President Richard Nixon answers a press reporter's questions about actions of the North Vietnamese and their plans to raid the U.S. Marine bases in South Vietnam. President Nixon reminds them about the talks he had with the North Vietnamese leadership and hopes that they will not raid the U.S. Marines. (Vietnam War period).
Moratorium March demonstrations in Washington DC, United States against United States' involvement in the Vietnam War. Antiwar American military troops, former soldiers and veterans demonstrate and protest in front of the National Archives Building (700 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20408, United States). They hold anti war banners. The banners read "Stop War Against Vietnam and black (African American) America, American Service Union" and "Soldiers' Liberation Front". Hippie fashions on some demonstrators.
U.S. 34th Division Artillery at McChord Air Force Base in Washington, United States prior to their deployment to Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Soldiers disembark from a bus. They line up in front of a mess tent. A band plays as the soldiers eat breakfast. Two officers drink coffee and talk in front of an urn.
American military soldiers demonstrate in Washington DC during a moratorium to end the Vietnam War. The National Archives Building (700 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20408-0001). Anti-war peace activists and pacifist demonstrators who are American servicemen walk on the steps of the building as they protest, shout slogans, and carry banners. Servicemen demonstrate against the Vietnam War. Two girls wave American flags at the steps of the National Archives Building.
People demonstrate in Washington DC during a moratorium to end the Vietnam War. Aerial views of the protest, with peace activists and pacifist demonstrators gathered at the Washington Monument (2 15th St NW, Washington, DC 20024, United States) grounds. People carry banners and the North Vietnamese flags as they move towards the Lincoln Memorial (2 Lincoln Memorial Cir NW, Washington, DC 20002, United States). People demonstrate against the Vietnam War. The anti-war demonstrators move down a street past a building.
Japanese forces occupy part of Vichy French Indochina during 2nd Sino Japanese War and World War II. Animated map shows Leizhou (luichow) Peninsula and Hainan Island of China opposite the North Central coast of North Vietnam, centered at Haiphong harbor. Lines appear showing the path of Japanese troops occupying North Vietnam from Haiphong, in two sweeps to Northeast and Northwest and circling towards Hanoi. Mountainous terrain of the region is shown. Camera pans down a sheer cliffside in the mountains. Narrow roads are shown carved in the mountains and hills. A Japanese sentry stands at a sandbagged outpost, displaying the Japanese flag. A solitary building sits atop a hilltop in the background. A concrete marker indicates distance of 171 km to Hanoi. Several Japanese engineers make their way to the top of a mountain, accompanied by soldiers. An abandoned French heavy gun is seen in a concrete emplacement. View of Japanese soldiers looking out from the hilltop. A sign along a mountain road reading "Keep to the right," in French, English, and Japanese. Soldiers gather around a large tree fallen across the mountain road. They pose for the camera next to the tree. Japanese officers walking through an archway, from a large building in background. Closeup of barrel containing portland cement, followed by view of many such barrels being examined by Japanese engineer.