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United States Secretary of Defense Melvin R. Laird briefs the members of the press in Washington D.C., United states.

United states Secretary of Defense address the press in Washington D.C., United States. A Department of Defense emblem at a door with the nameplate of Secretary Melvin R Laird below it. United States Secretary of Defense Melvin R. Laird addresses the press with American Ambassador to South Vietnam Ellsworth Bunker and American Ambassador to Paris Habib in the background. Secretary Laird talks about the reorganization program and its implications. He also talks about the awards being given to Ambassador Bunker and Habib.

Date: 1970, May 8
Duration: 2 min 25 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675042655
John Kennedy and Nixon debate over the prestige of America prior to the presidential elections in the United States.

Presidential election debate held between Democratic nominee Senator John F. Kennedy and Republican nominee U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon in the United States. New York Herald Tribune newspaper correspondent Roscoe Drummond asks Senator Kennedy that how can American prestige be measured abroad. Senator Kennedy responds stating that America is identified with the cause of freedom and if other countries have to choose between America and a Communist country, they would choose America. He further speaks that there are many indications that prestige of the United States is not as high as it once was. Kennedy summarizes some of these indications and relates to it by mentioning the example of Sputnik space program by the Soviet Union in 1957 (during the Space Race). Kennedy speaks about the economic development of the Soviet Union. He says the Soviet Union will be ahead of any other country scientifically and militarily by 1970. He mentions votes by different countries in the United Nations dealing with Red China. He says that Guinea and Ghana, two independent countries now are supporting Soviet foreign policy at the UN. NBC correspondent Bill Shadel asks Richard Nixon to speak on the topic. Vice President Nixon responds by speaking about the economic development of the Soviet Union. He speaks that the Soviet Union is a very primitive economy and that the United States is well ahead economically. He says that if the United States is going to maintain its strength and its prestige, they must not only be strong militarily and economically but must be firm diplomatically also. Bill Shadel says that an entire hour was devoted to answering questions from the reporters. He says that each candidate was questioned in turn and each had the opportunity to comment on the answer of his opponent. Shadel says that the reporters were free to ask any question on any subject, neither candidate was given any advance information on any question that would be asked. He says that the fourth debate is scheduled for Friday, October twenty-first.

Date: 1960
Duration: 7 min 35 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675073665
Construction of the Hoover dam on the Colorado River between Arizona and Nevada in the United States

In a 1970 television program, host Lee Marvin talks about Hoover Dam in the Black Canyon on the Colorado River, in between Arizona and Nevada in the United States. Historical scenes from construction of the dam in the early 1930s. Crane lifts a number of workers on a raised platform. Worker comes down the mountain with the help of rope. Workers walk across bridge. Dynamite explosion dislodges rock for dam construction. The Hoover dam under construction. Rock blasting in the dam's diversion tunnels. Construction workers eat food in Anderson's Mess hall. Views of workers dining in the mess hall and the kitchen during food preparation. Includes interviews with workers Joe Kine, Tommy Nelson, and Doug Moore who participated in construction. Later aerial views of the Hoover Dam around 1970.

Date: 1933
Duration: 4 min 46 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675023505
Scenes illustrating consumer prices and worker earnings, as tracked by Census Bureau in United States in early 1970s

U.S. Public Health Service Outpatient Clinic. An ambulance entering a yard. Businesses advertising their prices with price posters in shop and store windows, including: A radio and television store; A drycleaner and laundry; Furniture store; Carpet store; mattress store, grocer; butcher; and dairy. Workers carrying their earnings statements. Exterior view of woman outside post office after she collects retirement income check from U.S. Post office, at Brooklandville, Maryland, 21022. A telephone booth in front of the Post office.

Date: 1970
Duration: 51 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675070329
Dramatization depicts: African American student victim of Lamar High School Bus attack having a discussion with his lawyer about African American civil rights in Lamar.

Excerpt from a film based on the 1970 Lamar High School Bus Attack. Door with sign saying “Frank Jackson Attorney at Law”. Inside the law office, an African-American student recounts the mob attack on his school bus outside Lamar High School on March 3, 1970. The African American lawyer, Frank Jackson, talks to the student. The student questions Jackson how, despite the rights given by the United States constitution, why do African Americans like him still suffer from racial discrimination. The student notes that the crowd came after him and other students with, "rocks and chains and axe handles." He further notes that it has always been, "if you're white you're right, if you're black, get back." Jackson explains to the student how they as African-Americans have to fight for equal rights for a long time. Jackson says, “Nearly eighty years after the constitution was adopted, the United States Supreme Court were still debating as to whether a black man could even be considered a citizen.”

Date: 1970, March
Duration: 2 min 3 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079000
The Selective Service System (SSS) holds a draft lottery to induct men into the Vietnam War.

The December 1, 1969 Draft Lottery for the year 1970 is held at the United States Selective Service headquarters in Washington, D.C. The draft lottery is led by General Lewis B. Hershey, Selective Service Director. The ceremony begins with a benediction, and then an official pours slips of paper containing birth dates into a glass bowl. Congressman Alexander Pirnie of New York draws the first birth date. He declares the date, September 14, and another man pastes the birth date next to a number on a board. Members of the Selective Service Youth Advisory Committee draw additional birth dates and the board is filled out with the draft sequence.

Date: 1969, December 1
Duration: 32 min 2 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675036675