North Vietnamese propaganda film. View of piles of letters of support to North Vietnam. Letters in envelopes. An open letter. Actions to increase patriotism and morale in North Vietnam. Men at a dock. North Vietnamese leaders speak to workers and citizens. North Vietnamese woman speaks at microphone. Crowd demonstrates with signs. Women with guns. Crowd marches on road. Young boys with guns. Monks march on road. People hold North Vietnamese banners in street.
Reconstruction of activities that took place during the Gulf of Tonkin Incident 2-5 August 1964. USS Ticonderoga underway in the Gulf of Tonkin. Pilots in a ready room aboard the ship. They are being briefed by an officer. U.S. Navy Lieutenant Commander Roy H. Bowling, who is one of the pilots involved in air strike on North Vietnam. U.S. Navy Lieutenant Commander Render Crayton, another pilot involved in the air strike, seated in the ready room during the briefing. Lieutenant Er and Weber also in the ready room during the briefing. The Commanding Officer of the Squadron stands before a map of Vietnam and briefs the pilots.
Two North Vietnamese officers seated. President of North Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh speaks at mike. Crowd applauds. Various North Vietnamese officers speak at mike and Vietnamese representatives congratulate them. Officials stand up and clap. Officers speak. Crowd applauds.
Lockheed U-2D aircraft, number 56-6695, of the U.S. Air Force 4080th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, taxis to runway at McCoy Air Force Base, Orlando, Florida, during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Airmen remove Pogo wheels from wing tips of U2. Aircraft takes off and climbs rapidly in nose high attitude. The U-2 in flight. (Note: U-2D, number 56-6695 Crashed on 7 July 1964 near Fujian, China while monitoring supply routes from China to North Vietnam.)
Crowd seated in assembly. Various North Vietnamese men and woman speak at the speaker's stand. Crowd in streets with banners and flags. Picture of various men in newspapers at demonstrations. Scenes from other countries, including one or more Spanish speaking countries in Latin America or South America (signs in Spanish) demonstrating against the United States for its involvement in Vietnam. Also scenes of Anti-war protest rallies against U.S. involvement in Vietnam from other countries including the the United Kingdom and some European countries. Vietnamese girls wave small flags during a rally. Men with banners on road. Various people speak on microphone. Various Vietnamese officials at mike speak to crowd in meetings. Men and women applaud. Anti-war demonstrators in various places in the world with banners. Clip features North Vietnamese propaganda.
A documentary series titled 'The Big Picture' on Mission Montagnard of United States soldiers during the Vietnam War. An animated map showing North Vietnam and South Vietnam. An aerial view of the central highlands of Vietnam. These places have been infested by guerrilla forces. A village in the highlands. Tribal people stand outside their huts. Some people walk along a street. Men cut wood. U.S. soldiers stand outside a building and discuss amongst themselves. They are accompanied by Vietnamese special forces. The soldiers seated in a jeep pass along the street. Villagers gather outside their houses. The soldiers meet them. They give candies to children and talk to them. A medic drives a jeep. He opens a box of medicine and places it in the jeep.