Peace activists and pacifist demonstrators amassed in Washington DC during a moratorium to end the Vietnam War. Anti-war demonstrators move down a street. Peace seeking people hold hands as they walk down a street in protest of the war. A man on a motorcycle ride down the street. The Washington Monument (2 15th St NW, Washington, DC 20024, United States). People march during the rally. A man carries a large wooden cross down the middle of Constitution Avenue. People form a human chain and march in a line down the street at the rally. A banner reads "Clergy Layman concerned about Vietnam." Another banner reads ' No deals in Vietnam U.S. get out now'. People milling about at the Washington Monument. A man carrying a megaphone walk among a large crowd.
European hostages, rescued from Stanleyville, arriving at Leopoldville airport in the Congo, during insurrection there in 1964. Rescued persons deplane from U.S. Air Force C-130 aircraft by way of its rear cargo door and ramps. Sick and wounded are met by medical personnel who place them in ambulances. Next, text from 3rd Geneva Convention, of 1949, is displayed. Scene shifts to U.S. military advisers in Vietnam helping train Republic of Vietnam soldiers (ARVN) in proper treatment of prisoners; methods of taking prisoners with minimum of force; interrogation methods; and medical treatment of wounded prisoners. (Vietnam War period).
Artist's sketch of U.S. Army field grade officer. Sketches of soldiers, arms, and equipment, including tanks, machine guns, missiles. President Lyndon B. Johnson, addressing the nation, relates receiving a letter from a woman who doesn't understand why America is fighting in Vietnam. Two U.S. Army captains in jungle fatigues, walk past a helmeted tank crewman, in Vietnam. Closeup of Vietnamese woman holding her crying baby. View of man on his haunches over a fire in destroyed building. (Vietnam War period).
An anti-war march event in New York City, organized by the Spring Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam (later became the National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam). Large crowd of anti-war demonstrators begin in Central Park and march on the streets holding banners. Students, housewives, doctors, businessmen, teachers, Beatniks, Hippies, and other demonstrators attend the protest. Group of demonstrators burns draft cards. Pro war and anti-war demonstrators argue. Right wing demonstrators protest the anti-war march. Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King and officials walk towards the United Nations headquarters building (46th St & 1st Ave, New York, NY 10017) during the peace demonstration. Military policemen arrest demonstrators protesting the Vietnam War.
Bien Hoa Air Base in Saigon. OH-6A helicopters seen through barbed wire. Soldiers on tank. Army vehicles pass on bridge. Smoke rises in the background. Dead Vietcong on bridge. Vietnamese look through rubble. Smoking rubble in area. (Vietnam War period).
UC-123B aircraft spread defoliant agent orange in Vietnam. Ranch Hand UC-123Bs of the 12th Air Commando Squadron, flying side by side, make a single pass over a ten mile strip of land that lies between Con Thien and Gia Linh. Shows aircraft in flight to target area, descending, and spraying defoliant agent. They generate a continuous unbroken cloud of agent orange over the area.. The aircraft return to base as evening begins, flying in loose trail formation.
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