Presidential candidate Richard Nixon's answers to a panel during a special television program in Michigan. A panelist questions about Ambassador Paul in the General Assembly session of United Nations. The whole house of audience breaks into laughter as Richard Nixon replies to him. Pat Nixon sits among the studio audience.
In a political advertisement narrated by Richard Nixon, the presidential candidate assures viewers of the right of every American citizen to dissent and to be free from domestic violence. Still images showing violent confrontations between police and antiwar protesters. Various views of burning buildings, aftermath of racial rioting and antiwar demonstrations. Antiwar protesters bleeding on streets. Nixon closes saying"I pledge to you we shall have order in the United States."
Policemen hurl smoke grenades at student protesters at the Sorbonne Campus of the University of Paris during “May 68” riots. Smoke bombs exploding on the street. A protester hurls a smoke bomb in the Latin Quarter. Students running away from smoke bombs and police. Some students are hit by smoke grenades. French policemen brutally hit demonstrators with batons. Police beat and manhandle student protesters. Policeman punching a student. Hard helmets, garbage lids, and other protest supplies are found inside a makeshift armory in the Sorbonne Campus.
Aircraft Carrier, USS Oriskany (CVA-34) in South China Sea off Vietnam. Fire hoses and water spread all over flight deck. Many crewmen attempting to put out fire burning below the deck. Smoke rising from below forward section of flight deck, starboard. Four crewmen carrying a casualty aft on a stretcher. Many sailors around the edge of flight deck. Several aircraft tugs on the deck. Stretcher bearers run forward and return, running with another casualty from the fire stricken area. Crewmen handling hoses run to port, where more smoke is seen. View of airplanes parked as close as possible on a section of deck.
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.
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.
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