World heavyweight boxing champion Cassius Clay (later Muhammad Ali) is surrounded by fans and media after he refuses to take the oath of induction into the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War. Photographers snapping photos. View of protesters holding up signs as they demonstrate. One sign reads, "Mohammed, your fight is in the ring."
Italians protest against U.S. involvement in Vietnam War in Rome, Italy. The anti-war protests in Via Veneto, Rome. Anti-war protesters attempt to storm the United States Embassy (Via Vittorio Veneto, 121, 00187 Roma RM, Italy). People run while protesting. Italian Carabinieri (gendarmes) confront protesters outside the United States Embassy. The fire brigade men spray a strong water jet on the protesters. Several views of the people protesting and clapping. Some protesters are arrested.
Lockheed U-2D aircraft, number 56-6695, of the U.S. Air Force 4080th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, taxis to runway at McCoy Air Force Base, Orlando, Florida, during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Airmen remove Pogo wheels from wing tips of U2. Aircraft takes off and climbs rapidly in nose high attitude. The U-2 in flight. (Note: U-2D, number 56-6695 Crashed on 7 July 1964 near Fujian, China while monitoring supply routes from China to North Vietnam.)
A pair of RF-4C aircraft flying overhead to commence landing at Ubon Royal Thai Air Force Base during Vietnam War. Airmen downloading reconnaissance cameras from aircraft. Pilot fills out Form 1. Views of RF-4C Phantoms landing at Ubon Thai Air Force Base one by one, deploying drag chutes. RF-101 aircraft land and taxi to parking area.
Democratic National Convention of 1968 held at International Amphitheater in Chicago, Illinois United States. Keynote speaker at the meeting, Daniel Ken Inouye, Senator from Hawaii, delivers his address. Democratic representatives from all States at the convention. Placards displayed for seating arrangements of Democrats from different States. Senator Inouye urges delegates to listen to the concerns and protests of youth demonstrators. He points out that it is a worldwide phenomenon, and not just demonstrations affiliated with the Vietnam War. Senator Inouye says, "The marching feet of youth have led us into a new era of politics, and we can never turn back."
Protestors in Washington DC on May 5, 1970, following several days of "MayDay" anti-war protests, against the Vietnam War, organized in part by the National Peace Action Coalition. Wide shot of Washington Monument with helicopters flying near it. Protestors walking into streets in small groups and attempting to block traffic and disrupt traffic and operations in the city as part of a multi day May Day protest. View of police officers blowing whistles and attempting to clear protestors from streets, as cars drive around protestors. Protestors drag a trash can into a street as an obstruction. Police on motorcycles drive by, one passing a Volkswagen bus van. Police directing traffic. A group of hippies and protestors gathered in a median between roads. One protestor is smoking. Another shows a peace sign with his hand. A police officer stands by guarding the seated group. Police in riot gear stand in front of the Justice Department awaiting a noon rally of antiwar protestors. Several thousand protestors show up, exceeding the numbers expected by police. The protestors sing, dance, chant, and clap hands as they fill the road in front of the Justice Department. Police use bull horns warning crowd to disperse or be arrested. Many protestors remain and are shown being arrested and carried away, some without resistance, and others resisting arrest.A hippie protestor being arrested holds up both hands showing peace signs.