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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.

Date: 1969
Duration: 6 min 2 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675037575
The "March against Death," conducted in Washington, DC, by protesters against the Vietnam War

The so-called, "March against Death," extending from Thursday evening (November 13, 1969) throughout that night and all the next day (just before the Moratorium March on Washington). Peace activists protesting the Vietnam War, are seen at night carrying candles as they walk from Arlington Cemetery, past the White House. Dr. Benjamin Spock is one of the protestors. A young girl lights her candle. A woman with a candle as she holds a figure of a white pigeon symbolizing peace. Men move in a line as they protest against the Vietnam War and demand the end of the war. Anti-war activists, walking with placards around their necks that contain names of fallen American soldiers.

Date: 1969, November 14
Duration: 2 min 18 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675059463
Aerial Views of two U.S. 101st Air borne Division Fire Support Bases, during the Vietnam War

Views from a helicopter,approaching and circling U.S. 101st Airborne Division Fire Support Base (FSB) Normandy, on top of a mountain in Vietnam, during the war. The base has been cleared of vegetation, but has few notable structures or equipment readily discernible from the altitude at which it is being viewed. A different sequence shows FSB Geronimo, from a helicopter. This 101st Airborne base is on a Hill top, and is larger and more developed than FSB Normandy. It has well defined perimeter and interior roads, and numerous structures and facilities. A fairly large river can be seen in the distant background in some views.

Date: 1969, March 8
Duration: 2 min 39 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675023783
Ennis,a PBR patrol officer and a Vietnamese commander on a PBR during Riverine Operation in the Vinh Te Canal,Vietnam.

Riverine Operation in the Vinh Te Canal, Vietnam. A side of the canal as seen from a PBR (Patrol Boat River). Point of view shot from fast moving PBR. The PBR moves at a high speed. Ennis, a Salvage Mechanic First Class, is the PBR patrol officer. A part of the canal seen in the background. The hands of Ennis on a wheel. The port bow of the PBR speeds along the edge of the canal at high speeds. Water sprays on the port bow. Canal embankment as seen from the speeding PBR. The craft keeps away from the center of the canal. Trees line the canal bank. The PBR cruises at a high speed along the edge of the canal. A cluster of trees in the foreground. The PBR speeds down the center of the canal. It zig zags down the canal. A patrol officer looks at a map while holding a conference with a Vietnamese Commander on the bank of the canal. The commander points to an area on the map. He talks to the patrol officer. Village children in the background.

Date: 1969, May
Duration: 3 min 21 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675055544
Ennis presents canned goods to a Vietnamese Commander during Riverine Operation in the Vinh Te Canal,Vietnam.

Riverine Operation in the Vinh Te Canal, Vietnam. A Vietnamese Commander talks to a patrol officer. Village children in the background. Canned goods being presented to the Vietnamese Commander by Ennis, a PBR patrol officer. Three cans of wax beans are presented. A group huddles around a straw hut. Officers and crewmen depart the conference site. Men walk around PBRs (Patrol Boat River). Ennis jumps on the bow of a PBR from the canal embankment. Another man gets aboard. Ennis walks down the deck of the PBR. Two PBRs nested together. Children stand near the straw hut. Ennis and crewmen wave at the children. An American flag seen. The children wave back.

Date: 1969, May
Duration: 2 min 13 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675055545
A fork lift unloads crates from LCM-8 at ramp and a YFU-79 pulls out away from ramp in Dong Ha,Vietnam.

A heavy duty fork lift unloads Landing Craft Mechanized (LCM) LCM-8 at United States Navy (USN) cargo ramp in Dong Ha, Vietnam. U.S. Navy landing craft LCM-8 at ramp for unloading. Cargo in the deck area of LCM-8. A fork lift picks up a large box and stacks the crates. The fork lift backs off the deck of LCM-8. The fork lift backs off LCM-8 with cargo. The exhaust of the fork lift. The fork lift moves on deck of LCM-8. The wheels of the fork lift move. The American flag on mast. The operator of the forklift at controls as the forklift backs off. Two crates loaded on forklift. The crate being picked up and carried off by the fork lift. A sign reads '873'. The fork lift moves out of LCM-8 to offload cargo. Water churns up as the LCM-8 moves. Men and jeeps aboard the LCM. Men debark from LCM. A member of the LCM crew on board with a monkey. The jeeps offload from the LCM. A monkey on leash. The Harbor Utility Craft YFU-79 pulls out away from ramp and moves on to the river. Dirt on the deck of the LCM. A fork lift backs off with crates. A man walks on the deck. One of the crew members. Two Harbor Utility Craft (YFU) at ramp. U.S. trucks at shoreline.

Date: 1969
Duration: 2 min 49 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675067705