Sammy Davis Jr. and USO troupe entertain sailors aboard the USS Hancock, during her 7th Vietnam Cruise, in 1972. Opening scene shows sailors assembled on Hangar deck of the Aircraft Carrier, USS Hancock (CVA-19). Several parked aircraft are seen. Sailors listen as Davis speaks. Then an announcer asks if they should make the entertainers stay over a day. All shout and applaud in agreement. Distant view of the entertainers on a stage. A sailor (announcer) on stage, comments on the enthusiam of the audience. View from behind sailors standing on improvised platforms at rear of the space. Other random views of sailors in audience. Another distant view of the stage. Random closeups of audience members standing in various locations. Some are perched on hangar equipment. Finally, the camera shows Sammy Davis Jr. onstage with dancers moving behind him rhythmically, as he speaks. He expresses appreciation to the officers and USO officials who made their visit and show possible.
Sammy Davis Jr. and members of his USO troupe of entertainers, step from a CH-47 helicopter on their arrival at Honolulu International Airport, Hawaii, following their Vietnam tour in 1972. Davis is wearing a sailor's uniform. He is accompanied by singer Sondra "Blinky" Williams. They shake hands and chat with soldiers meeting them on the airfield ramp. "Wild sound" including conversations and music is heard in the background, not synched with the moving images. Sammy Davis Jr. and Blinky Williams pose with some of the soldiers. Davis consults with others. Scene shifts to women members of the USO troupe stepping from the helicopter with help from an Army Military policeman. Images end at TC:01:49. Wild sound continues until TC:04:22, where it is replaced by verbal identification of the reel.
USS Carronade (IFS-1) firing rockets during Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase III, of Vietnam War. Scenes of rocket fire from the deck at night. Sprays of sparks above the deck which is illuminated as rockets are fired from the ship.
Senator William J Fulbright in United States. Interviewer asks Fulbright about President's policy about Vietnam. Fulbright shows full confidence in President's policy and says that bombing should have been done more patiently. They talk about war. Fulbright says U.S. had never betrayed. He says they are committed to the treaty.
Senator J. William Fulbright in United States. Interviewer asks Fulbright about President Lyndon B Johnson's policies on Vietnam War and if he is in line with John F Kennedy and Dwight D Eisenhower. Fulbright says that it has been a difficult situation for the President. He states that he has been involved with the President in many of the campaigns and war can not be justified.
Senator J. William Fulbright in the United States.Television interviewer asks Fulbright about the Soviet Union involvement in North Vietnam. Fulbright says that they are involved. The involvement of the Soviet Union in the controversy between Pakistan and India was a propaganda ploy, and the Soviet Union have succeeded in it.
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