U.S. military intervention during rioting in Baltimore in wake of Martin Luther King assassination. Sign on office door identifies 2nd Battalion, 325th Infantry Regiment. U.S. officers in their command center check a map of the city. Views of officers conversing in the command center. U.S. soldiers rest on floor of an armory: Some soldiers play cards. One soldier polishes his shoes. Few play basketball and one eats. An officer points at the map of the city.
Richard Nixon political commercial on television in the United States. Voice over states that Nixon is the best candiate to speak for America. Still image scenes include a crowd of Americans gathered. The crowd marches. Leaders of several foreign countries including Leonid Brezhnev of the Soviet Union and Fidel Castro of Cuba . Two telephones on a table. Many microphones on stands. The President's official seal. The White House in Washington DC.
Presidential candidate Richard Nixon's answers to a panel during a special television program in Michigan. A panelist questions about Ambassador Paul in the General Assembly session of United Nations. The whole house of audience breaks into laughter as Richard Nixon replies to him. Pat Nixon sits among the studio audience.
In a political advertisement narrated by Richard Nixon, the presidential candidate assures viewers of the right of every American citizen to dissent and to be free from domestic violence. Still images showing violent confrontations between police and antiwar protesters. Various views of burning buildings, aftermath of racial rioting and antiwar demonstrations. Antiwar protesters bleeding on streets. Nixon closes saying"I pledge to you we shall have order in the United States."
Policemen hurl smoke grenades at student protesters at the Sorbonne Campus of the University of Paris during “May 68” riots. Smoke bombs exploding on the street. A protester hurls a smoke bomb in the Latin Quarter. Students running away from smoke bombs and police. Some students are hit by smoke grenades. French policemen brutally hit demonstrators with batons. Police beat and manhandle student protesters. Policeman punching a student. Hard helmets, garbage lids, and other protest supplies are found inside a makeshift armory in the Sorbonne Campus.
President Dwight D. Eisenhower standing by the presidential aircraft, at Augusta Regional Airport, Augusta Georgia. With him are his wife, Mamie, daughter-in-law, Barbara Jean, and grandchildren David (age 6), Barbara Anne (age 5) and Susan (age 2). At the Augusta National Golf Club: The Eisenhowers look over tables containing many silver prizes, including a silver tea set. President Eisenhower speaks with children attending the festivities. He dons a Tam O' Shanter cap. He and Mamie proceed to a car. On the way, Mrs. Eisenhower drops something and people nearby reach to retrieve it for her. The Eisenhowers continue to their car.