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President Johnson addresses the public on United States actions against North Vietnam

During the Vietnam War, President Lyndon B. Johnson addresses the United States public during the “Radio and Television Report to the American People Following Renewed Aggression in the Gulf of Tonkin” from the Fish Room at the White House in August 4, 1964. "Renewed hostile actions against United States ships on the high seas in the Gulf of Tonkin have today required me to order the military forces of the United States to take action in reply,” says President Johnson. The USS Constellation (CV-64) aircraft carrier sailing. Pilots walk away from Douglas EKA-3B Skywarrior fighter jets in the USS Constellation. Aircrafts fire missiles, destroying facilities in North Vietnam. United States Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara addresses the public to explain the direct attack against North Vietnam. “We wish to emphasize we seek no wider war. Our response will depend upon the action of the aggressors, in this case the North Vietnamese. The key to the situation remains the cessation of infiltration from the North into the South,” says Secretary McNamara.

Date: 1964, August
Duration: 1 min 15 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675080609
U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense Richard G. Capen speaks to press about the American prisoners held by North Vietnamese.

A news conference in Washington D.C., United States about the American soldiers held as prisoners of war in North Vietnam. U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense Richard G. Capen addresses the press at a conference as he stands behind a podium with the Department of Defense insignia on it. A board in the background reads ' United States POWs and missing in action personnel '. A board placed next to Capen with pictures on it. A sign on the board reads ' U.S. POWs released by NVN ' . Pictures of soldiers released by the North Vietnamese. A chart on the board reads ' status '. A picture of a United States Air Force Major General. Another picture of an injured soldier on the board. A title on the board reads ' parading U.S. prisoners '. An officer removes the chart and another one is being displayed before the press at the conference. A chart titled ' Isolation' shows American soldiers behind bars in captivity. Another chart depicts the medical treatment being given to American soldiers captured by North Vietnamese. The Deputy Secretary of Defense Capen speaks from a podium. A picture on the board indicates the diet being given to American soldiers captured by North Vietnamese. A series of pictures on the board titled ' weight loss' shows pictures of emaciated American soldiers. Capen speaks about the condition of American prisoners of war in Vietnam. Officials seated at a desk. Special Assistant to Assistant Secretary of Defense Charles Havens speaks to the press. Capen speaks to the press. Special Assistant to Under Secretary of State Frank Sieverts at a desk as he answers the press. (Vietnam War period).

Date: 1969, May 19
Duration: 19 min 7 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675042727
North Vietnam holds general elections. Ho Chi Minh casts ballot. Citizens parade with banners. Conscripts leave home.

North Vietnam holds general elections. Ho Chi Minh casts his ballot followed by other North Vietnamese leaders. Ho Chi Minh and other elected officials sit around table. Some stand and speak to Ho Chi Minh about their ideas for the government. Elsewhere, citizens parade in the streets, carrying banners, some of which decry American Imperialism. North Vietnam begins universal conscription for North Vietnamese Army (NVA). Mothers seeing their sons off as they depart in uniform after being recruited in military draft. One gives her son a favorite snack wrapped in a napkin.

Date: 1960, May 8
Duration: 56 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675044105
Quaker-sponsored American pacifists sail from Japan in yacht "Phoenix of Hiroshima" to bring medical supplies to North Vietnam

Quaker-sponsored American pacifists sail from Misaki, Japan to bring medical supplies to North Vietnam, during the Vietnam War. Yacht "Phoenix of Hiroshima" at a dock in a Japanese harbor, before starting the first of its three trips bringing aid to both North and South Vietnam. Seven American pacifists from "A Quaker Action Group" (AQAG) set sail in the "Phoenix of Hiroshima" bound for the North Vietnamese port of Haiphong, on the group's first of three voyages. A flag flies from the yacht. Views of some of the participants on the boat including Phil Drath, Betty Boardman, Dr. and Mrs. Earle Reynolds, and Bob Eaton. People on the dock wave as the yacht leaves the harbor heading to Vietnam.

Date: 1967, February 16
Duration: 30 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675061509
Explosions occur at the flight line and smoke rises at Bien Hoa air base in Vietnam.

Explosions at Bien Hoa Air Base in Vietnam. Flight line explosions as smoke rises in the background. USAF planes parked at the airfield. A plane lands in far background. (Note: This occurred on May 16, 1965, when a.B-57B aircraft exploded and set off a series of other explosions shown in this film.)

Date: 1965, May 16
Duration: 35 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675045210
U.S. President Richard Nixon addresses people in the United States on withdrawal of remaining U.S. troops from Vietnam.

Television broadcast of U.S. President Richard Nixon's speech from the White House in Washington DC, United States on the withdrawal of remaining U.S. troops from Vietnam on 29th March 1973 during the Vietnam War. The White House. The Seal of the President of the United States. The President talks about that period of the Vietnam War when he joined the office and speaks about the program he initiated to end the war. He says American prisoners are on their way from Vietnam and people of South Vietnam are now free to choose their government. He says North Vietnam is not complying with few provisions of the Peace Agreement. He says that they should honor all those American soldiers who died during the Vietnam War. He refers to the difficult days of the war including the moratorium to end the war which was organized on October 15, 1969 when millions of Americans took day off from work and schools to participate in local demonstrations against the war. Nixon refers to the period of April 1971 when he ordered attacks on Communist bases in Cambodia. He talks about the period of May 1972 when he ordered air strikes in North Vietnam and the period of December 1972 when he ordered more air strikes.

Date: 1973
Duration: 6 min 36 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675073677