Civilian life in Vietnam, early in Vietnam War. Classroom of young children with a teacher at black board. Young Vietnamese boy at his deck. Lab technicians work in a lab. Two women technicians work. Nun teaches in a classroom. Children sing in a class.
Civil life in Vietnam. Trucks move on a road. Rifle barrel pointing through bush. Rifle barrel pointing and fire. Breech of gun. Several birds scared off from a tree. Various buildings. Interiors of a hospital area with several patients. A young girl lying in bed. Two nuns near a girl with bandages on her head and hand. Dead body of a nun. Fresh grave in a graveyard. Official in a hospital talks to a patient. Bandage on leg of a patient. Officer in uniform talks to Vietnamese boys . Helmet, guns, bombs exhibited. Board over entrance gate reads 'Truong Tieu Hog So Cap'. Children play on a ground of a school, a woman walks past them. Officer places a wreath. Soldiers salute. People stand and watch.
Scenes early in Vietnam War. Vietnamese soldiers crawl under barbed wires. Soldiers with guns. Explosion occurs in the background. Soldiers in a jungle. Soldier stands with gun. Soldiers move forward into the jungle. Soldier in prone position as they fire machine gun and explosion occurs in the background. Ship and boats at a port. Bridge over a river. Canal passes through a rice field. Rice paddies. Farmers with conical hats. Farmers work in a field. Fishermen work on fishing net. Silhouette of a soldier.
U.S. and Laos leaders meet for discussions on formation of a coalition government in Laos. Map of Laos. Plane comes cargo being unloaded from the plane. U.S. President John F. Kennedy meets Chairman of the council of Ministers of the Soviet Union. Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev in Vienna, Austria. Prince Souvanna Phouma of Laos disembark. He goes away in a car. Communist head of Laos comes and journalists interview him. The Laos Right Wing Military Chief being interviewed in Laos. Officials confer in a meeting.
Demonstrations along the Berlin Wall in Berlin, Germany. The Freedom Bell rings in the Rathaus Schöneberg, the city hall of West Berlin. View of the Berlin Wall. The Brandenburg Gate is behind the Berlin Wall. Street sign of Potsdamer Platz. The American flag flutters from a pole over a United States check post. U.S. soldiers drive past the Berlin Wall in an army jeep. A mayor and officials hold memorial services for those who died trying to escape from East Berlin. The West Germans march along a road. Police officials try to control the mob.
USGS (United States Coast Guard Ship ) Eagle in Washington DC. United States President John F. Kennedy welcomes the barque after its summer cruise from Europe. U.S. cadets on the barque. President Kennedy shakes hands with the sailors aboard. President Kennedy on the wheel with the Captain standing beside him.