Communist Massacre in Hue, Vietnam. Atrocities by the Viet Cong on the residents of Hue following the 1968 Tet offensive. Machine guns fire and bomb explosions. People flee Hue during siege of the city. Refugees with belongings run as city is bombed. Houses burn and woman cries. Civilians flee across pontoon bridge laid across boats next to wrecked Truong Tien steel bridge. Carts, rickshaws, and vehicles abandoned in the streets. (Vietnam War period).
A huge construction site appears. Long unpaved roads in the construction site are also seen. U.S. soldiers guard the construction site. Few soldiers sit on a Howitzer gun. At a distant place firing occurs. Smoke arises from the fired place. (Vietnam War period).
United States Lieutenant General William R. Peers and men from the Peers Inquiry Group arrive in My Lai 4 village in South Vietnam. They interview witnesses and make an on-site inspection of the village. The Inquiry Group investigates about the alleged My Lai massacre incident of March 1968. Mr. Robert MacCrate and Mr. Jerome K. Walsh also arrive in the village. A helicopter lands in the village. The Inquiry Group members visit the burnt houses. Damaged buildings in view. Rubble on the ground. Wrecked material scattered on the ground.
From a pro-Nixon "documentary" called "The Nixon Years: Change Without Chaos" covering President Richard Nixon's first four years in office. Released during his 1972 reelection campaign. U.S. Police clash with demonstrators at an anti-Vietnam war protest. A U.S. soldier in Vietnam firing a machine gun into the jungle overgrowth. People burning Vietnam draft cards. Ground and aerial views of riots in Washington DC with burning buildings and smoke rising in neighborhoods beyond the U.S. Capitol. A middle aged American woman yells "What nerve! This is America?" Nixon speaking at a campaign rally of Richard Nixon during Presidential elections of 1968. Nixon with his family stands on a stage at a public meeting. He addresses and large crowd of spectators applaud. Nixon walks on the ramp of U.S. Air Force One aircraft (which he called The Spirit of 76) after being elected as the President. Nixon confers to settle the cold war situation aboard. U.S. soldiers march during an operation in Vietnam war. Nixon works in his office to bring down the cost of living and inflation. U.S. Secretary of State Dr. Kissinger and others meet at Paris Peace Conference to talk about the Vietnam war. While addressing the Congress Nixon proposes his initiatives for betterment of civilians. Nixon signs a bill in Congress. He visits the U.S. troops involved in Vietnam. A large number of troops withdrawn from Vietnam. Friends and relatives of American soldiers and sailors receive them with warmth as they return from Vietnam. Happy friends and family at a port kiss and hug soldiers returning from Vietnam.
Operation Somerset Plain of 101st Air Cavalry Dv. U.S. Soldier removing bullets from his M-16 rifle and putting them in a can. He is also seen cleaning his rifle with a shaving brush and a toothbrush. August 1968. (Vietnam War period).
101st Air Cavalry Dv. of Operation Somerset Plain. Military people serving food to the U.S. soldiers in paper plates. August 1968. (Vietnam War period).
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