Propaganda piece about living conditions in the People’s Republic of China under Mao Zedong, with images photographed by Indians visiting the country. Delegates from all over the world at an international conference. Representatives from Iraq, Canada, Romania, Australia, and Pakistan among others. Elderly Chinese communist revolutionaries pose. Mao Zedong's views (according to a narrator) are presented: He believes that war in inevitable between capitalist and socialist nations. View of a rally and military parade in China. Explosions during the Korean War in 1951 with Chinese troops in action. In Tibet, homeless, displaced Tibetan children and families after the Chinese take over in 1959 as part of Communist China expansion. Indian Army soldiers return after China's attack on India during the Sino-Indian War in 1962. View of Soviet Union Premier Nikita Khrushchev. Map of Asia depicts Chinese aggression towards its neighbors. Explosions during the Chinese aggression in Vietnam and Laos. Mao Zedong intent on risking a war with the West.
Opening scene shows Sammy Davis on a stage set up in Hangar deck of the Aircraft Carrier, USS Hancock (CVA-19) during her 7th Vietnam Cruise, in 1972. He speaks about doing impersonations. Sailors in audience are seen in various places on the hangar deck. Some are perched on structural members and hangar equipment. Views o main audience in seats on hangar floor. Davis onstage, speaks of Frank Sinatra, and then sings the song, "All the way," in the style of Nat King Cole (who never recorded it). Members of audience applauding as Davis sings. He continues singing in style of Tony Bennett, Billy Eckstein. At this point, clip continues with audio only, as Davis sings in styles of Frankie Lane and Louis Armstrong, and then impersonates Humphrey Bogart, James cagney, James Stewart, Cary Grant, and W.C. Fields, speaking the lyrics of "All the Way," as they would. He then impersonates Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis. Davis then finishes singing the song in his own voice. Audience applauds.
United States 9th Infantry Division troops in Cambodia during the Cambodian Campaign of the Vietnam War. Troops aboard an M113 APC (Armored Personnel Carrier). The Armored Personnel Carrier with troops moves through a forest area.
United States 9th Infantry Division troops in Cambodia during the Cambodian Campaign of the Vietnam War. A U.S. Army UH-1D Iroquois helicopter flies overhead. Soldiers on an M113 Armored Personnel Carrier fire .50 caliber machine guns. Soldiers in full combat gear advance in a forest area. 9th Infantry Division troops eat rations in the forest.
United States 9th Infantry Division troops in Cambodia during the Cambodian Campaign of the Vietnam War. Troops relax in a forest area. They eat rations and drink from canteens. An African American soldier places cartridges in belts. He holds a large shell in hand.
United States 9th Infantry Division troops in Cambodia during the Cambodian Campaign of the Vietnam War. Captured mortars, machine guns and rifles on the ground. An African American soldier inspects a captured enemy pistol. A U.S. Army UH-1D Iroquois helicopter lands. 9th Infantry Division troops load captured weapons on M113 Armored Personnel Carriers. The soldiers inspect a captured machine gun.
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