Policemen hurl smoke grenades at student protesters at the Sorbonne Campus of the University of Paris during “May 68” riots. Smoke bombs exploding on the street. A protester hurls a smoke bomb in the Latin Quarter. Students running away from smoke bombs and police. Some students are hit by smoke grenades. French policemen brutally hit demonstrators with batons. Police beat and manhandle student protesters. Policeman punching a student. Hard helmets, garbage lids, and other protest supplies are found inside a makeshift armory in the Sorbonne Campus.
Vehicle traffic in front of Arc De Triomphe in Paris. People at the Paris Airport. Military Airlift Command aircraft lands. People gather to welcome the dignitaries. U.S. delegation led by Ambassador at Large Averell Harriman disembarks the Military Airlift Command aircraft and they are welcomed by people of Paris. Sargent Shriver also seen with Harriman. Media persons on the airport. Soldiers receive the dignitaries. Harriman addresses group from microphone and talks about the peace talks. Police officers stand outside the Majestic Hotel. North Vietnamese delegation led by Xuan Thuy comes out of the hotel and enters a Citroen car. Media persons records the event. Officials arrive at discussions at the Centre de Conferences Internationales. Gathered for a photo opportunity, U.S. Secretary of State William Rogers and Xuan Thuy greet each other. Arrival of Averell Harriman's contingent at the talks in a Cadillac limousine. Averell Harriman and William Rogers together for photographers, and then exiting the building and reentering the limousine.
Richard Nixon-Spiro Agnew election campaign for the Presidency in United States. United States citizens. A huge crowd gathered on the streets. Westminster skyline of London. Several boats in the Thames River. Champ Elysees, with Arc de Triomphe (Pl. Charles de Gaulle, 75008 Paris, France), at night. The Brandenburg Gate (Pariser Platz, 10117 Berlin, Germany) in Berlin, behind barbed wire. Lines of Russians on Red Square, in the snow. St. Basil's Cathedral in background. Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev and Soviet leaders. Chinese leader Mao Zedong and North Vietnamese leader Ho Chi Minh. Egyptian leader, Gamal Abdel Nasser. British Prime Minister Harold Wilson. Cuban President Fidel Castro. French leader, Charles de Gaulle. Hotline telephones on a table. Men seated with notepads in a press conference. Several microphones in view. Presidential Seal. Buildings and monuments in view. Washington Monument (2 15th St NW, Washington, DC 20024, United States) behind the White House. Nixon-Agnew Presidential election campaign states that Nixon will speak for United States and its citizens in the world.
Traffic at the Place de la Concorde. People of Paris buy the local newspaper. Headline of the Internation Herald Tribune refers to the first day of the Peace Talks. it reads, "Hanoi and U.S. Negotiators in Paris; Start of Peace Talks Set for Today." The picture shows Averell Harriman and Sargent Shriver along with a 3rd U.S. delegation member (Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. ?) Microphones on a table and other arrangements in the Centre De Conferences Internationales. Dignitaries enter the conference hall. Civilians and the press await the arrival of dignitaries oustside. The Vietnamese and the U.S. dignitaries arrive at the venue. Door closed as the Peace Talks begin. High view from a building patio of Paris with the Eiffel Tower in the background.