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CH-54 Skycrane in flight in Vietnam,1969.
A CH-54 helicopter of the U.S. Army 101st Airborne is seen in flight on a combat assault mission. Interior and pilot are shown. Control panel is seen. The helicopter moves over a water body. (Vietnam War period).
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.
Vietnamese discover mass graves of victims of Viet Cong atrocities committed against residents of Hue during the 1968 Tet offensive.
Scenes of Vietnamese people as they flee Hue during communist siege of the city in 1968 Tet offensive during the Vietnam War. Refugees with belongings run as city is bombed. Houses burned. Woman cries after crossing remains of a destroyed bridge over river. Scenes changes to one year later: Long line of Vietnamese on way to newly discovered mass grave on March 25, 1969. Vietnamese civilians dig and on March 27, 1969 they begin to uncover bodies in the sand which show signs of torture. Locals try to identify dead. Second mass grave uncovered. Dead bodies and body parts. Third mass burial uncovered. Men at local authorities meeting. Assembly point for hundreds of coffins. Incense burning. Mourners at coffin. Coffin opened and woman looks at remains. Flowers and incense burning on coffins. Buddhist ceremonies shows coffins prepared for procession. Women grieve. Shrine at cemetery.
U.S. Army helicopters and defensive positions of the 54th Field Artillery Group during the Vietnam War
A helicopter is seen in flight, high overhead. Scene shifts to an OH-6 helicopter of the U.S. Army 54th Field Artillery Group, parked on the ground at a Base Camp, during the Vietnam War. Camera focuses on a 155mm M109 howitzer in a dugout position. U.S. troops standing atop the M109 and others look over their location, where mounds of earth are piled up from excavated defensive positions. Closeup of soldiers taking measurements for the defenses. another view of two persons strapping in an OH-6 helicopter. Soldiers working on the defense preparations, nearby. The helicopter takes of raising lots of dust. Camera follows it as it climbs and passes over the U.S. base, showing various buildings and other features of the base. (Note: Reportedly, the 54th Artillery Group was deactivated in November 1969 and all aircraft were given to other units.)
Lottery selection of potential soldiers for the Vietnam War by the Selective Service System (SSS) in United States.
The Selective Service System (SSS) holds a draft lottery in 1969. The Lottery selection system chooses soldiers for induction into the Vietnam War. Members of the Selective Service Youth Advisory Committee participate in the draft, choosing birth dates from a glass bowl. The dates are read aloud and posted on the draft board. One young man protests the Vietnam War by flashing a Peace sign with his fingers every time he chooses a draft number.
UN 18-Nation Committee on Disarmament meets in Geneva; Hundreds of thousands in Washington DC protest Vietnam war
Meeting of the Eighteen-Nation Committee on Disarmament (United Nations) on January 27, 1966, at the Palace of Nations, Geneva, Switzerland. Seen among others are: William C. Foster, U.S. representative,and Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency; Soviet chief negotiator, S.K.Tsarapkin; and British representative, Lord Chalfont (Alun Arthur Gwynne Jones, Baron Chalfont). Views of the meeting starting with Mr. Tsarapkin as the Chair. Camera pans interior of the Palace of Nations. View of the outside of the building. Press briefing with closeup of Mr. Tsarapkin as he voices the USSR support for discussion of draft treaties to stop the spread of nuclear weapons. Closeups of U.S. delegate William Forster standing by a lake as narrator speaks of the hope for progress. Next scene is three years later: shows Joan Baez singing her song "Last night I had the strangest dream," at a Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam rally near the Washington Monument, in Washington, DC, on November 15, 1969. This gathering of hundreds of thousands of antiwar citizens, in peaceful protest, was organized by the National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam. View of peaceful crowd of demonstrators gathered on the Washington Monument Grounds, listening to Baez sing. Next scenes show views of various boy and girls all over the world. Children of many races and nationalities are seen including Indian, Middle eastern, African, Asian, European, and American children. Some of the children are smiling or playing. Some are standing near a radar or radio control tower. One boy is standing behind barbed wire. Clip ends with scene inside a United States nuclear missile silo (possibly Minuteman), with a team of two Air Force personnel on duty, always at the ready to launch missiles if required. Closeup view of a 24 hour clock is seen ticking, and one of the personnel in the silo watches it closely. A key hangs from the clock. Another airman is seated at a desk in the missile silo.