President Nixon speaks to press reporters about increasing demonstrations in United States. Another reporter asks about the boycott of North Vietnam in the Paris Peace Talks. Nixon answers that the U.S. would enter into the next stage of the Peace Talks.
A large crowd gathered to welcome U.S. President Nixon at the Mississippi Economic Council silver anniversary meeting in Jackson, Mississippi, held in the Coliseum. President Nixon from speaker's podium addresses the Economic Council. Nixon presents his vision of Mississippi in the future. He mentions effects of Korean War, Vietnam War and economic crises. The spectators applaud as Nixon expresses hope for a bright future for the United States of America. Officials attending included Governor William Waller, Senator Jim Eastland, Senator John Stennis, and Mississippi congressmen.
Special report about State of Union Message by U.S. President Richard M Nixon to the Congress in Washington DC. President Nixon addresses the congress from the podium. Vice President Spiro Agnew and the Congress Speaker sit on seats behind podium President Nixon speaks about the Korean and Vietnam Wars and America's foreign policies. Congressmen including former Vice President Hubert Humphrey applaud. He stresses need for peaceful US-Soviet relations and relations with the People's Republic of China.
U.S. 101st Airborne Division in the Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War. Five United States Army UH-1D Iroquois helicopters land on a grassy field. U.S. Army Soldiers run out and move across the field. The helicopters take off. The soldiers, some white and some African American, wade across a jungle stream. The soldiers at a huge bomb crater made by a United States Air Force B-52 Stratofortress aircraft bombing raid.
U.S. 101st Airborne Division in the Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War. Soldiers check and measure a bomb crater made by a United States Air Force B-52 Stratofortress aircraft bombing raid. Soldiers seated in a jungle write notes on their findings. The soldiers walk on a jungle path lined by trees. The soldiers cross a field in a line. They eat rations, read and rest as they wait for helicopters. African American soldier eating rations from a can. Protestant services in the field. A small wrecked concrete building in the background.
U.S. 101st Airborne Division in the Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War. A chaplain leads men in a prayer service. An altar set up on the ground. A fleet of United States Army UH-1D Iroquois helicopters comes in for landing. Soldiers wait on a field as seen from a helicopter taking off. A soldier seated in an airborne helicopter has two belts of ammunition across his chest.
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