Self-portrait of Richard Nixon aired during his 1968 presidential run against Hubert Humphrey and George Wallace in the United States. An interviewer asks Richard Nixon what did he think when he made a decision to run for the President of the United States in 1968. A picture showing Richard Nixon and his wife Pat Nixon. The interviewer asks if he felt any strain on the family. Nixon says he thought of his family first. A picture showing his wife Pat Nixon and daughters Julie Nixon and Tricia Nixon. Nixon calls this presidency more of a challenge in terms of America being involved in the Vietnam War and in the Cold War with the Soviet Union. A photograph shows Richard Nixon with his wife Pat Nixon, daughters Julie and Tricia and Julie's husband David Eisenhower at a beach. He says that present time is different from World Wars I and II because now America is a great power and there should be a best possible leader to lead the nation. Nixon states that America needs a kind of leadership that would obtain peace and avoid war and surrender. A picture of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Nixon.
Evacuation of Americans and South Vietnamese refugees from Saigon during Operation Frequent Wind. Large group of evacuees on deck of aircraft carrier USS Midway. Former Vice President of South Vietnam, Nguyen Cao Ky, is seen leaving a helicopter and being escorted across the deck. Midway's deck crew prepares for emergency landing of a Cessna L-19/O-1 airplane, carrying a family of 7 persons. Lacking a radio headset, the pilot dropped a note that requested permission to land. The deck had been cleared of several helicopters (pushed overboard) to make room for the Cessna to land. A fire truck and firefighters stand ready. The Cessna aircraft is seen circling the Midway and setting up a landing pattern, above the ship. It lands smoothly on the carrier deck. The pilot, South Vietnamese Air Force Major Ly Bung, and his wife, are seen walking across the deck. Major Ly Bung holds his arm up acknowledging the other evacuees on board. (Note: This Cessna O-1 airplane was eventually brought to the U.S. and can be seen in the National Museum of Naval Aviation, at the U.S. Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida.)
Fall of Saigon and evacuation of Americans and South Vietnamese from Vietnam. Crew members seen pushing UH-1D/H Huey helicopters and a CH-47 helicopter, over the side of the ship, to make room on the deck for a Cessna O-1 (unseen), with evacuees, seeking to land.
Scenes on flight deck of the USS Midway (CVA-41) during evacuation of Americans and South Vietnamese from Saigon. A South Vietnamese VNAF Ch-47 Chinook helicopter is seen being moved by a tug. Republic of Vietnam flag and letters: GNP painted on its fuselage. VNAF UH-1D/H Huey helicopters are being moved as close together as possible to make room on the deck.. Aerial view of the helicopters parked on the deck.
The Gulf of Tonkin Incident during the Vietnam War. A flag of U.S. Navy. U.S. Navy soldiers parade. Aircraft being parked on the deck of aircraft carrier. Animated map shows the route of U.S. Destroyers (DD) on Gulf of Tonkin. A destroyer USS Maddox (DD-731) underway in the Pacific. General Quarter on the DD sounds. The U.S. Navy men run and take their positions on the ship. The ship crewmen take their position on the deck guns. A sailor looks through a binocular. Two officers on a bridge of USS Maddox. One of them looks through the binocular. A tower on the ship. A U.S. Navy sailor loads shell and fires with a gun. Several views of the sailor loading shells and firing. U.S. Commander Robert Warhart describes what he and his pilots did during the attack against Vietnamese torpedo boats. USS Turner Joy (DD-951) underway in the pacific. The U.S. sailors wearing headphones at controls. North Vietnamese patrol boats strike against the U.S. destroyers. The White House in Washington DC. The crew members pull the bombs on a small elevator. They load the bombs in the aircraft. The ship crew members work under the wings of the U.S. Navy aircraft. The pilots seated in a room before taking off. An officer with the help of a wall map briefs pilots about the attack. A pilot gets into a cockpit. Another one stands on a ladder. The pilot closes the canopy. A signal officer gives signal. The aircraft taxi one after the other and take off for the attack on Vietnamese patrol boats. USS Turner Joy and USS Maddox underway in the Pacific.
United States Air Force (USAF ) support for the evacuation of Cambodian refugees from Boung Long, Cambodia during the Vietnam War. A C-7A aircraft taxi on a field. Cambodian refugees in a camp. The refugees wait and board the C-7A. "Maria Elena" written on the aircraft. The C-7A taxis out and takes off. The refugees in the background. The refugees and children sitting on the ground. A cart loaded with belongings. A sack of food supply from the United States.