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United States President Richard Nixon and First Lady Pat Nixon during state dinner at a palace in Thailand.

United States President Richard Nixon and First Lady Pat Nixon on tour to Thailand. President Nixon and First Lady during a state dinner at the Grand Palace (Na Phra Lan Rd, Phra Borom Maha Ratchawang, Phra Nakhon, Bangkok 10200, Thailand). He addresses Thai dignitaries and officials before dinner. Thai Generals at the dinner. Everybody in the house raises a toast. Lights and decoration at the palace.

Date: 1969, July
Duration: 2 min 24 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675036420
First three B-52 aircraft of the U.S. Strategic Air Command 4433rd Bomb Wing land at U-Tapao Air Base in Thailand

View of the first three U.S. B-52 bombers (of a force of 15) landing at U-Tapao Airbase, Thailand on April 10, 1967. These bombers hit targets in Vietnam on their way to U-Tapao. (The entire force arrived during the period from April through July, 1967, on temporary assignment from the Strategic Air Command 4433rd Bomb Wing at Anderson Air Force Base, Guam.) The B-52s are under the command of the SAC 3rd Air Division. The aircraft land with wing flaps down and deploy drag chutes to slow their ground rolls.Officers of the 4258th Strategic Wing,and Royal Thai Air Force greet the arriving aircrews. The event is recorded by photographers, along with newsmen from Japan, Thailand, United States and Philippines. (Vietnam War period).

Date: 1967, April 10
Duration: 3 min 9 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675047098
U.S. and ARVN personnel examine dead Vietcong and accumulate B-40 rockets and grenades in field, Tan Son Nhut Air Base.

Dead Vietcong lay on ground on outskirts of Tan Son Entrance Air Force Base. U.S. personnel in the background. U.S. personnel check out area following attack. ARVN personnel look over captured Vietcong ammo. B-40 rocket and grenade lay in grass. Dead Vietcong lay in tall grass, another in foreground. U.S. and ARVN personnel talk and look over dead Vietcong. CH-37 helicopter approaches for landing, kicking up much dust. American trooper takes pictures of dead Vietcong. Man examines dead Vietcong. Ammunition and grenades removed from body. Pile of B-40 rockets and grenades accumulated by U.S. forces in field near dead Vietcong lying in grass. (Vietnam War period).

Date: 1968, February 1
Duration: 2 min 22 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675052345
Construction begins on the Jicamarca Observatory site for the Scatter Radar antenna as staff families settle down in Peru.

Space research from the ground with a Scatter Radar. Scientists outside the Instituto Geofisico Del Peru, scientific research organization of the Peruvian government. A train of the Ferrocarril Central Andino (FCCA) on its way to the Institute's observatory. It travels through the Rimac Valley in the Andes, including Ticlio at nearly 16,000 feet. It is the highest elevation railway junction in the world. View of a snow-covered mountain (possibly Yuraqqucha on border of the Lima and Junín regions). Llama graze and move about high up in the mountains. Huancayo (Wankayu) Village: Local Quechuan Indians trade in the weekly market. Shops in the street, street vendors with their goods. The Jicamarca Observatory, new National Bureau of Standards facility near Lima. Scientists work at scopes and other instruments. Aerial view of the Peruvian coastline. The valley 17 miles from Lima. Rocks on the arid coast. Green vegetable fields and broad flat plane in the arid valley. The site for the antenna. Bulldozers prepare the site for construction. A diversion dam constructed on the site. Gully in the valley floor. Peruvian workers lay wire to sound an alarm in case a mudflow should come. Men mark ground and align places for post holes, lay wood posts to support the antenna dipole. They assemble inserts, connect the antenna, and lay bricks. The workers collect their pay. Bureau of National Standards staff and their families in Chaclacayo community. The families gather with locals for a Anticuchos barbecue (Peruvian beef kabobs). The wives of the U.S. scientists shop for fruits and vegetables in the local market.

Date: 1963
Duration: 6 min 45 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675031240
U.S. Marines in a trench look out over an open valley with binoculars and a Mortar Squad fires during the Battle of Okinawa.

The Battle of Okinawa in Okinawa, Japan during World War II. A group of U.S. Marines at a command post looks at a chart of a combat area. A Marine looking through a binocular. Another Marine stands holding the binocular and other stand behind him. U.S. Marines in a foxhole. A Marine in a partial foxhole with a mortar. The Marines in a trench look out over an open valley with binoculars. Smoke columns rise in a distance due to mortar fire. Marine communications squad lays telephone wires toward advance position. The Marines laying the wires. A group of Marines seated discuss and one of them puts on a mask. The Marine advance. A Marine carries mortar parts on his shoulders. A USMC (United States Marine Corps) sniper with a telescopic lens on a rifle shoots across the valley. The Mortar Squad firing. Phosphorous smoke shells hit the ground in the open valley and lay a smoke screen. A Marine speaks over a telephone and another smokes a cigar.

Date: 1945, July 5
Duration: 2 min 38 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675069876
American and Iranian official tighten bolts connecting last track section in Iran

Railroad infrastructure development as part of United States aid in Iran. Men laying railroad tracks on a bridge. Donkey grazes and two men watch the construction in the foreground. A railroad track laying machine and workers hold a track. Man stands on top of track as a team of workers carry the track. Machine threshing rocks on track. Laborers use pickaxes and rakes to break up rocks. Teams of workers lay track on railroad. Laborers connect two railroad tracks. American engineer and Iranian official tighten bolts connecting last track section. Men moving a track. Workers crowd to watch two men fasten bolts. Workers cheering and clapping after the two men finished connecting the last track section. American engineer and Iranian official shake hands. Men watch a cargo train use the new tracks. A train rushes past camera in Iran.

Date: 1960
Duration: 2 min 13 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675079805