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Marine from 3rd Division Press unit, interviews marines of 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines, during Operation Thor, in Vietnam war

Activities of U.S. Marines of "F" Company, 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines, near Xuan Hai, during Operation Thor, in the Vietnam War. Corporal David P. Jackson of 3rd Division Radio and TV, in a bullet proof vest, and a camouflaged helmet holds a microphone while seated on the ground and speaks. Second Platoon Leader 1st Lieutenant William G. Harreld, home town Kentucky, wearing a bulletproof vest begins speaking. Corporal Jackson speaks into the microphone. Lettering on Corporal Jackson's helmet reads 3rd Div. Press. Platoon Sergeant of the Second Platoon Staff Sergeant John Anderson who is seated wearing protective glasses over his helmet begins speaking. Lieutenant Pierce begins speaking while seated on the ground in a dirt area.

Date: 1968, July 9
Duration: 5 min 34 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675070735
Marines of 9th Regiment, 2nd Battalion engaged in Operation Thor, during Vietnam War.

U.S. Marines of "F" Company , 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines, near Xuan Hai, Vietnam during Operation Thor. Weary marines trudge back from a scouting mission. A marine with a 35 mm still camera around his neck. A marine with an M-16 rifle stands guard near unit packs and gear piled on the ground. A marine with an M-16 rifle walks in the foreground. Marines in the grassy area in the far background. A U.S. Marine Corps F-4 Phantom fighter-bomber dives on a target and fires rockets. Explosion from the rocket strike. A jet aircraft in flight high above.

Date: 1968, July 9
Duration: 45 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675070736
U.S. President Richard Nixon addresses people in the United States on withdrawal of remaining U.S. troops from Vietnam.

Television broadcast of U.S. President Richard Nixon's speech from the White House in Washington DC, United States on the withdrawal of remaining U.S. troops from Vietnam on 29th March 1973 during the Vietnam War. The White House. The Seal of the President of the United States. The President talks about that period of the Vietnam War when he joined the office and speaks about the program he initiated to end the war. He says American prisoners are on their way from Vietnam and people of South Vietnam are now free to choose their government. He says North Vietnam is not complying with few provisions of the Peace Agreement. He says that they should honor all those American soldiers who died during the Vietnam War. He refers to the difficult days of the war including the moratorium to end the war which was organized on October 15, 1969 when millions of Americans took day off from work and schools to participate in local demonstrations against the war. Nixon refers to the period of April 1971 when he ordered attacks on Communist bases in Cambodia. He talks about the period of May 1972 when he ordered air strikes in North Vietnam and the period of December 1972 when he ordered more air strikes.

Date: 1973
Duration: 6 min 36 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675073677
U.S. Marine Air and Ground teams in action during Vietnam War.

Excerpt from film entitled "Counterattack- Marine Air Ground Team," about U.S. Marines in the Vietnam War. Marines are seen walking cautiously across irrigation ditches in cultivated region of South Vietnam. Scene shifts to one marine looking down at a hole where smoke is rising at the base of a berm. Vietnamese families evacuating their village where marines are burning houses and huts. View from riverbank strung with barbed wire, where marines are relaxing while gunfire is heard and black smoke rises from fires burning across the river. Next, a city is seen jammed with Vietnamese refugees with their belongings (some being assisted by ARVN soldiers) making their way through the crowds. A fallen civilian seen on the ground, victim of the Viet Cong (VC). Buildings and places of worship severely damaged by the VC. A bearded old Vietnamese man wearing a non la (conical hat) and smoking a cigarette, is questioned by a U.S. soldier. (Narrator says civilians are reluctant to say much for fear of reprisals.) Marines walking slowly through a village, and then through areas of trees and brush, open areas, and dense jungle. View of underbelly of a U.S. jet fighter bomber in flight over water, carrying two BLU-10 250 lb Napalm Bombs. A Marine A-4 Skyhawk jet aircraft dives down and drops a bomb that explodes with large fireball and black smoke. Closeup of an A-4 in flight. View of pilot in cockpit and sound of conversation with ground controllers. Pilot asks if there are any more requests from the "grunts." Anachronistic Inserted images of two Marine F-4 aircraft from VMFA 232 (Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 232). They display "Red Devil" insignia on their sides. (They flew ground support in F-4s from Chu Lai Air base, Vietnam, commencing 1969.) View shifts to Marines "Grunts" in sandy area, with one communicating by radio. Next, a jet fighter bomber swoops down and unloads bombs that explode in succession on the ground. Marines in heavily sandbagged trenches. A jet fighter flies low overhead at very high speed. Another succession of bomb bursts is seen. Sea-going Marines arrive and exit Boeing CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters, at landing zone. Views of Marines exiting the choppers and then a variety of views of CH-46s in flight. Closeup of one in flight. View of interior, with a squad of Marines, inside, in battle gear. CH-46s landing and taking off.

Date: 1967
Duration: 2 min 56 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046343
Vietnamese gather to pay homage to a Ho Chi Minh, lying in State in Hanoi,Vietnam, during the Vietnam war.

The body of Ho Chi Minh, lying in State, following his death, on September 2, 1969. during the Vietnam War. Recounting scenes of war, revolution and violence associated with Ho Chi Minh's life and struggles. An aircraft in flight drops bombs. A smoke column rises from explosions. People weep. Prisoners executed in a field. Pile of dead bodies, in front of clusters of Christian crosses.

Date: 1969
Duration: 39 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Russian
Clip: 65675073455
College youth at University of California., Berkeley, during 1980 U.S. Presidential elections.

Film showing students at the University of California, Berkeley, principally in 1980. It also shows glimpses of Vietnam war era background events. Opening shows students on a college campus. Two of them sit and converse. Scene shifts to National Guard troops and police near the University of California campus, in May, 1969, when Governor Ronald Reagan declared a state of emergency and sent 2,200 National Guard troops into Berkeley, California. Next, students are seen handing out voting information from booths on the Berkeley campus during the 1980 U.S. Presidential elections. Students massed on campus and some having lively conversations with others. The entrance gates to the campus are seen in the background. Students moving about on the campus and some seated at outdoor tables having snacks and conversing. A student being interviewed who speaks about employment. Complete shift of scene to American soldiers jumping from a UH-1 Huey helicopter in Vietnam. President Richard Nixon waving enthusiastically in front of the Presidential helicopter. President Lyndon Johnson glad-handing spectators as he walks along the streets of a city. Glimpse of American hostages being taken from the embassy in Tehran, Iran, November 4, 1979 during Iran hostage crisis. U.S soldiers firing a howitzer field piece in Vietnam. Returning American hostages leaving an U.S.Air Force transport plane. A woman student being interviewed at Berkeley campus about the 1980 Presidential race between Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan. Students seated on a long bench in a room where a picture of motion picture star, John Wayne, is displayed on a wall. A male student says Ronald Reagan has brought a new spirit into everybody in America. A Berkeley political science professor comments on the new voters. Students speaking positively about President Reagan. More views of students and voting information on campus. (Note: film is silent except for occasional interviews.)

Date: 1980, November
Duration: 2 min 20 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675068147