Hungarian Revolution of 1956 against the Stalinist government in Hungary. Civilians, police and military mingling amiably. Hungarian Communist Leader, Janos Kadar enters a car with an Army General. Civilians walk around a Soviet tank in a market. Hungarian soldiers stand on roads and talk to each other. Animated map shows flow of Soviet Forces surrounding Budapest to put down the insurrection. Soviet tanks firing point blank into buildings. Fires raging. A radio announcer is seen at a center from which multilingual broadcasts are being made about the events in Budapest. A technician in broadcast center. Speaker labeled "Hungarian." Brief view of UN meeting in New York. Revolutionaries fire on Soviets from remnants of destroyed buildings. Damaged Soviet tank. Hungarian National flags fly over abandoned litters in a small park. Dead revolutionary in a coffin being transported for burial in a cemetery. Some snow on the ground. People in various parts of the world express sympathy for the Hungarian insurrectionists. Black wreathes are hung. Youth in West Berlin, Germany, carry banner calling for Freedom for Hungary. Supportive demonstrations in Vietnam, France, and Italy. Black wreathes are placed in Poland.
U.S. President Richard Nixon discusses his future goals during a speech on the Watergate scandal in Washington DC. The President talks about the importance of his office, the nation, and it's people. He mentions the renewed bombing of North Vietnam. He reads his goals for the nation. They are: to make it possible for the children to live in peace, make the country a land of opportunities, to provide jobs, to establish a climate of decency, to make America a land for a person to dare and live his dreams, for all to be proud of the United States. He states that to achieve these goals they have to dedicate themselves to maintaining the integrity of the White House.
A speech by the United States Vice President Spiro Agnew at a meeting of Republican governors and leaders. Introduction by Governor Ray of Iowa. Vice President walks on the speaker's stand as the guests and dignitaries at the ceremony applaud. Press photographers take photographs. Agnew addresses the committee about the Vietnam conflict and about the media and its role in the conflict. Applause for Agnew from the crowd.
United States President Richard Nixon and Secretary of State Dr Henry Kissinger talk to each other before their visit to Paris, France for the Paris Peace Accords attempting to end the Vietnam War. Close up views of both President Nixon and Dr Kissinger in the Oval Office discussing matters with each other at the President's desk. Next scene is in Paris: An aide puts documents on table in Communist Villa, Paris, prior to initialing them.
The U.S. Secretary of State Dr Henry Kissinger and aides arrive at afternoon signing session of a peace agreement with Vietnam at the 'Communist Villa' in Paris, France. North Vietnamese leader Le Duc Tho along with aides arrives and waves hand towards the press box. Kissinger and Ambassador Sullivan examine the documents and sign. Tho and North Vietnamese delegation at the conference table watch Kissinger signing documents and then sign the documents. Big chandeliers in the Communist Villa hall.
Presidential candidate Richard Nixon's answers to a panel during a special television program in Michigan. A panelist questions about Nixon's idea of a volunteer army. Nixon explains the concept of volunteer army. He gives instances from Vietnam War and traditional wars. His daughter Tricia Nixon listens carefully sitting among the audiences.
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