Crowd seated in assembly. Various North Vietnamese men and woman speak at the speaker's stand. Crowd in streets with banners and flags. Picture of various men in newspapers at demonstrations. Scenes from other countries, including one or more Spanish speaking countries in Latin America or South America (signs in Spanish) demonstrating against the United States for its involvement in Vietnam. Also scenes of Anti-war protest rallies against U.S. involvement in Vietnam from other countries including the the United Kingdom and some European countries. Vietnamese girls wave small flags during a rally. Men with banners on road. Various people speak on microphone. Various Vietnamese officials at mike speak to crowd in meetings. Men and women applaud. Anti-war demonstrators in various places in the world with banners. Clip features North Vietnamese propaganda.
Robert Sargent Shriver, Director of Peace Corps, speaking in New York, United States.He talks about visiting Peace Corps sites all over the world and mentions that President Johnson asked him to convey his greetings to various world leaders during these visits, including one to the Pope who was visiting Israel. Of that he says:"When a Southern Prostestant President sends a Northern Roman Catholic (that was me) to deliver a message to an Italian Pope, in Jeruselem, that's the sign of an election year." He narrates several other illustrations of America's unique and improving tolerance regarding religion and race relations. And he narrates an amusing incident that took place with President Kennedy when he was campaigning for his election as a President, .
Two North Vietnamese officers seated. President of North Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh speaks at mike. Crowd applauds. Various North Vietnamese officers speak at mike and Vietnamese representatives congratulate them. Officials stand up and clap. Officers speak. Crowd applauds.
U.S. Navy pilot, Lieutenant Junior Grade, Everett Alvarez, Jr., in flight suit and helmet, being taken prisoner by the North Vietnamese. View of his military identification card. Lt Avarez being interrogated by North Vietnamese officers. Destruction by U.S. air strikes on North Vietnam. Wreckage of buildings. Remains of buildings. Lt Alvarez's clothing and survival gear, including his dog tags and keys. The retrieved wreckage of his A-4D aircraft is on display and being explained to North Vietnamese in a public gathering.
U.S. Marines in action in the Northern Provinces of South Vietnam, near the DMZ. They are seen in full combat gear, carrying small arms, including recoilless weapons, as they move across green fields where smoke is rising. Next, they are seen spread out and moving across muddy rice paddies. A U.S.jet fighter streaks across a shoreline at low altitude. Views from a Marine jet fighter bomber dropping bombs on Viet Cong targets from low altitude. Explosions on the ground are seen from behind the aircraft as it passes. Brief view from ground of bomb striking and black smoke rising. Closeup (in 1969) of two McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantoms from U.S. Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 232 (with Red devil insignia on their tails) flying in tight formation. View of pilot in front cockpit an F-4. Aerial view from below of the pair of F-4s. Closeup view from below, as an F-4 releases ordnance in flight. A huge explosion fills the screen as film title slate appeared reading: "Counterpunch." (narrated by Jack Webb). Sign at Marine Corps Air Station, El Toro, California, is shown. Marine sentry at entrance checks identifications of persons arriving at the gatehouse. Marines seen firing mortars, during training. A C-47 transport airplane airdrops supplies to Marines on the ground. Marines in jeeps drive across sand where a bulldozer is working on an airfield under construction. Front view glimpse of a Douglas A-4 Skyhawk aircraft taking off. A pair of Marine Boeing CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters in flight. Group of U.S. Marine Corps officers looking over a model of terrain while being briefed by a Lieutenant Colonel during training "Operation Alligator Hide" in 1967, at the White Beach Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton in California. Closeup of the detailed mockup of the terrain. Another officer briefs about the use of F-4 and A-4 aircraft support prior to a helicopter assault. Bombs exploding near a bridge. Marines using small 4-wheeled self-propelled open vehicles as they move along a hillside during the exercise. A Captain at a field command post states he will mark a target with white phosphorus (Willy Pete). A tank is seen maneuvering. Pilot is seen responding from cockpit of an A-4 Skyhawk aircraft. An M48A3 Medium Tank is seen on the ground and two F-4s of Squadron 232 in the air. The tank crew fires a white phosphorus round into the hillside, where it generates white smoke. An F-4 is seen flying low toward the area and a bomb explodes on the marked target. Amphibious training is seen, with Marines charging a beach from a landing craft; a tank wading ashore; Marines hit the beach from an LVTP-5 (Landing Vehicle, Tracked, Personnel); Fighter bomber dropping a bomb from offshore; glimpse of Douglas A-4 Skyhawk.
United States Air Force Major James Walbridge being interviewed at Korat air base in Thailand during Vietnam War. Major James S. Walbridge being interviewed by Captain Charles D. Pellow with a United States F-105D aircraft in the background. Major Walbridge narrates his experiences of a mission in North Vietnam during the Vietnam war. He talks about how while carrying 750 lb bombs to strike North Vietnam his aircraft caught fire. He jumped from the plane with a parachute and landed up on the trunk of a tree. He speaks about the rescue from the jungle. He stresses upon the importance of radio as he states how he called for help from his radio. Audio explains about Walbridge's rescue from the jungle. Walbridge emphasizes upon the importance of a survival kit.
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