Civilians crowded atop a U.S. Army DUKW (amphibious truck) during Army efforts to help them following the Louisiana Hurricane in 1965. Front view of DUKW moving amidst smaller civilian boats. Men in DUKW distributing bread and other food to local people. Men women and children entering an Army tent to receive food.
A documentary titled 'Uptown: Portrait of The South Bronx 1965' . A boy flies kite in South Bronx in New York City. Passengers wait on the station as a train arrives. Extensive footage of the "Hub" , Melrose, Third Avenues and 149th Street area. Newspaper headline 'America Falling!' seen as people sell and buy newspapers. View of crowded market area. A man gets his shoes shined by a shoeshine boy.
Heavy floods and tornadoes in various areas during 1965. View of multi-story buildings and home toppling into a ravine caused by flooding and erosion. Destroyed houses and buildings due to floods and tornadoes. Buildings collapse due to soil erosion caused by floods and tornadoes. Cloud of dirt and smoke rises in air as the buildings fall.
Opening scene shows North State Street in the Loop area of Chicago, Illinois, around Christmastime, 1965. Two small Christmas trees sit atop shelves on a lamp post. The Marina City Condos are in the far background. Several sailors in uniform are among the pedestrians on the sidewalk. Heavy pedestrian traffic crossing by Shoppers Corner. Pedestrians including some sailors, near the Planters Hotel. Some persons are carrying umbrellas.Crowded sidewalks at East Randolph Street. Many American flags displayed on all the streets. Glimpse of a policeman directing pedestrians. Closeups of some people in the throngs, including young couples, Catholic Nuns in habit, people from all walks of life, going about their ordinary activities, and more sailors. Camera focuses on an open manhole in the pavement, where a man is working. Wooden sign around the open hole identifies him as a worker for the City Bureau of Electricity. A welder at work on an overhead marquee. Buses and trucks maneuvering under an elevated train track. The train moving atop the structure. Camera pans down a cluster of modern buildings, to an ice skating rink below, where skaters are enjoying themselves. A group of Sailors walking across a bridge.
The National Voting Rights Act of 1965 is enacted into law in the United States. The exterior of the Capitol building. Cars parked along the sides of the street in front of the building. U.S. President Lyndon Baines Johnson addressing audience gathered in the Capitol. People seated on chairs. The President speaks about the voting rights act. People applauding. American civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr standing with the other officials and civil rights leaders such as Roy Wilkins, James Farmer, and John Lewis, as President Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act in the President's Chamber of the Capitol.
Opening scenes show destroyed and damaged American UH-1 helicopters. A flying buzzard depicted on remains of one. Damage to buildings at American airbases and other installations, including barracks of U.S. servicemen, where a photograph of a girl and other personal items are seen on the ground. Smoke rising and ambulance responding at site of a bombing in Saigon. Injured personnel bleeding, after the Viet Cong detonate a car bomb outside the American Embassy in Saigon, on March 30, 1965. A victim being carried on a stretcher. (Vietnam War period).