Harry Hopkins, Special Assistant to the United States President and Sir Oliver Lyttleton, British Minister of State talk with press reporters, in Washington DC. Press reporters make notes as the two men answer their questions. Both of them step out from a government building and talk to each other.
Operation Thayer II by First Air Cavalry Division of United States Army in Ankhe, South Vietnam. Soldiers of Fire Support Center dig ground nearby their camp. Soldiers discover fragments of Viet Cong mortar shells from wet quagmire and collect them. Bullet holes in conex containers. Soldiers dig with shovel and army knife. Cabins, jeeps and other soldiers at the base. (Vietnam War period).
Operation Thayer II by First Air Cavalry Division of United States Army in Ankhe, South Vietnam. General William C. Westmoreland talks with soldiers and officers of 1st Cavalry Division, including Brigadier General W. A. Becker. Soldiers smile. General Westmoreland departs by Bell UH-1 Iroquois (Huey) helicopter. At the Hammond Airfield, General Westmoreland steps from a jeep and is welcomed by officers. He stands on hood of a jeep and praises the fine job done by the soldiers. Soldiers gather around the jeep and listen to him. (Vietnam War period).
Pilot successfully lands a B-52H (6-032) airplane with its vertical stabilizer tail torn off at Eaker AFB, Blytheville, Arkansas. The B-52 plane gets damaged during a test flight over northern New Mexico. The vertical stabilizer was ripped off due to buffeting stresses during turbulence (loss of structural integrity). Pilot Charles "Chuck" Fisher lands safely after five hours of flying without tail. Crew and ground support staff on the airfield look at the torn tail.
Two disabled children impress the United States President Lyndon B. Johnson (LBJ) and comedian Bob Hope, the national chairman of the 30th annual Easter Seal Campaign, in the President’s office at the White House. Disabled siblings with crutches, Donnie and Ronnie Cooper, perform headstands for President Johnson and Bob Hope. Cameramen and crew members work behind the scenes. Bob Hope introduces the children as the “poster children of the Easter Seal Campaign”, then he asks the two children to introduce themselves. Bob Hope shows a book containing Easter Seal stamps. Bob Hope asks the two boys to perform headstands. The two disabled boys perform headstands.
An officer of Selective Service System speaks about its requirement and functioning. The officer, sitting at his desk speaks about Selective Services System. He emphasizes need of strong armed forces and quick mobilization of forces. He lays stress on achievement of adequate arms strength.
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