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.
United States Air Force military transport aircraft land at the Beirut airport in Lebanon. Army Airlift arrives in Beirut. The airport building in the background. C-124 Globemasters, C-119 Flying Boxcars and low slung C-130 Hercules transport aircraft land at the airport. United States soldiers of 1st Airborne Battle Group, 187th Infantry and 24th Infantry Division disembark. Trucks, jeeps and supplies are off-loaded. Men walk on the field with their belongings. 'United States Air Force' written on the aircraft.
United States attack aircraft A4C Skyhawk in flight over Beirut Harbor in Lebanon. A pilot seated in the cockpit. Aerial view of the buildings and the Beirut Harbor. Ships in water near the Beirut Harbor.
U.S. Marines dispatched to Beirut, Lebanon, in 1958. LVPT-5 (Landing Vehicle Tracked, Personnel) moving in the surf toward the beach and onto it. Ramp dropped and marines disembark in full battle gear. Second LVPT-5 moves up to the beach. Marines disembark on the double. Interior of LVPT-5, ramp lowered and marines move inland and over a sand dune. Lone Marine moves up over a sand dune and he waves to his buddies. Group of marines with rifles over shoulders, moves over the dune.
U.S. Marines being checked by officers on deck of a transport ship, prior to disembarkation. Sailor operating controls to lower LCVP (Landing craft Vehicle Personnel) from the davit. Boat lowered over the side to transport Marines to the beach at Beirut, Lebanon.
Events relate to the barracks bombed in Beirut, Lebanon. Rescue and clean-up crews search for casualties amidst rubble. View of the bombed site. A damaged bridge in the background. 6X6 truck and a caterpillar move on the site.