U.S. Defense Secretary McNamara addresses a news conference in the United States. United States Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara addresses a news conference and reports on Vietnam. He points at the bombed out supply routes from the North Vietnam. He shows the Chinese machine gun. He points at the charts showing the air raid damaged bridges. Reporters note down the points. The Defense Secretary states presence of the regular North Vietnamese troops in the South. (Vietnam War period).
President Johnson addresses the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists in the United States. View of the White House. Members of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists gather during the conference. President of the United States Lyndon Baines Johnson addresses gathering. Members note down the points. President reaffirms U.S. policy in South Vietnam. He visualizes the prosperous Vietnam once the war ends. street and field scenes. Monuments and buildings. President continues his speech and talks about the Red China and North Vietnam.
An anti-war march event in New York City, organized by the Spring Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam (later became the National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam). Large crowd of anti-war demonstrators begin in Central Park and march on the streets holding banners. Students, housewives, doctors, businessmen, teachers, Beatniks, Hippies, and other demonstrators attend the protest. Group of demonstrators burns draft cards. Pro war and anti-war demonstrators argue. Right wing demonstrators protest the anti-war march and one carries a sign, "Anarchy cannot be permitted in the USA. Fight Communism and Red Termites." Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King and officials walk towards the United Nations headquarters building (46th St & 1st Ave, New York, NY 10017) during the peace demonstration. Military policemen arrest demonstrators protesting the Vietnam War.
United States President Lyndon Johnson addresses the nation. United States resumes bombings over North Vietnam. U.S. aircraft carry out air strikes against Vietnam. President Johnson sits in his office. U.S. pilots inspect their aircraft and work under the wings. Air raids on supply depots and railroad lines. The planes take off from an aircraft carrier. U.S. soldiers in trenches. An aerial view of the land below. Smoke rises up due to explosions. A meeting in the United Nations Headquarters. Dignitaries of various countries seated during the conference. (Vietnam War period).
United States Defense Secretary Robert McNamara at a press conference in the United States. He talks about air strikes against North Vietnam targets during the Vietnam War. A map of Haiphong and Hanoi on a wall. Cameramen take photographs. U.S. aircraft carry out bombing air strikes against Haiphong and Hanoi in Vietnam. U.S. troops load bombs onto Thunderchief F-105 aircraft and F-105 aircraft takeoff for bombing run. Air raids on oil depots in Haiphong and Hanoi. U.S. Navy aircraft take off from USS Ranger (CV-4) aircraft carrier. An aerial view of the land below. Smoke rises up due to explosions.
U.S. President Lyndon Johnson's Washington Press Conference address on his new policy for Vietnam. President's wife Lady Bird Johnson and daughter Lynda Bird Johnson Robb in attendance. Members of the press seated in the room and take down notes. President Lyndon Johnson addresses the press. The President says that he wishes to convey to Communist powers in Vietnam that the United States cannot be defeated by 'force of arms or by superior power.' The President states that he has spoken to Commanding General Westmoreland has assured him that whatever his needs are, they will be met. He says that U.S. troop numbers in the Vietnam War will be increased from 75,000 to 125,000. Additional forces will be needed later which will be sent. Brief shots of young men recruits in the United States standing in line for the draft, taking tests, and taking the oath as soldiers. The President says that he welcomes the concerns of any nation.