The American Forces Korea Network in Seoul, South Korea. In a weather reporting segment, an officer points at a weather board. Information is gathered from data gathering devices at a military weather bureau. A live performance by a musician artist at a studio, where he plays guitar and sings. A demonstration of an attack by a military guide dog on enemy agents. Guest appearance by sports champions during a show.
American servicemen are kept informed by newspapers and radio telecasts. In Guam, Mariana Islands : a serviceman seated at a table in a room listens to a radio and writes a letter to his wife. A radio disc jockey hosts a musical show and plays songs for listeners from a studio. In Korea : a soldier reads Stars and Stripes newspaper while getting a haircut. In South Vietnam: mechanics read a newspaper. Newspapermen work and write for the Pacific edition of Stars and Stripes newspaper. In Thailand : American servicemen watch a sports program at USO Club. A video taping technician works with recording devices at a television station. American soldiers watch a television show. A television engineer controls a program on air at the American Forces Korea Network. A man works on a typewriter.
The fourth presidential election debate held between Democratic nominee Senator John F. Kennedy and Republican nominee U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon in New York, United States on 21st October 1960. ABC News correspondent Quincy Howe speaks during the debate and allows correspondent Walter Cronkite to ask Senator Kennedy a question. Mr. Cronkite asks Senator Kennedy that in what areas the United States might take offensive against communism rather than being defensive to the Soviet Union. Senator Kennedy replies to the question and says that the eastern Europe is very vulnerable area according to him. He says there should be policies which make it possible to establish closer relation with a country like Poland and he also mentions the Hungarian Revolution. Senator Kennedy speaks about the relations between the Soviet Union and China. He says that India represents a great area for affirmative action by the free world. India started from about the same place that China did. India under a free society has been making some progress. But if India does not succeed, Communism can take over. He says that in Africa, Asia, Latin America, eastern Europe, the great force on their side is the desire of people to be free. Correspondent Howe asks Vice President Nixon to comment on the topic. Nixon speaks about Poland and says that Poland in not in a position to take any independent position under Soviet control. He talks about aids being sent to Poland from the U.S. and says that the U.S. can have more exchange with Poland or with any other Iron Curtain countries.
The last U.S. ground units leave Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Columns of U.S. soldiers march to board an aircraft which will carry them to the United States. Troops wave to a crowd. A Vietnamese woman cries as she looks at the troops. U.S. sailors being greeted by their relatives and friends upon their arrival in the United States.
United States Senator from Minnesota, and former Vice President, Hubert Humphrey, records a speech related to the U.S. Presidential election campaign of 1972 in the United States.
United States President Richard Nixon visits Tehran, Iran. President Nixon and the First Lady of the United States Pat Nixon arrive in a limousine for a state dinner at the Niavaran Palace (Tehran Province Tehran District 1 Niavaran St, Niavaran Square, Iran). President Nixon, Mrs. Nixon and others enter the palace. President Nixon shakes hands with people.
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