Stanley R Resor, Secretary of Army reads citation during Medal of Honor award ceremony at White House, Washington DC. General William C Westmoreland stands. Sergeant Hooper stands as his citation is read. President Nixon awards medal to Sergeant Hooper.
SP-5 Sasser as his citation is read during Medal of Honor award ceremony at White House, Washington DC. President. Nixon awards medal to SP-5 Sasser. President poses with three winners. President poses with each of the winner and his family. President Nixon concludes speech and leaves. VIPs and friends in the East Room.
Medals on display board during Medal of Honor Ceremony at White House, Washington DC. President Nixon, Secretary of the Army, Stanley R Resor, Secretary of Defense, Melvin R Laird, and the four medal recipients enter stand.
Vladimir Lenin addressing delegates at meeting of the Second Congress of the Communist International ("Comintern"), held in the Tauride (Tavrichesky) Palace, in Moscow, on July 19, 1920. Some illuminated candles on tables behind the speaker. (The sign on the speaker's stand, in Russian and French, simply asks attendees to refrain from smoking.) Next, Lenin is seen outdoors on a cold day, on March 18, 1919, in Red Square, Moscow. He is speaking at the funeral of Yakov Mikhailovich Sverdlov, his close associate, and Chairman of the Central Executive Committee of the Congress of Soviets of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (SFSR). (Sverdlov died on March 16th at age 33.)
President Nixon addresses the congress from the speaker's podium in the U.S. Capitol during his 1970 State of the Union address. He speaks about pollution and damage done to the environment by human race. He talks of the need to make reparations for the damage we have done to our land, air, and water. He notes that this is a particular concern of young people, "because they more than we will reap the grim consequences of our failure to act on programs which are needed now, if we are to prevent disaster later." (Foreshadows global warming.) President Nixon proposes a 10 billion dollar clean water program. Congressmen in the house applaud. He discusses the importance of purchasing and preserving open spaces and park lands. He discusses the need to make automobile emissions cleaner. He talks about pricing goods to cover not only their production but also their disposal without damage to the environment. He asks that citizens consider air and water not as free resources but as scarce resources to be protected. The Joint Chiefs of Staff among the Congressmen listen to the speech. Nixon talks about rural areas becoming less populated with migration to urban city centers. He calls on America to become a pioneer in environmental research and leadership. Vice President Spiro Agnew and the Congress Speaker sit on seats behind podium. Nixon concludes his speech and shakes hands with Speaker and other Congressmen who admire and applaud.
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941. View from carrier Akagi of two other Japanese aircraft carriers, the Kaga (front), and the Zuikaku (rear) underway in the Pacific Ocean. Japanese naval officers aboard a carrier. Japanese deck crews work on Japanese aircraft aboard a carrier. Japanese pilots assembled on the flight deck to receive final briefings before taking off. Information posted on a large blackboard as pilots are briefed. Japanese dive bombers and torpedo planes take off from the aircraft carrier. Planes in flight. View from Japanese airplanes as the attack on Pearl Harbor takes place. Smoke rising from explosions. View from aircraft flying directly overhead as bombs explode on Ford Island airbase.
CRITICALPAST.COM: About Us | Contact Us | FAQs - How to Order | License Agreement | My Account | My Lightboxes | Shopping Cart | Advanced Search | Featured Collections | Website Terms & Conditions | Privacy Policy ©2026 CriticalPast LLC.
License Agreement |
Terms & Conditions |
Privacy Policy
©2026 CriticalPast LLC.