Hotels in Saigon, Vietnam within District 1. Cars and pedestrians on the road outside the Continental Palace Hotel (132 - 134 Dong Khoi Street, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City 70000 Vietnam). American tourists, Waiters, and housekeepers inside the hotel. Americans dine at the hotel. A Vietnamese policeman directs traffic outside the Carravelle Hotel (19-23 Lam Son Square, Bến Nghé, Quận 1, Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh, Vietnam). Wide and close views of Carravelle Hotel.
An orientation film for United States Air Force personnel assigned to Southeast Asia. A USAF officer speaks. A Pan American aircraft at the Tan Son Nhut Air Base (Than Son Nhat International Airport, Trường Sơn, Phường 2, Tân Bình, Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh, Vietnam) near Saigon in Vietnam. Civilians and U.S. Air Force personnel disembark the plane. A lady airline attendant stands by the air stair. Airmen standing near the plane take notes. Airplanes parked on the runway. An explosion in the background. U.S. airmen direct the new arrivals. Airmen and officers walk out of the Airport and line up at the entrance. A sign reads 'Saigon Tan Son Nhut'. (Vietnam War period).
Dedication of the "John F. Kennedy Square" in Saigon, South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. South Vietnamese soldiers standing at attention at the side of the Notre Dame Cathedral of Saigon (01 Công xã Paris, Bến Nghé, Quận 1, Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh, Vietnam). United States Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge, and the South Vietnamese Prime Minister, Maj. Gen. Nguyen Khanh, inspect South Vietnamese troops. A military band plays music. View of the square in front of the Notre Dame Cathedral of Saigon. Th Saigon Central Post Office (2 Công xã Paris, Bến Nghé, Quận 1, Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh 70000, Vietnam) is seen nearby. The square in front of Saigon's Roman Catholic Notre Dame Cathedral is renamed President John F. Kennedy Square, in honor of the late United States President John F. Kennedy. Vietnamese and White civilians witness the ceremony from across a street. ). Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge reads a speech behind a podium. Prime Minister Nguyen Khanh listens to the United States Ambassador’s speech. United States military officials in attendance. Ambassador Lodge and Prime Minister Nguyen Khanh jointly unveils a plaque to the memory of President John F. Kennedy. Plaque reads “Cong Truong Tong Thong John F. Kennedy”. Photographers take photos of the unveiling event. South Vietnamese soldiers standing at attention as a staff car drives away. Statue of the Virgin Mary in the square.
Buddhists protest in South Vietnam. Monks and nuns joined by thousands of sympathizers in Saigon as they clash with police in protest religious discrimination. The Xa Loi Pagoda (89 Bà Huyện Thanh Quan, Võ Thị Sáu, Quận 3, Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh 70000, Vietnam) in Saigon. Policemen fighting with protesters. Exteriors of a temple in the city. At the end of the week, temples are open once again. People praying inside a temple.
The Saigon City Hall in Saigon Vietnam. A large picture of Premier Ngo Dinh Diem can be seen over the front entrance of the city hall (Số 86 Đ. Lê Thánh Tôn, Bến Nghé, Quận 1, Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh 710212, Vietnam). Motorists and cyclists pass by the hall entrance.
Flood relief operations being carried on in Vietnam food being distributed to people rendered homeless due to heavy monsoon rains causing floods in Mekong delta. Vietnamese men carrying rifles outside a building. Vietnamese people stand under a tree with a few boys perched on the tree. People receive food bags from the soldiers. People carry them away on their heads and shoulders. People leave in a jitney bus after receiving their food supplies in Kien Thanh, Vietnam. (Vietnam War period).
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