General John J. Pershing reviews United States Border Guard near the border with Mexico during World War 1. United States 5th Cavalry gallop, ride together in review for General Pershing. General Pershing and a United States Army official salute to the 5th Cavalry
A suspicious automobile being checked by Customs and Border Protection Officers at the border with Mexico in San Diego, California. Officers check the trunk of the car looking for contraband, illegal border crossings, or illegal drugs. A man is brought out from the trunk. An officer holds him with his hands at the back. An officer opens some luggage. A Customs and Border Protection officer at the US-Mexican border crossing. The officer stops a vehicle and talks to the people inside. Several vehicles behind. The police man stops another car and talks to the driver leaning against the car. Two men near the door of a vehicle. Officers examining the bed of a pickup vehicle. Officer displays a plastic bag, apparently filled with packages of illegal drugs. Some packages fall out as he takes them inside the building.
Film "Pot - No Way' shows illegal drug dealing of Marijuana in San Diego, California. A man places marijuana on a piece of roll paper and rolls it. He lights a match and smokes a joint.Legs of a man.The man walks in a deserted street lane. He buys marijuana from another man and hides it behind the number plate of his car. A Mexico and U.S. border sign board reads 'United States Border Station, San Diego' and a warning sign not to bring drugs into the United States. A customs police officer speaks to the driver and checks the car. A number of other cars driving out after customs inspection at Mexican border.
A flight of 5 U.S. Army DH-4 pursuit airplanes takes off in loose formation from a grass field in the U.S.A. They join up in a "v" formation and fly overhead. The location is a well-established air base, containing many large hangars and other buildings and a tall water tower. Slate alludes to them performing a border patrol mission. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
U.S. President Richard Nixon speaks about aftermath of immediate withdrawal from the Vietnam War. U.S. military prisoners of war held by North Vietnam stand before press reporters in Vietnam. President confers with U.S. Secretary of State Dr. Henry Kissinger at his office. Vietnam War draftees being selected by traditional lottery system. Men stand in front of machines that churn out numbered balls for new draft lottery system. Nixon transforms budget expenditure on human needs. Criminals caught by police walk, some covering their faces from the media, as they are led away by police and investigators. Illegal drugs seized by efforts of Nixon administration. View of seized heroin manufacturing equipment. Nixon speaks about the opium farming in Turkey during one of his speeches and mentions agreement with the Turkish government in Ankara to cease all opium poppy production. Customs officers check illegal drug traffic on the border of Mexico and America. Drug enforcement officials search cargo hold of a ship for illegal drugs. Views of drug control officers finding illegal stashed hidden drugs in hiding places in cars and vehicles. Nixon speaks about increased budget to control illegal drug traffic and rehabilitation of drug abusers and drug addicts. He creates the office of Drug Abuse Enforcement and he speaks saying "We must wage what I have called Total War against public enemy number one in the United States: The problem of dangerous drugs." From a pro-Nixon "documentary" called "The Nixon Years: Change Without Chaos" covering President Richard Nixon's first four years in office. Released during his 1972 reelection campaign.
The keel laying of supercarrier USS Nimitz (CVAN-68) at the Newport News Ship Building & Drydock in Newport News, Virginia, USA during the Cold War. The crowd gathers around the keel of the USS Nimitz. Journalists take photos. Washington State Senator Henry M. Jackson authenticates the keel laying. Senator Jackson uses a hammer to strike a rivet on the keel. Senator Jackson is assisted by an officer believed to be retired Rear Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, Jr. The man assisting Senator Jackson holds the rivet in place. Crane carries the keel off. Sign on top of keel reads "USS NIMITZ, CVAN-68, KEEL LAID JUNE 22nd, 1968.". United States Navy officials, guests gathered in a group to watch the ceremony. View of men in the empty drydock. The keel is seen hanging from crane hook, the USS Nimitz sign on top of keel. Some workers down in empty drydock wait for keel to be laid on blocks which is lowered slowly. The keel being laid on the blocks as guests watch the ceremony.
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