Deployment of United States 355th Tactical Fighter Wing and F-105 D aircraft take off from Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base in Thailand during the Vietnam War. The aircraft ascend fast immediately after take off from the air base. An F-105 D aircraft taxis along and takes off. F- 105 Ds take off from the air base.
United states Secretary of Defense address the press in Washington D.C., United States. A Department of Defense emblem at a door with the nameplate of Secretary Melvin R Laird below it. United States Secretary of Defense Melvin R. Laird addresses the press with American Ambassador to South Vietnam Ellsworth Bunker and American Ambassador to Paris Habib in the background. Secretary Laird talks about the reorganization program and its implications. He also talks about the awards being given to Ambassador Bunker and Habib.
USS Ranger underway in the South China Sea during the Vietnam War. A U.S. Navy SH-3D Sea King helicopter in flight off the side of USS Ranger. The helicopter lifts off. A U.S. Navy KA-3B Skywarrior aircraft being launched. A U.S. Navy A-7B Corsair II being launched from the angle deck and becomes airborne. An F-4J Phantom II aircraft taxis on the deck of USS Ranger, turning completely around. The A-7B seen airborne in the background after being launched from the angled deck. U.S. Navy A-6A Intruder aircraft taxiing on the deck. Two A-6As on the angle deck being prepared for a launch. One A-6A is launched. The second A-6A on launch. U.S. Navy C-1A Trader aircraft taxiing slowly on the deck. The F-4J aircraft in flight. The A- 7B in flight with its wheels down.
USS Ranger underway in the South China Sea during the Vietnam War. U.S. Navy A-7B Corsair II touching down and rolling to stop. A man runs out towards the aircraft. A-7B going over edge of the angle deck. A puff of smoke drifts off over the deck. A parachute is seen opening as the pilot disappears over the ship's side. Several men running over the deck. A U.S. Navy SH-3D Sea King helicopter low over water to pick up the pilot. The destroyer escort moving up, several men in the foreground on the flight deck. The helicopter lifts off with the pilot. The helicopter in flight over water. The destroyer escort in the background. A U.S. Navy A-6A Intruder aircraft on fly by. U.S. Navy RA-5C Vigilante aircraft coming to a stop on the deck after recovery. The aircraft taxi forward. The helicopter lands on the deck with the recovered pilot. The rescued pilot of the A-7B walks over the deck after returning to the ship.
News special report about U.S. President Richard Nixon's press conference at White House in Washington DC. President Nixon arrives in a hall packed with press reporters. He stands before the microphone and reporters question him. A reporter asks him about the protests against his decision to send U.S. Military troops in Cambodia, during the Vietnam War. Nixon answers him.
Special report about State of Union Message by U.S. President Richard M Nixon to the Congress in Washington DC. President Nixon addresses the congress from the podium. Vice President Spiro Agnew and the Congress Speaker sit on seats behind podium President Nixon speaks about the Korean and Vietnam Wars and America's foreign policies. Congressmen including former Vice President Hubert Humphrey applaud. He stresses need for peaceful US-Soviet relations and relations with the People's Republic of China.