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Vietnamese men, women, and children work filling sand bags for U.S. 82nd Airborne Division in Phu Bai, Hue, Vietnam.
Vietnamese young boys and girls fill sandbags. Young girl prepares a bag. They are part of a larger group of mostly women and children working to fill sand bags that will be used to fortify camp facilities of the 82nd Airborne Division Headquarters Company (this camp was later named Camp Eagle in March 1969). Soldiers of U.S. 3rd Brigade oversee the workers. U.S. Army trucks are seen in the background. (Vietnam War period).
Aerial view of Fire Support Base
Fire Support Base "Husky", home of Headquarters Battery, 2nd Battalion, 35th Artillery Regiment (155, SP) Xuan Loc,Vietnam. Aerial view from a UH-1 Huey helicopter, of the base and surrounding terrain. Mountains in the background. [Note: C Battery 7th Battalion, 9th Artillery (105 Howitzer) occupied the other half of the FSB. The base was attacked on the night of May 17/18, 1969, by NVA sappers, mortars, and rockets. Fourteen Americans and an estimated 80 to 90 NVA were killed.]
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.
Vietnamese young boys and girls fill sandbags during 3rd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division base operations in Phu Bai.
U.S. 3rd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division base camp operations in Phu Bai near Hue, Vietnam. Truck convoy enters gate of the camp. Soldiers wave from truck. Vietnamese young boys and girls fill sandbags. Soldiers look on. Soldier load sandbags onto a truck. (Vietnam War period. This camp was later named Camp Eagle in March 1969).
U.S. 3rd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division soldiers set up antennas at the command post during base operations in Phu Bai.
U.S. 3rd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division base camp operations in Phu Bai near Hue, Vietnam. Soldiers set up an antenna at a command post. Sandbags and tents in the background. Soldiers set up poles. Soldiers connect poles. Soldier attacks at a cable with an instrument. (Vietnam War period. This camp was later named Camp Eagle in March 1969).
College students 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.)