USAF F-4D fighter bombers, armed with ordnance, in flight from the Ubon Royal Thai Air Force Base (RTAFB) in Thailand during the Vietnam War. Two USAF McDonnell Douglas F-4D Phantom II fighter bombers armed with Mark 84 Laser-Guided Bombs (LGBs), take off. The two F-4Ds with Mark 84 LGBs, Mark 82s, ECM (Electronic countermeasures) pods and Sparrows in flight. Bomb explosions on road.
Robert Sargent Shriver is interviewed by Frank Reynolds in Washington. Television journalist Frank Reynolds interviews Robert Sargent Shriver Jr. , Director of the Peace Corps. A world map on a wall in the background. Sargent Shriver talks about enthusiasm of former U.S. President John F. Kennedy (JK) and U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson for the Peace Corps. Frank Reynolds questions whether the people of Vietnam can serve in the Peace Corps.
African American Industrial and economic union in Cleveland,Ohio. World Heavyweight Champion Cassius Clay (later Muhammad Ali) meets with top African American athletes during the African American Industrial and Economic Union, to discuss his draft stance during the Vietnam War. Athletes include Bill Russel, Lew Alcindor (later Kareem Abdul-Jabbar), and Jim Brown. Jim Brown, the founder of the union, speaks about Clay's behavior. Cleveland Mayor Carl Burton Stokes is also present.
Hippies and peace activists promoting peace in Detroit, Michigan. A large crowd of hippies and activists gather at the Belle Isle park for a love in. Man writes pacifist slogans on cars. Various peace slogans painted on cars, trucks and vans. People dance and promote peace and anti-war participants demonstrate against the war in Vietnam.
American servicemen are kept informed by American Forces Radio and Television Station facilities. A soldier listens to a radio and writes a letter. Another soldier in southeast Asia looks at a post with directional arrows showing distances thousands of miles away to cities like Seattle, San Francisco, and Denver. He sits on a bench and listens to the radio. Aerial view of the broadcasting station part of the American Forces Radio and Television Station. Power is supplied by portable generators housed in wooden shacks. View of radio studios, control rooms and administrative blocks. A man serving as Disc Jockey or DJ operates a control panel and a phonograph turntable to play a record. He turns dials on the control panel and works on a program schedule. View of a reel to reel tape machine running. News report and informational programs are broadcast to a large majority of servicemen. Military cooks working in a kitchen to prepare food. Army soldier standing at washroom sink and shaving, while listening to a portable radio. Two Army soldiers, one white and one African American, playing pool or billiards while listening to a portable radio. Soldiers on a rest break during a patrol in the Vietnam War listen to a radio.
The opening of the Grand Ole Opry house in Nashville, Tennessee. U.S. President Richard Nixon present with his wife at the ceremony. Nixon addresses the people. He talks about the American music. He states that the country music has a magnificent appeal all across the country. He talks about some of the Hollywood stars, singing some of the more modern music that is hard to understand. He also talks about some of the men who served the United States in Vietnam and were prisoners of war. They were being entertained at the White House. They had been in prison for more than 6 years. He further states that the American music talks about family, it talks about religion, the faith in God that is very important to the country and particularly to the family life. He says that the country music radiates a love of the Nation, patriotism. People applaud as he ends his speech.
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