U.S. soldier lights a green smoke signal as U.S. Army Bell UH-1 Iroquois (Huey) helicopters approach the landing zone. U.S. soldiers direct landing UH-1 Iroquois (Huey) helicopters as they arrive to extract ARVN (Army of the Republic of Vietnam) soldiers from area of Route 9, in Laos, after Operation Lam Son 719 during the Vietnam War. Soldiers signal as the choppers land. Soldiers direct South Vietnamese troops into the choppers. Several more UH-1s approach for landing. ARVN soldiers seated in the helicopters as they take off. Soldiers signal the helicopters as they land. ARVN soldiers board numerous helicopters as they land and take off in rapid succession.
Prime Minister Nguyen Cao Ky of Vietnam visits Australia during the Vietnam War. Brisbane: Demonstration against visit of Vietnamese Prime Minister. People shout with placards in hand. Police restrain crowd and escort Prime Ministre Ky. Placard reads 'Go home murderer and take Holt with you' and 'Stop Ky'. Nguyen Cao Ky and Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt pose in Sydney, Australia. Sydney: Boat in sea. Prime Minister Holt waves. Prime Minister Nguyen Cao Ky and his wife wave from a ship.
Film opens showing illustrations of various warriors and soldiers in their miliary garb, from mideaval times, through the Nepoleonic wars, American Revolution, Civil war, American Indian Wars. The illustrations also show Army cadets, Medical officers administering inoculation injections to soldiers. Scenes shift to 20th Century showing American Uh1 (Huey) and CH-47 helicopters and U.S. troops during the Vietnam War. View from a helicopter directing fire from its side door at enemy troops. American soldeirs and jeeps in the Middle East. American Army ski troops moving across snowy terrain in Alaska. American troops assisting people with water supply and building activities in South and Central America. An American Army Captain working with a Republic of Vietnam officer counterpart. Other Amrican soldiers interacting with Asian allies.
In this first speech John F Kennedy makes it clear to the American public as their President he supports Eisenhower's policy of supporting South Vietnamese government. He argued that if South Vietnam became a communist state , the whole of the non communist world would be at risk. If communism was not halted in Vietnam it would gradually spread throughout the world.
Major events of the year 1959. Communist Vietnamese guerrillas march into South Vietnam. People flee their homes as a result of a war in Vietnam. President Dwight D Eisenhower returns after touring 11 free nations and receives a warm welcome at home. People in Washington DC greet his flight on its return to the USA. They hold sparkler fireworks by hand, creating a festive display along the street as he drives to the White House.
Richard Nixon-Spiro Agnew election campaign for the office of Presidency in United States. Still images of violent protests in the United States. Fire in a building. Civilians protest in United States. United States policemen fire. Wounded civilians. View of United States soldiers and Vietnamese civilians in Vietnam. Policemen with guns in United States. Non-demonstrating peaceful American citizens relax. Rubble and wreckage on road. Daily routine of peaceful citizens. Citizens at work. Scenic views of United States. Richard Nixon promises order in United States without any violence and end of Vietnam War.
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