The 1st Cavalry Division moving across a field in Salem, Oregon. A smoke screen laid in the field. Soldiers riding horses under the smoke screen. The horsemen cross a waterway. (World War II period).
Film opens showing a damaged U.S. M48 tank stranded in a ditch at side of road near buildings in Hue, Vietnam. Closeup of the front and tread of the damaged tank. M-48 tanks parked under trees near sandbagged garden fence. U.S. Marine in combat gear silhouetted against window as he fires rifle from inside a building. Several U.S. Army soldiers, of the 1st battalion 44th artillery, load shells into an M42A1 twin 40mm self-propelled anti-aircraft gun ("Duster"). Marines on the roof of a building. They prepare to fire a 3.5inch rocket launcher. A rocket is loaded into a tube and the 3.5inch rocket launcher is fired. A marine ties the 3.5inch rocket launcher onto a rope and stands holding it.
Distant view of the town with clouded skylines. Horse carts and natives wearing hats moving along street. Heavily crowded streets with native posing. Overhead view of town showing large church steeples and buildings.1920.
Mexican Federal Army cavalry and troops seen marching through the "burning plains" of Veracruz during the Mexican Revolution. Some of the forces are on horseback wearing wide sombreros. Others are in Army uniforms. The armed troops and cavalry seen marching.
U.S. President Richard Nixon responds to a journalist question during a press conference in Orlando, Florida. The journalist talks about the recent statement of Senator Mark Hatfield. He asks the President about the extent to which he thinks the Hatfield statement could explain the occurrence of the Watergate issue. The President responds that the year 1972 was a busy year for him. He did not run his campaign during that period. He takes the responsibility of all mistakes that were made. He briefly talks about his investments which were mentioned in some of the editorials. He feels that in the presidency it is important to have no questions about the President's personal finance. He talks about the questions raised by editorials about his earning and investments. He states that he has been in 14 years of government services. He mentions the sources from where the money came. The President counts the sources. He states that in all years of his public life he has never obstructed justice. He clarifies that he is not a crook and has earned everything he has got. Includes the famous "I am not a crook" line.
Film opens concentrating on sunset viewed as the sun drops below the horizon with hills surrounding. Scene shifts to a river and a steam excursion boat plying its way along the river toward the camera. The boat blows its whistle emiting an extended burst of steam into the air.
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