South Vietnamese Army soldiers in anti-guerilla warfare training and ranger commando training during the Vietnam war. Soldiers crawling under razor wire and firing machine guns and artillery. Tanks firing rounds. A ship on the move. Water from dam flows into canals and then into the fields. South Vietnamese farmers work on fields. Vietnam shown on a map with an arrow. Narrator speaks to virtues of the South Vietnamese people fighting for freedom against communist forces.
Scene of the White House. Various scenes of President John F Kennedy working in his office in the White House in Washington DC. President Kennedy at his desk, and with advisors. President arrives at Cape Canaveral on November 16, 1963 for a tour and to witness a Polaris missile launch. Scenes of John F. Kennedy talking with NASA personnel and watching a rocket launch. Wernher Von Braun is seen with Kennedy. Audio includes Kennedy's statement from 1962 at Rice University when he said "I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon, and returning him safely to the earth." President Kennedy views models of spacecraft and listens to NASA engineers. View of President Kennedy at the White House presenting the NASA Distinguished Service Medal to astronaut John Glenn on February 23, 1962, after Glenn's successful Friendship 7 mission. A helicopter carrying President John Kennedy lands on a ship on November 16, 1963. A sailor blows a whistle. President meets officers on the ship and is seen on the bridge. President Kennedy observes the under water launch of a Polaris missile through binoculars. President Kennedy and Vice President Lyndon B Johnson with a Navy officer looking at a system used to operate and launch rockets. Audio overlay includes a speech by Kennedy reflecting on the threat of nuclear war.
United States President John F Kennedy addresses General Assembly of the United Nations in New York. View of the United Nations headquarters in New York City. President Kennedy addresses the General Assembly of the United Nations- September 25, 1961. “Every man, woman and child lives under a nuclear sword of Damocles, hanging by the slenderest of threads, capable of being cut at any moment by accident or miscalculation or by madness. The weapons of war must be abolished before they abolish us.” President Kennedy said. Dignitaries arrive in Moscow. Dean Rusk, Secretary of State of the United States, Andrei Gromyko, Soviet Foreign Minister and Alec Douglas Home, British Foreign Minister signs Nuclear Test Ban Treaty in Moscow. Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev claps with others on the signing of the Treaty. President John F Kennedy signs Nuclear Test Ban Treaty at White house, Washington DC. Dean Rusk seen with other Senators.
Scenes of B-52D aircraft aircrew at stations during flight. Pilot and copilot of B-52 inside cockpit. View from cockpit during final approach and touchdown at U-Tapao Air Base during Vietnam War period.
A damaged house during the battle of Hue in Vietnam, during the Tet Offensive. Soldiers running. Piled sacks near a wall. Soldiers with guns. A soldier talk on radio set. People fleeing Hue. People crossing a bridge. People go on bicycles. A board reads "BO-TU-LENH-SU-DOAN". Soldiers walk on road. AARVN counter attack on the citadel with F-4 close air support. Dead bodies of Viet Cong soldiers and their weapons in rubble. (Vietnam War period).
Aerial views of soldiers in city during the Tet Offensive battle of Hue in the Vietnam War. A man takes a woman in her hands. People flee Hue, crossing the heavily damaged Truong Tien Bridge. Scene of boats in water. A tank firing. Soldiers with guns and launchers. People on ship. A helicopter lands. Soldiers go inside helicopter with boxes. They tie an artillery gun to the helicopter. Care and feeding of refugees in government sector. Military doctor examines a refugee child.
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