United States Defense Secretary Robert McNamara at a press conference in the United States. He talks about air strikes against North Vietnam targets during the Vietnam War. A map of Haiphong and Hanoi on a wall. Cameramen take photographs. U.S. aircraft carry out bombing air strikes against Haiphong and Hanoi in Vietnam. U.S. troops load bombs onto Thunderchief F-105 aircraft and F-105 aircraft takeoff for bombing run. Air raids on oil depots in Haiphong and Hanoi. U.S. Navy aircraft take off from USS Ranger (CV-4) aircraft carrier. An aerial view of the land below. Smoke rises up due to explosions.
U.S. President Lyndon Johnson's Washington Press Conference address on his new policy for Vietnam. President's wife Lady Bird Johnson and daughter Lynda Bird Johnson Robb in attendance. Members of the press seated in the room and take down notes. President Lyndon Johnson addresses the press. The President says that he wishes to convey to Communist powers in Vietnam that the United States cannot be defeated by 'force of arms or by superior power.' The President states that he has spoken to Commanding General Westmoreland has assured him that whatever his needs are, they will be met. He says that U.S. troop numbers in the Vietnam War will be increased from 75,000 to 125,000. Additional forces will be needed later which will be sent. Brief shots of young men recruits in the United States standing in line for the draft, taking tests, and taking the oath as soldiers. The President says that he welcomes the concerns of any nation.
U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam Henry Cabot Lodge speaks to the reporters on his arrival in Washington D.C., United States. An aircraft lands at the airfield. U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam Henry Cabot Lodge returns to Washington to end his duties after ten months in the Southeast Asian nation. Henry Cabot Lodge comes out of the aircraft followed by a woman. He is being greeted at the Washington Airport by General Maxwell D Taylor. A large number of reporters wait for Henry Lodge at the airport. Henry Cabot Lodge answers the reporters' questions and gives some straight-forward comments on both Vietnam and his own political position.
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.)
President Nixon speaks with press reporters about Vietnamization of the war. He says that immediate withdrawal from Vietnam would lead to damages to both the U.S. and South Vietnam
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.