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.
A large crowd gathered to welcome U.S. President Nixon at the Mississippi Economic Council silver anniversary meeting in Jackson, Mississippi, held in the Coliseum. President Nixon from speaker's podium addresses the Economic Council. Nixon presents his vision of Mississippi in the future. He mentions effects of Korean War, Vietnam War and economic crises. The spectators applaud as Nixon expresses hope for a bright future for the United States of America. Officials attending included Governor William Waller, Senator Jim Eastland, Senator John Stennis, and Mississippi congressmen.
USS Oriskany (CVA-34) on fire in South China Sea, off South Vietnam. Brief glimpse of smoky passageway, below decks. A helicopter lands on the deck. Sailors holding fire hoses all over the deck. Smoke comes through deck cracks from fire below. Crew members walk about on the flight deck among parked aircraft. Smoke everywhere. A large elevator rises to the flight deck. Groups of sailors all about the flight deck.