In this first speech John F Kennedy makes it clear to the American public as their President he supports Eisenhower's policy of supporting South Vietnamese government. He argued that if South Vietnam became a communist state , the whole of the non communist world would be at risk. If communism was not halted in Vietnam it would gradually spread throughout the world.
United States President Lyndon B. Johnson and wife, Lady Bird Johnson, in flight from New Zealand to Australia. Presidential plane Air Force One landing in Melbourne, Australia. President is greeted by crowd, Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt and his wife, Zara Holt. Presidential car moving on streets. Views at a wreath laying ceremony. Australian Army troops and band lined up and crowd in background. President Lyndon B Johnson lays wreath on memorial. Australian citizens crowd sidewalks with signs of protest, and some signs of support for Johnson and American policy. Key theme is anti-war demonstrators with signs like "Nappies not napalm" and "Hands off Vietnam" A woman wears a tight white shirt with message "Make love not war." Other signs include "We want independent foreign policy"; "Go home Yankee warmonger" and support signs like "Johnson Keep up good work" and "Lithuanians back Johnson." Peace demonstrations in Brisbane. Australian flags flying in background. Procession of cars and cavalrymen passing through Queen Street and crowd cheering. Cruiser in Sydney Harbor. Views of boats sailing in the Harbor, view of Sydney Opera House from the water and tugboats near harbor bridge spraying water. President and Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson on a boat. Many yachts sailing and a group of young swimmers stand atop a buoy and wave to Johnson. (Vietnam War period).
United States KC-135 A aircraft at Takhli Royal Thai Air Force base in Thailand during the Vietnam War. United States airmen buy hats from a street side shop. Men try on various hats. Hats piled up in the shop. Two men work on the engine of a United States KC-135 A aircraft at the Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base. A man wearing headphones speaks into a wireless. A uniform with ' Vietnam ' ' Thailand' written on it. United States Air Force KC-135 A aircraft on a flight line. An aircraft taxis along the line.
Ubon Air Base, Thailand. U.S. Air Force Eighth Fighter Wing insignia displayed on the wall. A U.S. Air Force officer briefs a group of pilots in preparation for a mission over Vietnam during the Vietnam war. He points at a map on a board and speaks to men seated at a table listening to him. The briefing officer leaves. Air crews discuss the mission.
Several U.S. F4 pilots of the 433rd Tactical Fighter Squadron, Ubon Air Base, Thailand, are debriefed following a mission over Vietnam. A board on a wall in the background. Major Williams debriefs pilots seated at a table. A pilot fills out mission re-cap form. A group pf pilots at another mission briefing. Major Williams conducts the briefing. He points at various maps and charts. View of the unit patch on podium, displaying head of the devil and reads "433rd Tactical Fighter Squadron, The Devil's Angels." Most of the pilots in the squadron have mustaches. (Vietnam War period).
View of the first three U.S. B-52 bombers (of a force of 15) landing at U-Tapao Airbase, Thailand on April 10, 1967. These bombers hit targets in Vietnam on their way to U-Tapao. (The entire force arrived during the period from April through July, 1967, on temporary assignment from the Strategic Air Command 4433rd Bomb Wing at Anderson Air Force Base, Guam.) The B-52s are under the command of the SAC 3rd Air Division. The aircraft land with wing flaps down and deploy drag chutes to slow their ground rolls.Officers of the 4258th Strategic Wing,and Royal Thai Air Force greet the arriving aircrews. The event is recorded by photographers, along with newsmen from Japan, Thailand, United States and Philippines. (Vietnam War period).