Flight deck operations aboard USS Ranger underway in the Pacific Ocean during the Vietnam War. U.S. Navy A4D Skyhawk touching down and taxiing on the deck. U.S. Navy F8U Crusader making arrested landing. The F8U aircraft touching down for the arrested landing.
Flight deck operations aboard USS Ranger underway in the Pacific Ocean during the Vietnam War. A U.S. Navy HUP-2 helicopter comes in for a landing on the forward part of the flight deck of USS Ranger. The helicopter touches down on the forward part of the deck. A group of flight deck personnel next to the helicopter. A tractor tows a U.S. Navy F9F8T Cougar aircraft forward from the after part of the deck. The tractor turns while towing the F9F8T.
Significant events and happenings in the year 1966. Seven nation summit conference on Vietnam in Manila. Pope Paul VI meets with the Archbishop of Canterbury Michael Ramsey in Rome, Italy. Wedding of the year in which President Lyndon Johnson's daughter, Luci Baines Johnson weds Patrick Nugent. Rescue workers take out victims of floods and landslides in various parts of world. American people cast their votes in the elections.
Hungarian Revolution of 1956 against the Stalinist government in Hungary. Civilians, police and military mingling amiably. Hungarian Communist Leader, Janos Kadar enters a car with an Army General. Civilians walk around a Soviet tank in a market. Hungarian soldiers stand on roads and talk to each other. Animated map shows flow of Soviet Forces surrounding Budapest to put down the insurrection. Soviet tanks firing point blank into buildings. Fires raging. A radio announcer is seen at a center from which multilingual broadcasts are being made about the events in Budapest. A technician in broadcast center. Speaker labeled "Hungarian." Brief view of UN meeting in New York. Revolutionaries fire on Soviets from remnants of destroyed buildings. Damaged Soviet tank. Hungarian National flags fly over abandoned litters in a small park. Dead revolutionary in a coffin being transported for burial in a cemetery. Some snow on the ground. People in various parts of the world express sympathy for the Hungarian insurrectionists. Black wreathes are hung. Youth in West Berlin, Germany, carry banner calling for Freedom for Hungary. Supportive demonstrations in Vietnam, France, and Italy. Black wreathes are placed in Poland.
U.S. President Richard Nixon discusses his future goals during a speech on the Watergate scandal in Washington DC. The President talks about the importance of his office, the nation, and it's people. He mentions the renewed bombing of North Vietnam. He reads his goals for the nation. They are: to make it possible for the children to live in peace, make the country a land of opportunities, to provide jobs, to establish a climate of decency, to make America a land for a person to dare and live his dreams, for all to be proud of the United States. He states that to achieve these goals they have to dedicate themselves to maintaining the integrity of the White House.
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.
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