French models wear avant-garde 1960s fashion clothing by Spanish fashion designer Paco Rabanne in Paris, France. Models wear metal micro mini dresses by Paco Rabanne. Models and mannequins in a room. Paco Rabanne's iconic metal dresses being displayed on the mannequins. The models put dresses on the mannequins. A model puts on a mask with goggles.
Scenic views of landmarks and landscapes in the United States in the mid 1960s. A couple strolling among cherry blossom trees during Spring, at the Tidal Basin in Washington, DC. The Jefferson Memorial seen in the background. A university or college campus. Aerial view of skyscraper buildings in lower Manhattan, New York City. Street scenes in New York City with car traffic on street and pedestrians walking on sidewalks and crossing an intersection. Seven harvesters operating in parallel on a wheat field. Street scene in San Francisco, with cable car approaching passengers gathered at the Powell Street turnaround, near Ellis Street. Sign for Golden State Hotel is seen on Powell Street. Powell Street crowded with parked cars, shops and pedestrians. The Golden Gate Bridge. Waterfall and river in Yosemite National Park. Visitors watching Niagara Falls. "Maid of the Mist" tour boat moving along the base of the falls. View from car driving through forest in National Park. Cars driving on street in New Orleans, Louisiana. Cowboys herding cattle on a ranch in southwest or western United States. Beautiful scenes of America's natural outdoors including mountain ranges and a rushing river. A woman riding a horse on a rocky coastline with the ocean behind her, at sunset. Closeup of the American flag waving.
American aid to South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. President Dwight D. Eisenhower, speaking at a Gettysburg College commencement, on April 4, 1959, notes, among other things, that the cost of defending freedom must be paid in many places. And he mentions Berlin,Vietnam,and the Middle East. Scene shifts to South Vietnam where recruits are being signed up for its armed forces. Glimpse of a U.S. Army Lieutenant advisor, in sunglasses, smoking a pipe, on a crowded street. Local people in the area. Scene shifts to 1960. Two U.S. Army Ranger advisors, in full brim hats (3214D-M41), stand near as a contingent of Montagnard troops boards a train. View from armed guard standing on front of train as it travels along a single rail in deserted area. A sudden explosion occurs on the train track about 100 yards ahead. Next machine gun fire is seen coming from an armored gun turret on the train. View from inside the armored compartment, as the gun fires, spraying the surrounding area with bullets, creating two explosions nearby. South Vietnamese soldiers (ARVN) pursuing enemy in wooded areas. One, down deep in underbrush, is firing a machine gun. Several others are engaging enemy with small arms. Huts being blown up. ARVN troops returning from an engagement, carrying wounded on stretchers. Year, 1961, and an official American Government airplane is seen. It carries General Maxwell Taylor (in mufti) who was sent by President John F. Kennedy. Taylor is seen being interviewed on the airport ramp. A U.S. Air Force officer training young Vietnamese pilot trainees. A Vietnamese student pilot in a T-28 training airplane.
New York University (NYU) in New York City, United States. Washington Square Arch at the park's center. Empire State building in the background. New York University administration building. Students leave and enter the University. Young men and young women college students in typical early 1960s fashions walking on sidewalks in the city. Fordham University. Stairs known as "Terrace of Presidents" at the Keat Hall. Inscriptions chiseled into steps: "Franklin Delano Roosevelt Reviewed the ROTC and "President Manuel Prado of Peru was made a Doctor of Laws".
"Love in." People gathered at Tapia Park in Los Angeles County, California. A sign board reads 'Tapia Park County Los Angeles'. A line of parked cars. People walk on a street. They gather at the park. Mountains in the background. Men set up musical instruments on a platform. Hippies gathered at the park. Promotional signs on the ground. People seated in the park. A man speaks into a microphone and the crowd listens and mills about. Others play musical instruments. 1960s fashions seen.
Scenes from a 1960s "Love in." People gathered at Tapia Park in Los Angeles County, California. Loudspeakers on a platform in Tapia Park. People dance. Psychedelic dancing. Hippies in crowd and on stage. Band playing music on stage. Other people seated in the park in the background. Men play instruments while a man sings. Mountains in the background.