American prisoners of war in Vietnam. A news bulletin shows an anchor with a map of South East Asia in the background. American soldiers taken as prisoners by North Vietnam enter a church and take their seats. A priest conducts a service. Numbers on the shirts of the men. They attend the prayer service. Men receive the holy communion at their seats. The prisoners sing hymns at the prayer service. (Vietnam War period).
Republic of Vietnam field exercises with simulated combat. Regional and Popular Forces (RF/PF) land on river bank in assault boats and pursue Viet Cong impersonators in village. Some South Vietnam forces pursue impersonated enemy in V-100 Commando Armored cars. (Vietnam War period).
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
Scenes from May 1, 1970 Mayday anti-war rally in Washington DC, by civil disobedience groups organized against the Vietnam War, including the National Peace Action Coalition. Ground level view of U.S. Capitol building as seen from National Mall. Views among 3000 protestors gathered on the steps and grounds of the U.S. Capitol, described as radicals by the narrator. Crowd cheering and yelling and displaying signs. A hippie man in top hat displays a rude finger gesture to the camera and yells. He appears to be holding a hand rolled joint or cigarette. Protestors, some shirtless, dance, sway, and yell in scenes of general chaos. A protestor with a vulgar word painted on his forehead. View of police in riot gear helmets with shields as they watch the crowd. Close-up views of faces of demonstrators on U.S. Capitol steps. Police begin to forcibly pick up and drag away protestors who have been ordered to disperse. Protestors stay limp and heavy making it difficult and slow for police to remove them and arrest them. View of a peace demonstrator carrying a young child with a painted forehead. Police load arrested protestors into a bus. Police officer crushes small white disks into powder on ground outside bus. Scenes after the protest of routine traffic of cars, taxi cabs, and pedestrians on streets of Washington DC in National Mall area, including Pennsylvania Avenue, and near various federal buildings. Citizens in 1970s fashions crossing the street. 1960s and 1970s cars on the roads. View of office workers and pedestrians on sidewalk in Washington DC going to or from work. A small protest gathering in the distance behind the workers. View of protestors gathered and assembling. Assorted views of police officers near a crowd of demonstrators. Police drag a protestor down the steps of a federal building. The protestor nods her head and shows peace signs with both hands as she is hauled away.
USS Ranger underway in the South China Sea during the Vietnam War. A U.S. Navy SH-3D Sea King helicopter in flight off the side of USS Ranger. The helicopter lifts off. A U.S. Navy KA-3B Skywarrior aircraft being launched. A U.S. Navy A-7B Corsair II being launched from the angle deck and becomes airborne. An F-4J Phantom II aircraft taxis on the deck of USS Ranger, turning completely around. The A-7B seen airborne in the background after being launched from the angled deck. U.S. Navy A-6A Intruder aircraft taxiing on the deck. Two A-6As on the angle deck being prepared for a launch. One A-6A is launched. The second A-6A on launch. U.S. Navy C-1A Trader aircraft taxiing slowly on the deck. The F-4J aircraft in flight. The A- 7B in flight with its wheels down.
USS Ranger underway in the South China Sea during the Vietnam War. U.S. Navy A-7B Corsair II touching down and rolling to stop. A man runs out towards the aircraft. A-7B going over edge of the angle deck. A puff of smoke drifts off over the deck. A parachute is seen opening as the pilot disappears over the ship's side. Several men running over the deck. A U.S. Navy SH-3D Sea King helicopter low over water to pick up the pilot. The destroyer escort moving up, several men in the foreground on the flight deck. The helicopter lifts off with the pilot. The helicopter in flight over water. The destroyer escort in the background. A U.S. Navy A-6A Intruder aircraft on fly by. U.S. Navy RA-5C Vigilante aircraft coming to a stop on the deck after recovery. The aircraft taxi forward. The helicopter lands on the deck with the recovered pilot. The rescued pilot of the A-7B walks over the deck after returning to the ship.
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