President Lyndon B Johnson gives a speech at the John Hopkins University (Baltimore, MD 21218, United States) in Baltimore. He talks about U.S. relations with South Vietnam, peace talks and proposes an aid program. He offers to hold diplomatic discussions to end the war in Vietnam. He states the need for an independent South Vietnam. “Such peace demands an independent South Viet-Nam—securely guaranteed and able to shape its own relationships to all others—free from outside interference—tied to no alliance—a military base for no other country.” President Johnson said. The President calls upon South East Asia nations for a co-operative economic drive, and asks the United Nations and nations like the Soviet Union to join in. “For our part I will ask the Congress to join in a billion-dollar American investment in this effort as soon as it is underway. And I would hope that all other industrialized countries, including the Soviet Union, will join in this effort to replace despair with hope, and terror with progress.” President Johnson said. Men working with heavy machinery in a South East Asian industrial plant. View of working men constructing a modern bridge in Vietnam. Vietnamese farmer threshing harvested rice. A doctor examines a Vietnamese man. The crowd applauds the President's speech. Views of Vietnamese people working on farms, in technical and scientific laboratories, and industrialization in Vietnam. A European or American professor teaches a Vietnamese student inside a laboratory. Vietnamese women working inside a textile factory. Vietnamese farmers carrying produce. President Johnson quotes from the book of Deuteronomy in the Bible. “We may well be living in the time foretold many years ago when it was said: “I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live.” Well, we will choose life. In so doing we will prevail over the enemies within man, and over the natural enemies of all mankind.” President Johnson concludes his speech.
A news special report about U.S. President Richard Nixon's speech from the White House about Vietnam War. A news correspondent reads news about the current status of war in Vietnam. President Nixon speaks from an office in the White House. President Nixon during his famous 'Silent Majority' speech. Richard Nixon details the history of Vietnam War and the ways North Vietnamese communists adopted to impose their government in South Vietnam. He says that immediate withdrawal of the United States forces would be a disaster for South Vietnam and the U.S. as well. He talks about steps taken to resume peace in the region and the progress of Paris Peace Talks.
Pedestrians with umbrellas walk on flooded street in the rain in Washington D.C. during the November Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam. Some pedestrians use walking sticks while walking. A woman holds her pet dog with her back from the camera. American youth and adults gather to protest the Vietnam War, in a march also known as the “Vietnam Moratorium”. Sign reads "Business as usual. Today is murder in Vietnam." A man holding a parody of the United States flag with skulls and crossbones replacing the stars. Peaceful protesters flashing the “peace sign” gesture while chanting “NOW” repeatedly. A young African American man with Afro hairstyle flashes the “peace sign” and smiles. Thousands of Americans participate in a nighttime candlelight vigil for soldiers killed during the Vietnam War. A man carries his young daughter on his shoulders while walking down Pennsylvania Avenue during the protest.
Seven nation summit conference on Vietnam in Manila, Philippines. U.S. President Lyndon B Johnson, North and South Vietnamese leaders during the meeting sign resolutions. President Johnson visits American soldiers and GIs in Vietnam. He reviews honor guards standing in a jeep. President also presents gallantry awards and medals to soldiers in Vietnam. (Vietnam War period).
173rd Assault Helicopter Company (Robin Hoods) patrols in Lai Khe, South Vietnam. A helicopter patrols over the jungles. Barrel of the machine gun of the helicopter can be seen. Smoke rises from two places in the jungle. Wild track audio commentary indicates helicopter is doing a troop lift. Helicopter then flies over the sea. Formation of other Assault Helicopters at high altitude, still in air. (Vietnam War period).
173rd Assault Helicopter Company (Robin Hoods) patrols in Lai Khe, south Vietnam. Soldiers talk on wireless ratio sets sitting near mud roads. Few soldiers sit near the helicopters. Soldiers talk standing in groups. Soldiers sit near jeeps and rain water in small mud holes. Infantrymen move with their rifles on mud roads. Helicopter with cap and fir of Robin Hood as insignia. Helicopter with yellow stripe on tail, belonging to 162nd Assault Helicopter Company (Vultures) starts its engine. (Background wild track audio includes unrelated sounds of helicopter pilot communications with command.) (Vietnam War period).