News correspondent reads news about stand of U.S. President Richard Nixon on Vietnam War. President Nixon addresses the nation about the Vietnam War from White House. He details how United States got involved in the war. Nixon says that time has come to end the battle in Vietnam. (This became known as Nixon's "Silent Majority" speech.)
A moratorium in Washington DC to end the Vietnam War. Peace activists and pacifist demonstrators gathered on a street at night as they march to protest against the Vietnam War. People carry banners and red flags. People milling about in a street. People carry a banner that reads "Stop the war against Vietnam and Black America" (referring to African Americans). They march down the street at night.
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).
South Vietnamese civilians escaping Vietnam during the fall of Saigon to the North Vietnamese, at the end of the Vietnam War. USS Blue Ridge (LCC-19) maneuvering off shore of South Vietnam. Flotilla of small Vietnamese civilian boats carrying evacuees approach the USS Blue Ridge. U.S. Navy sailors take lines from the boats and help refugees to board the US Navy ship.
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).