The Selective Service System (SSS) holds a draft lottery in 1969. The Lottery selection system chooses soldiers for induction into the Vietnam War. Members of the Selective Service Youth Advisory Committee participate in the draft, choosing birth dates from a glass bowl. The dates are read aloud and posted on the draft board. One young man protests by flashing a Peace sign with his fingers every time he chooses a draft number.
ROK Army soldiers enter barracks with United States soldiers. Korean soldier playing checkers with white soldier. African-American soldier bowling. Korean hits punching bag with white soldier. ROK Army dentists with patient. ROK Army optometrist puts glasses on patient. Korean air traffic controller in tower with United States soldier. Monoplane landing at airport. ROK Army troops patrolling the DMZ near sign that reads "Light & Weapons Line. Personnel will not travel beyond this point unless they are armed or wearing flak vests--steel pots. All vehicle lights turned off at this point. "SAFETY FIRST" View of truck ambushed by North Korea in April 1968. Bullet holes seen in truck windshield. United States soldiers enter a mess hall tent. Officer points to bullet hole in wall from August 1968 attack on mess hall. View of upended dishes and table dramatizing attack on mess hall with machine gun. View of barracks destroyed by time bomb. Joint Military Armistice Commission meeting in Panmunjom, Korea. Korean smoking while meeting takes place. Damaged truck on display outside building at Joint Military Armistice Commission meeting. United States honor guard in formation outside building.
A commercial jet airliner with the capacity of 490 passengers is ready to be launched in 1969, in the United States. The aircraft on an airstrip. A diagram of three airliners. The engine of a plane. Two female crew members sit at the edge of the engine. Crew members in the cabin of the plane. They sit on chairs and examine their comfort. Passenger aboard the airplane are attended by flight attendants or stewardesses.
Debate on the 'Role of Congress in Foreign Policies' between John C Stennis and William J Fulbright in United States organized by American Enterprise Institute. Moderator Peter Lasigor says that Congress is reasserting its role after Korean and Vietnam War. Distinguished citizens sit to participate and ask questions. The debaters: Senator John C Stennis, Chairman, Armed Service Committee and William J Fulbright Chairman Foreign Relations Committee. John Stennis starts the debate. Stennis talks about the role and responsibilities of Congress in domestic and foreign affairs. He speaks about his experiences in legislation as Senator. Stennis gives examples of Theodore Roosevelt, the Congo Rebellion in 1963 and National Commitment Resolution of 1969. He then talks about world affairs and foreign policies regarding World War II. Stennis mentions various treaties and resolutions related to post world war.
Chief Iron Whip introduces himself to the Native American Indian tribal council. He belong to tribe Sioux or the first nation people. Sioux have three main divisions: The Santee or Dakota who reside to the east of Dakotas, Minnesota and Northern Iowa; The Yankton or Nakota who reside in the Minnesota river area; the Lakota who are the western most Sioux. Chief Iron Whip uses Indian sign language to introduce himself.
Excerpt from the fictional film "Birth of a Nation". A pro Southern dramatization on the effect of the Civil War and the reconstruction. Prewar conditions on the Cameron estate in Piedmont, South Carolina. The members of the southern Cameron and northern Stoneman families of Washington are introduced. Men and women reading a newspaper outside a house. The newspaper headlined read: 'If the North carries the election, the South will secede'. An abolitionists meeting. They discuss about the news. The Stoneman library in Washington. Women cleaning the library. One of the woman leaves. A man enters and talks to the woman. They argue and the man leaves the room. The woman cry. Man portrayed as Leader of the Senate Charles Sumner in the library. He looks at the books kept on a table. He arrives near the woman and talks to her. A woman and a man talking amongst themselves in a room. Other man enters and talks to them.
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