Players of Australia win U.S. National Singles Championship of tennis in Forest Hills, New York. Margaret Court of Australia, plays tennis match with Darlene Hard and wins the U.S. National Women's Singles Championship title. Spectators watch the match and cheers the players. Rod Laver of Australia plays tennis match with his opponent Roy Stanley Emerson. Rod Laver wins the U.S. National Men's Singles Championship title. Spectators give standing ovation to Rod Laver. Rod Laver holds the trophy and smiles.
Air strike in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Aerial view of a terrain through the clouds. U.S. Air Force Douglas A-1H Skyraider in flight piloted by Lt. Roonet. Bombs dropped on target areas. Smoke rising from Viet Cong controlled village area. The A-1H in flight, flying through smoke.
Air strike in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. U.S. Air Force Douglas A-1H Skyraider in flight piloted by Lt. Roonet. The aircraft in flight over Viet Cong controlled village. Aerial view of terrain below. Smoke rising from village area. Aerial views of few houses among trees and foliage.
Press conferences in Havana, Cuba. Officials and dignitaries arrive to attend Havana Press Conference on August 2, 1968 and Havana Libre Hotel Press Conference on August 6, 1968. The officials and dignitaries seated at a table for the press conference. Trinidadian-American Black Activist Stokely Carmichael at the Havana Press Conference. Stokely Carmichael talks about the struggle of Blacks (African Americans) in the U.S. in order to attain liberation and get equal civil rights, and states that American Blacks will not fight in Vietnam. Stokely Carmichael talks about the constant aggression faced by the Black population, and gives a brief explanation of Black Power. Local reporters and foreign correspondents make notes during the conference. A newsman speaks.
Trinidadian-American Black Activist Stokely Carmichael's letter shown on Cuban TV in Havana, Cuba. The letter written by Trinidadian-American Black Activist, Stokely Standiford Churchill Carmichael to Argentine Marxist revolutionary, Ernesto "Che" Guevara. The letter states that African-Americans in the U.S. admire Che, and Che is the inspiration for the Blacks inside the U.S. and to the civil rights and liberation struggle around the world. The letter is presented on Cuban TV, which was written on August 2, 1968.
U.S. Air Force Douglas LC-47Hs Skytrain land and take off in Antarctica. A large sign reading "Welcome to Three Palms, Antarctica; Population 21; Elevation 21'", a drawing of three palm trees in a cluster, the trunks in orange and the leaves in green, the letters, "NCEL MCBS". On ice covered land, equipment seen far in the background. USAF LC-47H approaches far in the background, for landing on skis. The aircraft touches down and taxis. Men are scattered about on ice. The aircraft slows down at far end of the runway. LH-34B in flight overhead. The LC-47H comes to a stop.
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