The U.S. Secretary of State Dr Henry Kissinger addresses a press conference after signing a peace agreement in Paris, France. Dr Kissinger arrives at a press conference and takes his chair. He talks to press photographers about the happenings of the peace talks, ceasefire in Vietnam and troops withdrawal from Laos and Cambodia. He expresses satisfaction on the progress of treaty and resuming peace conditions in Vietnam. Press photographers take photos and make notes of Kissinger's speech. He speaks about the cease fire agreement, need for free elections and resumption of peace. (Vietnam War period).
American military soldiers and other men and women protest and demonstrate in Washington DC during a moratorium to end the Vietnam War. Men wearing caps with signs on them. Some hippies in the crowd. Anti-war American soldiers (veterans of prior wars) shout slogans as they demonstrate against the Vietnam War outside the National Archives Building (700 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20408-0001). They carry banners and posters that read 'Vote for Servicemen' and 'GIs against Vietnam'. A demonstrator with a peace sign flag walks toward the steps of the Archives Building and other demonstrators follow him. A peace activist or pacifist demonstrator who is a serviceman stands on the stairs of the building. Other soldiers walk down the steps.
Film showing students at the University of California, Berkeley, principally in 1980. It also shows glimpses of Vietnam war era background events. Opening shows students on a college campus. Two of them sit and converse. Scene shifts to National Guard troops and police near the University of California campus, in May, 1969, when Governor Ronald Reagan declared a state of emergency and sent 2,200 National Guard troops into Berkeley, California. Next, students are seen handing out voting information from booths on the Berkeley campus during the 1980 U.S. Presidential elections. Students massed on campus and some having lively conversations with others. The entrance gates to the campus are seen in the background. Students moving about on the campus and some seated at outdoor tables having snacks and conversing. A student being interviewed who speaks about employment. Complete shift of scene to American soldiers jumping from a UH-1 Huey helicopter in Vietnam. President Richard Nixon waving enthusiastically in front of the Presidential helicopter. President Lyndon Johnson glad-handing spectators as he walks along the streets of a city. Glimpse of American hostages being taken from the embassy in Tehran, Iran, November 4, 1979 during Iran hostage crisis. U.S soldiers firing a howitzer field piece in Vietnam. Returning American hostages leaving an U.S.Air Force transport plane. A woman student being interviewed at Berkeley campus about the 1980 Presidential race between Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan. Students seated on a long bench in a room where a picture of motion picture star, John Wayne, is displayed on a wall. A male student says Ronald Reagan has brought a new spirit into everybody in America. A Berkeley political science professor comments on the new voters. Students speaking positively about President Reagan. More views of students and voting information on campus. (Note: film is silent except for occasional interviews.)
President of the United States Gerald R. Ford, Jr awards medals to soldiers of Vietnam War during a ceremony in White House in Washington DC. President of the United States Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr speaks about American support to peace and about honoring the officers of Vietnam war. United States Secretary of the Army, Howard Hollis Callaway reads the citation while President Ford decorates the heroes of Vietnam War. President Ford pins medals of Honor to United States Army soldiers Louis R. Rocco and Jon R. Cavaiani. He greets the family members of the soldiers.
Television broadcast of U.S. President Richard Nixon's speech from the White House in Washington DC, United States on withdrawal of the remaining U.S. troops from Vietnam on 29th March 1973 during the Vietnam War. President Nixon speaks about progress that the U.S. has made towards peace and the end of the Vietnam War. He says that the United States should not reduce its defense budget. He speaks about negotiations with the Soviet Union regarding elimination of nuclear arms. He says that cutting down defense budget before the negotiations would increase the danger of war and there should be mutual reduction in defense. President Nixon says that the U.S. should maintain its strength.
Dead bodies of civilians lying in a pool of blood in the streets of Saigon. 199th Light Infantry Brigade soldier speaks over radio. Civilians in the background. Soldier climbs a building. Soldiers seated on a M-42 self-propelled antiaircraft gun as it moves through the streets. One soldier holds a puppy in his arms. A few others follow the tank on foot. A soldier carries a block of ice on his shoulders.
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