING NUMEROUS GONDOLA CARS LADEN WITH WAR
SUPPLIES, TOWARDS AND AWAY FROM CAMERA.

MONTAGE VARIOUS SCENES TROOPS CARRY GEAR CLIMBING
GANGPLANK OF TROOPSHIP. (8/7/65) FIRST SHIP WAS UNDER
WAY TO VIETNAM

MONTAGE CARGO PLANES BRING IN EQUIPMENT AT AN KHE'S
NEW AIR BASE. MONTAGE FIELD LOADED WITH PILES OF
SUPPLIES OF ALL KINDS.

LARGE NUMBERS OF TROOPS WALK DOWN GANGPLANKS TO HUGE
LANDING CRAFT, SET OFF FOR SHORE. TROOPS CARRYING
GEAR WALK ONTO QUI NHON BEACH FROM LANDING SHIP.
FIRST DIVISION TO SET FOOT IN VIETNAM ARE GREETED BY
TOP COMMANDERS, INCLUDING (CU) GEN. WILLIAM C.
WESTMORELAND AND MAJOR GENERAL HARRY W. O. KINNARD,
1ST CAVALRY DIV. COMMANDER. TROOPS DEBARKING
TROOPSHIP ONTO LST'S

ABOVE PAN NUMEROUS LARGE CH-47 TWIN ROTOR HELICOPTERS
AT BASE CAMP. VARIOUS SCENES CH-47s LANDING IN FIELD,
TROOPS JUMPING OUT.

GI KNEELS TO SEARCH UNDER BUS ON ROUTE 19 AS NATIVE
PASSENGERS WAIT ON SIDE OF ROAD. CHECK CREDENTIALS OF
DRIVER, PASSENGERS.

AERIAL MONTAGE VIEW AN KHE AIRSTRIP. NUMEROUS
HELICOPTERS ON GROUND AT AN KHE FAMED "GOLF COURSE"
AND VARIOUS AERIAL VIEWS OF TANK FARM AND LOGISTICAL
INSTALLATIONS AT AN KHE.

PATROL WALK ON MOUNDS OF DRY LAND TO MOVE AROUND WET
RICE PADDIES. WOMAN IN ANKLE DEEP WATER, STRAW HAT,
WATCHES. MORE AERIAL VIEWS AN KHE AS SEEN FROM UH-1B
PATROLLING. CU GI'S HANDS IN READY POSITION ON RIFLE.

MONTAGE PATROL WALKING THROUGH ANKLE DEEP STREAM,
QUESTIONING FARMERS SEATED IN FIELD.

WOMEN AND CHILDREN GATHER FOR MEDICAL & OTHER
ASSISTANCE FROM ALLIED FORCES AS PART OF
PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE.

HUGE BARRACKS BEING BUILT BY GI CARPENTERS WITH HELP OF NATIVES, AT AN KHE. MAP SHOWING AREA OF OPERATIONS
FOR 1ST DIVISION AT AN KHE AND LARGER AREA.

AERIAL VIEW OB-1 "MOHAWK" RECON PLANE TAKING OFF FROM
AN KHE AIRSTRIP. OB-1 IN FLIGHT TAKING PHOTOS OVER
VARIOUS AREAS. POV ABOVE.

BLACK GI MOUNTS BANKS OF SEARCHLIGHTS ON UH-1B
HELICOPTER FOR NIGHT-TIME SURVEILLANCE.

CU "WEAPONS SYSTEMS". BLACK GI SLIPS THICK MORTAR
SHELLS INTO CLIP. OTHERS SETTING UP MORTAR, ARTILLERY
PIECE.

B-52 BOMBER DROPS HUGE LOAD OF BOMBS, AWESOME
MULTIPLE EXPLOSIONS ON GROUND RESULTS. FOLLOWED BY
MONTAGE OF FIRINGS FROM WARSHIP, ARTILLERY, MORTARS.
"VULCAN" GATTLING GUNS, MACHINE GUNS, RIFLES FIRING
FROM HELICOPTERS. POV INSIDE UH-1B.

SIDE DOOR MACHINE GUNNER AT HIS WEAPON, SCANS JUNGLE
BELOW. DOOR GUNNER POV HELICOPTER ALONGSIDE. DOOR
GUNNER FIRING INTO JUNGLE.

ARTILLERY CREW MOVE M-102, A NEW, LIGHTER MORE
ACCURATE 105MM HOWITZER, INTO PLACE ON GROUND, FIRE
IT. HIGH ANGLE BATTERY OF M-102s FIRING.

ODD LOOKING, HUGE CH-54 "FLYING CRANE", CAPABLE OF
LIFTING 10 TONS, CARRIES DAMAGED, EQUALLY LARGE
"CHANOOK" ON SLING. IN FLIGHT. ODDITY

UH-1B "HUEY" HOVERS A FEW FEET OFF GROUND,
INFANTRYMEN JUMP OUT. HUEY HOVER ABOVE TREE TOPS AS
INFANTRYMEN SLIDE DOWN ON ROPES. CH-47 "CHANOOK"
DOING SAME

"COMMAND AND CONTROL"
MEN ON GROUND COMMUNICATING VIA RADIO WITH
HELICOPTERS ABOVE.

CD-2 "CARIBOU" PLANE EQUIPPED WITH COMMUNICATION
PACKAGE TAKES OFF TO SERVE AS AIRBOURNE DIVISION
COMMAND POST, AIRBOURNE COMMUNICATION CENTER,
AIRBOURNE RELAY STATION.

"FLYING CRANE" (HELICOPTER) CARRIES HUGE
COMMUNICATION MODULE (POD) ON ITS UNDER-BELLY. GIS AT
DESK AND PHONES INSIDE POD.

HUGE C-130 CARGO PLANES TAXIING ON AIRFIELD AT AN KHE
BASE. HUGE PILES OF SUPPLIES LINE RUNWAY. AERIAL VIEW
HIGHWAY 1 AND 19 WITH TRUCK CONVOYS OF SUPPLIES. C-
130 TAKING OFF.

CU PILOT PUMPS GAS INTO HIS "HUEY" VIA LARGE 500
GALLON RUBBER INFLATABLE TANKS SCATTERED ABOUT ON
FIELD. MONTAGE MECHANICS ATTACH ROTOR TO "HUEY" AND
OTHER CHORES DURING MAINTENANCE PROCESS.

MONTAGE PRIEST HEARS OUTDOOR MASS IN FIELD; CU GIS
READING BIBLE DURING MASS. CU GI RECEIVING HOLY
COMMUNION. CU MEDIC HOLDS UP BOTTLE OF BLOOD PLASMA
FOR WOUNDED GI; MEDICS CARRYING WOUNDED TO RED CROSS
HELICOPTER ON STRETCHERS.

MONTAGE EXAMPLES OF SYSTEMS USED BY AIR CAVALRY TO
PERFORM ITS 5 BASIC FUNCTIONS, INCLUDING RECON AND
SURVEILLANCE, FIRE POWER, MOBILITY, COMMAND AND
CONTROL, LOGISTICS.

MONTAGE GROUND TROOPS PATROL BORDER.

CU ARA UNIT HUEY HELICOPTER FIRING HEAVY ROCKETS INTO
JUNGLE.

LARGE ARTILLERY PIECE IS ROLLED OUT OF REAR RAMP OF
ONE OF SEVERAL "CHANOOK" HELICOPTERS, IN SECOND STAGE
OF "SEARCH AND DESTROY" MISSION, NATIVE IN FRGD
CARRYING RICE STALKS ON SHOULDERS

ARTILLERY MAN PEERS THROUGH RANGE FINDER AS HE TURNS
WHEEL TO SET RANGE ON HOWITZER.

FIGHTER PLANES BOMB HEAVY JUNGLE AREAS IN PREPARATION
FOR HELICOPTER LANDINGS BY SEARCH AND DESTROY
INFANTRY. VARIOUS SCENES ARTILLERY BATTERY FIRING TO SOFTEN THE AREA. AERIAL SMALL AIRPLANE DIRECTS AIR
STRIKE BY DROPPING SMOKE MARKERS ON TARGET AREA.

AERIAL MONTAGE SQUADRONS OF HELICOPTER GUNSHIPS FROM
'ARA' BATTALION FLYING OVER FUTURE LANDING ZONE (LZ).
POV HELICOPTER FLYING ABOVE. FIGHTER SQUADRON PEEL
OFF FOR BOMBING RUN.

AERIAL VIEW TROP CARRYING HELICOPTERS LANDING IN
FIELDS BELOW. GROUND VIEW SAME. TROOPS MOVE OUT TO
ENLARGE THE PERIMETER. MORTAR UNITS SET UP, FIRE
MORTARS. HELICOPTERS LANDING ON HIGH GROUND AROUND
PERIMETER, DISCHARGE TROOPS.

GIS ENTER SMALL THATCHED HUT VILLAGE, GATHER THE
VILLAGERS, SPEAK HAVE SMOKE WITH MALE VILLAGER. TWO
GIS WITH RIFLES READY WATCH AS WOMAN WITH THREE
CHILDREN CLIMB OUT OF UNDERGROUND SHELTER.

GIS QUESTION VIET CONG, OFFER DRINK FROM CANTEEN TO
WOUNDED ENEMY LYING ON GROUND. MONTAGE VARIETY
CAPTURED PRIMITIVE VIET CONG WEAPONS. GI BURNS DOWN
HUT WITH FLAME THROWER.

CU BLIND FOLDED VIET CONG PRISONER BEING QUESTIONED
AS GI PERUSES CAPTURED DOCUMENTS.

CU GI CLOSES EYES AS BUDDY POURS PAIL OF WATER OVER
HIS HEAD.

DAMAGED HELICOPTER IS PROTECTED BY GIS IN DENSE
GRASSY AREA BEFORE IT IS AIRLIFTED OUT. HUGE
"CHANOOK" HELICOPTER LIFTS DAMAGED HELICOPTER OUT OF
BRUSH VIA SLING.

MONTAGE VARIOUS SCENES VIET CONG MEN WITH HANDS TIED
BEHIND BACK AND TAKEN AWAY. VIET CONG POW. GI TAKES
HAND FULL OF TNT STICKS FROM BOX. VIET CONG BASE,
SOURCE OF SUPPLY, BEING BLOWN UP

"SUPPORT MISSIONS"
ATTACK HELICOPTERS ASSISTING SOUTH VIET FORCES ON
GROUND. VIETNAMESE WORKERS LOAD SACKS OF RICE FROM
THEIR HARVEST ONTO CHANOOK HELICOPTER.

MONTAGE MEMBERS OF FIRST TEAM PROVIDE INITIAL
SECURITY FOR ALLIED FORCES OF 24TH, 25TH INFANTRY
DIVISIONS AND UNITS OF REPUBLIC OF KOREA (ROK), SEEN
MARCHING ASHORE FROM LANDING CRAFTS. MACHINE GUNNER
BEHIND SANDBAG BUNKER.

SHIRTLESS ARTILLERY MEN SET UP HOWITZERS. SQUADRON OF
LOW FLYING HELICOPTER GUNSHIPS ALSO PROVIDE COVER.
AERIAL VIEW OF WINDING ROAD SURROUNDED BY HILLS. POV
HELICOPTER WHOSE MACHINE GUN SEEN IN FRGD.

HIGHWAY PASSING THROUGH NATIVE VILLAGE. TRUCKS,
NATIVE RIDING SMALL DONKEY DRIVEN BUGGY, THREE
WHEELED MOPED MADE INTO SMALL TRUCK, PASS BY.

GI AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST EXAMINES CROP WITH
VIETNAMESE FARMER IN FENCED IN HAMLET. CU PIGS IN
STY.

VIETNAM MEDIC TREATS WOUND ON ELDERLY WOMAN'S FOOT AS
U.S. DOCTOR WATCHES.

GIS FEED VIETNAMESE CHILDREN CAFETERIA STYLE AT
OUTDOOR CHOW LINE.

MAJOR GENERAL JOHN THORTON IS CONGRATULATED AS HE
TAKES OVER COMMAND OF 1ST AIR CAVALRY DIVISION WHEN
GENERAL KINNARD IS REASSIGNED IN MAY, 1966.

TROOPS SLIDING DOWN LONG ROPES FROM HOVERING
HELICOPTER TO GROUND. TROOPS CLIMBING DOWN LONG
LADDER FROM HOVERING CHANOOK HELICOPTER.

MEDIC THROWS BLANKET OVER BODY OF GI IN VIETNAM.

PRESIDENT LYNDON JOHNSON (LBJ) DRAPES UNIT MEDAL OVER
1ST CAVALRY DIVISION'S FLAG IN CEREMONY ON WHITE
HOUSE LAWN, MAKES SPEECH. CU LT. GENERAL KINNARD IS
THERE. (9/15/67)

VIETNAMESE LANGUAGE FILM TITLE, WHICH TRANSLATED
SAYS, "MILITARY OPERATIONS BY THE PLAF 9TH VIET CONG
MAIN FORCE DIVISION, IN RETALIATION FOR THE BOMBING
OF HANOI AND HAIPHONG".

POLITICAL OFFICER PRESENTS SMALL PIECES OF ROPES
SYMBOLIZING BATTLE WILL BE WON. PRISONERS TAKEN. CU
ZOOM VC SOLDIER STANDING AT ATTENTION WITH RIFLE IN
HAND.

CU GRAPHIC SCENES AMERICAN CREW MEMBERS LYING DEAD ON
JUNGLE GROUND. GIS WITH HANDS RAISED ARE TAKEN
PRISONER, WALKED THROUGH ROUGH JUNGLE GROUND WITHOUT
SHOES.

VC GUERRILLA FORCE RUN TOWARDS CAMERA IN DOUBLE LINE,
CARRYING SMALL, HEAVY ARMS ON SHOULDERS. PRESSING
THROUGH THICK BAMBOO JUNGLE, VC OFFICER WAVES HIS MEN
ON. MONTAGE INDIVIDUALS RUNNING WITH WEAPONS.

MONTAGE VC COLLECT WEAPONS OFF BODIES OF DEAD U.S.
AND SOUTH VIET SOLDIERS. VC IS DECORATED FOR HEROIC
DEED WHEN BRINGING IN AMERICAN WEAPON. SMILING VC
CARRY CAPTURED WEAPONS THROUGH JUNGLE.

VC COMPANY COMMANDER SQUATS WITH HIS OFFICERS TO
PERUSE MAP BEFORE ALL-OUT ATTACK ON SMALL SOUTH
VIETNAMESE HAMLET. CU BUGLER SOUNDS THE CHARGE.
HUNDREDS VC SPRING OUT OF JUNGLE TO ATTACK, PASSING
OVERTURNED U.S. VEHICLE.

VC BRASS BAND WITH BANJO, GUITAR, PLAY. MONTAGE
VARIOUS SCENES NATIVE WOMEN IN TRADITIONAL COSTUME DO
ETHNIC DANCE. VC SOLDIERS SIT, WATCH, SMILE. APPLAUD
WHEN ENDED.

"VIET CONG LOGISTICS AND DEMOLITION"
VC MALE, ARMED FEMALE GUERRILLAS, WADE THROUGH WAIST
AND CHEST DEEP SWAMP IN JUNGLE, CARRYING SACKS OF
RICE, SUPPLIES ON THEIR HEAD.

VC COMES ACROSS UNEXPLODED ALLIED BOMB. VC DEMOLITION
EXPERT DEFUSES BOMB, OTHERS TAKE OUT POWDER AND USE
CASING TO MAKE BOOBY TRAPS, HAND GRENADES.

MONTAGE LONG COLUMN MALE FEMALE VC WALK ON TRAIN
TRACKS IN JUNGLE CARRYING LONG BAMBOO POLES. CU VC
SABOTAGING RAILROAD TRACKS, USE BAMBOO AS LEVERS TO
LIFT TRACK OFF BED. GOVERNMENT TRAIN THAT HAS BEEN
DERAILED. CU TRACK THAT HAS BEEN BLASTED.

NARRATOR WATCHES MONITOR AS SEVERAL PROJECTORS ROLL.

VC CRAFTSMEN CARVE WOODEN TYPE FOR PRIMITIVE PRESS,
PRINT PROPAGANDA LEAFLETS. ALL APPLAUD.

NORTH VIETNAMESE FOUR STAR GENERAL NGUYEN CHI THANH,
COMMANDING OFFICER COSVN, VISITS UNDERGROUND HOSPITAL
IN WAR ZONE C. FOLLOWED BY CADRE OF VC. LISTENS TO
WOUNDED IN HOSPITAL.

CU NARRATOR MAKES FINAL STATEMENT.