The Osborne Brothers perform for the First Family of the United States at the White House in Washington DC, United States on March 17, 1973. Wearing an oversize green satin bow-tie President Nixon arrives on a stage. He explains that he wears the green tie because it is St. Patrick's Day. He also notes that Mrs. Nixon also wears green and that it is her birthday. The crowd applauds. The First Lady of the United States Pat Nixon, her daughters Tricia Nixon Cox and Julie Nixon Eisenhower and sons in law Edward F. Cox and David Eisenhower seated. President Nixon joins his family after introducing the performers and commenting on this being an evening with "American" music. The Osborne Brothers perform a song called "Rocky Top."The crowd applauds. (This Osborne Brothers' performance marks the first ever performance of Bluegrass Music at the White House.)
American country music singer Merle Haggard performs at the White House in Washington DC, United States for U.S. President Richard Nixon and his family on March 17, 1973. Merle Haggard performs "Okie from Muskogee" for the Nixon Family. President Nixon, the First Lady of the United States Pat Nixon, their daughters Tricia Nixon Cox and Julie Nixon Eisenhower and sons in law Edward F. Cox and David Eisenhower seated. A crowd applauds.
American country music singer Merle Haggard performs at the White House in Washington DC, United States for U.S. President Richard Nixon and his family on March 17, 1973. Merle Haggard performs for the Nixon Family. President Nixon, the First Lady of the United States Pat Nixon, her daughters Tricia Nixon Cox and Julie Nixon Eisenhower and her sons in law Edward F. Cox and David Eisenhower seated. Merle Haggard sings 'Fightin' Side of Me'.
Singers perform at the White House in Washington DC, United States for U.S. President Richard Nixon and his family on March 17, 1973. Merle Haggard performs for the Nixon Family. President Nixon, the First Lady of the United States Pat Nixon, her daughters Tricia Nixon Cox and Julie Nixon Eisenhower and her sons in law Edward F. Cox and David Eisenhower seated and applauding after the performance. Merle Haggard thanks the audience and reads out few words for Mrs. Nixon. President Nixon and wife Pat Nixon walk up the stage to thank Merle Haggard and the Osborne Brothers for their performance. President Nixon speaks a few words into a microphone. President Nixon and wife Pat Nixon shake hands with the performers before leaving the stage.
A political advertisement from the Nixon campaign or Republican party during the 1968 Presidential election campaign portrays Democratic party challenger Hubert Humphrey in a negative light. Still images show Democratic presidential nominee Hubert Humphrey at the party's convention in Chicago, Illinois. Riots in the United States following assassinations of prominent leader in the African American civil rights movement, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Senator from New York Robert F. Kennedy, in 1968. U.S. soldiers battling the enemy in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. A picture depicting poverty shows a poor family. Images of Humphrey are interspersed throughout, portraying him as disconnected from the issues of the day.
Two U.S. Air Force F-80 shooting star jets fly overhead and then demonstrate bombing on a field in the Netherlands. NATO observers watch from a hillside next to a large windmill. Explosions are set off in the field, creating moderate-sized billowing mushroom clouds. NATO Infantrymen jump up from camouflaged positions and charge. General Alfred Greunther, Supreme Allied Commander, Europe, walks with a NATO officer. He boards a helicopter and departs.
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