101st Air Cavalry Dv. of Operation Somerset Plain. U.S. Soldier speaks on the telephone. August 1968. (Vietnam War period).
101st Air Cavalry Dv. of Operation Somerset Plain. UH-1H flying and landing. U.S. Soldiers unloading the cartons from UH-1H helicopter. African American soldier hoisting a box. Aerial view of fire support base from a mountain can be seen. August 1968. (Vietnam War period).
101st Air Cavalry Dv. of Operation Somerset Plain. U.S. Officer watching through binoculars. U.S. Soldier wearing headset and playing with a puppy. A bunch of U.S. soldiers loading 105mm Howitzers. CH-47 helicopter coming with the hanging supplies and then flying off. August 1968. (Vietnam War period).
London Police arrest a young protester during the March 17, 1968 demonstration in Grosvenor Square, Mayfair, London, United Kingdom, against the Vietnam War. Anti-Vietnam War protester attempts to resist arrest from the police. A tear gas canister is thrown at policemen riding horses in front of the U.S. Embassy. Police kick and beat an unruly protester resisting arrest. London Police on horseback attempt to restore order during demonstration, forcing horses through crowd of protestors. Policemen carry unruly demonstrators, including a woman wearing a mini skirt. Policemen arrest more youth protesters.
Press conferences in Havana, Cuba. Officials and dignitaries arrive to attend Havana Press Conference on August 2, 1968 and Havana Libre Hotel Press Conference on August 6, 1968. The officials and dignitaries seated at a table for the press conference. Trinidadian-American Black Activist Stokely Carmichael at the Havana Press Conference. Stokely Carmichael talks about the struggle of Blacks (African Americans) in the U.S. in order to attain liberation and get equal civil rights, and states that American Blacks will not fight in Vietnam. Stokely Carmichael talks about the constant aggression faced by the Black population, and gives a brief explanation of Black Power. Local reporters and foreign correspondents make notes during the conference. A newsman speaks.
Communist Massacre in Hue, Vietnam. Atrocities by the Viet Cong on the residents of Hue following the 1968 Tet offensive. Machine guns fire and bomb explosions. People flee Hue during siege of the city. Refugees with belongings run as city is bombed. Houses burn and woman cries. Civilians flee across pontoon bridge laid across boats next to wrecked Truong Tien steel bridge. Carts, rickshaws, and vehicles abandoned in the streets. (Vietnam War period).
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