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South Vietnamese rebuild and enlist; Eisenhower speaks about Vietnam.

South Vietnamese farmers spray rice field with pesticide before the U.S. Vietnam War. Farmers pound rice using a foot-powered rice pounder. Steam shovel bucket scoops rubble. Vietnamese miners strip mining coal. They push a cart filled with coal. A man extracts natural rubber from a tree. Workers at a latex processing facility. South Vietnamese women working at a textile factory with a large loom. United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower addresses the graduates at Gettysburg College in April 4, 1959. “We have learned, too, that the cost of defending freedom--of defending America--must be paid in many forms and in many places. They are assessed in all parts of the world--in Berlin, in Viet-Nam, in the Middle East--here at home.” President Eisenhower said. South Vietnamese men line up to enlist and gather their uniforms. Newly enlisted South Vietnamese soldiers climb into a truck for transport.

Date: 1959
Duration: 1 min 59 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675080606
Buildup of South Vietnamese military with American advice and assistance

American aid to South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. President Dwight D. Eisenhower, speaking at a Gettysburg College commencement, on April 4, 1959, notes, among other things, that the cost of defending freedom must be paid in many places. And he mentions Berlin,Vietnam,and the Middle East. Scene shifts to South Vietnam where recruits are being signed up for its armed forces. Glimpse of a U.S. Army Lieutenant advisor, in sunglasses, smoking a pipe, on a crowded street. Local people in the area. Scene shifts to 1960. Two U.S. Army Ranger advisors, in full brim hats (3214D-M41), stand near as a contingent of Montagnard troops boards a train. View from armed guard standing on front of train as it travels along a single rail in deserted area. A sudden explosion occurs on the train track about 100 yards ahead. Next machine gun fire is seen coming from an armored gun turret on the train. View from inside the armored compartment, as the gun fires, spraying the surrounding area with bullets, creating two explosions nearby. South Vietnamese soldiers (ARVN) pursuing enemy in wooded areas. One, down deep in underbrush, is firing a machine gun. Several others are engaging enemy with small arms. Huts being blown up. ARVN troops returning from an engagement, carrying wounded on stretchers. Year, 1961, and an official American Government airplane is seen. It carries General Maxwell Taylor (in mufti) who was sent by President John F. Kennedy. Taylor is seen being interviewed on the airport ramp. A U.S. Air Force officer training young Vietnamese pilot trainees. A Vietnamese student pilot in a T-28 training airplane.

Date: 1961
Duration: 2 min 3 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675071035
Work, lifestyle, and landmarks at Levittown in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States.

Work, lifestyle of citizens, and landmark places of the Levittown suburban housing community in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. A dentist treats a boy reclined on a dental examination chair. A woman sits at waiting room of the clinic. Nurse holds the child and hands over her to the women. Men driving a Good Humor Ice Cream truck pass by and wave. People work at an office. Draftsmen and architects work on drawings of suburban homes and community buildings that are spread over the tables. Man points to places on Levittown's map on a wall. Man points to Levittown's map spread over the table. Man points at a front elevation and yard drawing of a 1950's suburb house. View of shopping mall areas at Levittown with walking promenade and planted greenery between the stores and shops of Levittown. 'Bucks County Playhouse' written on the wall. Board of 'Washington Crossing Thompson Neely House'. View of cost line with fleet of ships. Board of "Levittown station" at local railroad train station. Scene of the Levittown train station on the Pennsylvania Railroad. Exterior view of the station and then view of passenger train arriving at the station and passengers emerging from train cars to station. Three women sit at drawing room of a home in the suburbs and talk. A woman brings drinks and serves to men on sofa. A boy sits on a chair and reads. Two boys sit at a table and play. Woman comes to the table and gives drinks to the children.

Date: 1959
Duration: 3 min 36 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Russian
Clip: 65675025923
Gymnasts compete at West Point to qualify for the 1959 Pan-American Games

Gymnasts compete at West Point to qualify for the United States team in the 1959 Pan-American Games in Chicago, USA. Garland O’Quinn of the United States Military Academy at West Point Gymnast Team shown in semi-slow motion on the parallel bars. Brilliant performances on horizontal bars, trampoline, and parallel bars. Los Angeles schoolteacher John Beckner demonstrates in the finale. Group of people assembled to watch their performances.

Date: 1959, August 13
Duration: 1 min 5 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040727
U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower is greeted by people at an airport in Washington DC and at Gettysburg.

U.S. President Dwight David Eisenhower arrives in Washington DC, United States after his recovery from a heart attack . The First Lady of the United States Mamie Doud Eisenhower and the President disembark from an aircraft. A crowd waves to the President. John Sheldon Doud Eisenhower and his wife Barbara Jean Thompson greet the President. U.S. Vice President Richard Milhous Nixon and former U.S. President Herbert Clark Hoover greet the President. The President addresses the crowd. Children in front of a car on a street wait to welcome the President. The President arrives at Gettysburg. A crowd gathered to welcome him. The crowd presents birthday wishes to Mamie Doud Eisenhower.

Date: 1955, November 14
Duration: 2 min 39 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675067500
City scenes of Levittown in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States,

City scenes of Levittown in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. View of the suburb Levittown City. Woman works in the garden of house. Building and a Church. Little girl sits in a small round garden in front yard of a house. Little girl stands in a pool. Man and children stand and play in the pool. A car goes and woman waves to it. People and children sit on the garden chairs and talk. A child sits in the garden. A woman washes front screen of a car. A boy and a girl go to school and a woman waves to them. Children hold school bags. Scenes of houses and a road.

Date: 1959
Duration: 1 min 54 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Russian
Clip: 65675025920