Kittikachorn of Thailand, Chairman Nguyen Van Thieu and PM Nguyen Cao Ky of Republic of Vietnam and Lydon B. Johnson at the Manila Summit Conference. “We are going to Manila. To try to find the formula for peace, to try to review our military operations, to try to exchange views with the leaders of seven countries. We do not expect any magic wonders, we do not expect any miracles. But we do think that each nation who has man committed to die, their leaders opt to get around the table and get the best thinking of the best man those nations can send” said President Johnson. Cameramen taking pictures as the leaders of seven nations walk and followed by others. Participants of summit conference seated in a private meeting in palace. Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos delivers welcome speech to SEATO members. “On behalf of my people, therefore, I extend warm and affectionate welcome to each and everyone of the heads of government and heads of state who are here. I greet President Park Chung Hee of the Republic of Korea. I greet Prime Minister Thanom Kittikachorn of Thailand. I greet Chairman Nguyen Van Thieu of the Republic of Vietnam. I greet Prime Minister Nguyen Cao Ky of the Republic of Vietnam. I greet Prime Minister Harold Holt of Australia. I greet Prime Minister Keith Holyoake of New Zealand. And I greet President Lyndon B. Johnson of the United States of America.” Ferdinand Marcos said. “For there is a fresh new wind that sweeps over the face of Asia; its peoples are more perceptive, its leaders are more dedicated, passionately, to the interest of their people; and Asia can no longer accept western formulas without questioning or participation. Asia hopes that it shall be given participation in the determination of its own destiny.” says Ferdinand Marcos during his introductory speech. SEATO delegates and other dignitaries walking. Man prints briefings of the conference at the International Press Center of the conference. Women distribute press briefings to foreign newsmen. 2000 international newsmen covering the conference in Manila. First ladies of the states, such as Imelda Marcos, Lady Bird Johnson, and Yuk Young-soo, touring. Filipino women embroider traditional Piña textile. Mrs. Lady Bird Johnson speaks with Filipino women embroiders. View at the conference. Large number of photographers taking pictures. Leaders signing documents. Philippine President speaking and crowd watching the broadcast on television. Views of men typing. Men on their phones. A Filipino emcee reads from a paper. President Ferdinand Marcos concludes the Manila Summit Conference. A traditional Christmas Filipino “Parol” lantern and Christmas decorations (common in the Philippines as early as September), at the Congress Building in Manila (Padre Burgos Ave, Ermita 2004 Manila National Capital Region). Brass band plays the traditional Filipino song “Bahay Kubo” in the background. Filipinos carry Parol lanterns in a parade. President Lyndon B Johnson and other SEATO dignitaries watch the festivities. A woman and a man, dressed in formal Filipino “Reyna Elena” attire, during the festivities. A Filipino man dressed as a bishop (likely Saint Nicholas of Myra). People pull a Karosa or carriage of the Virgin Mary as the Immaculate Conception, who is considered as the Marian Patroness of the Philippines.
A news conference in Washington D.C., United States about American soldiers held as prisoners of war in North Vietnam. The United States Secretary of Defense, Melvin R. Laird, addresses the press at a conference as he stands behind a podium with the Department of Defense insignia on it. A board in the background reads ' United States POWs and missing in action personnel ' . The Deputy Secretary of Defense Richard G. Capen at the podium as he addresses the press. A board placed next to Capen with pictures on it. A sign on the board reads ' LCRC inspection '. An officer stands near the board. A chart on the board displays the statistics indicating the number of prisoners of war and missing persons in Vietnam. Another chart on the board reads ' duration of captivity ' . A picture of a captured soldier on the board. A picture released by North Vietnamese bears the title ' Identity '. (Vietnam War period).
Battle of Khe Sanh between January 1968 to April 1968. Aerial bombardment by U.S. over North Vietnam position in Khe Sanh. Explosions on ground. Marines fire artillery and move out into surrounding terrain of Khe Sanh. Wounded marines carried on litters to medical care. General William Westmoreland arrives to pay tribute to B-52 aircraft pilots for their contribution in Khe Sanh battle. General Westmoreland decorates pilots. President Lyndon B Johnson decorated officers at the White House. Commanding officer, Colonel David E Lownds receives a navy cross. Sergeant Major AW Smith is awarded with bronze star. President Lyndon B Johnson praises gallantry of marines and airmen at the White House. Scene returns to Vietnam, as Marines move through jungle. 26th Marines advance on dirt road in Khe Sanh. Close up of an African American marine marching. Trenches deserted in Khe Sanh airfield area and view of nearby terrain and landscape. (Vietnam War period).
Richard Nixon-Spiro Agnew election campaign for the office of Presidency in United States. Men sit in front of wrecked buildings in Vietnam. Dead Vietnamese and United States soldiers. Vietnamese civilians weep. A view of United States soldiers posted in Vietnam. Richard Nixon promises the end of Vietnam War during presidential campaign.
Review of conflicts involving U.S. from World War 2 to 1970. A U.S. soldier with rifle and binoculars, on guard. German Chancellor Adolf Hitler speaks in Germany to mass audience. German mobilization and blitzkrieg. U.S. troops firing small arms on island in Pacific, battling Japanese. U.S. soldiers on half-track firing artillery. Explosive destruction of Nazi swastika and Eagle symbol on top of building in Zeppelin Field, Nuremberg, Germany. General Douglas MacArthur stands as Japanese General signs surrender documents aboard USS Missouri, ending World War II. Times Square in New York City on Victory over Japan Day (VJ Day) marking end of World War 2. American troops firing artillery and small arms in Korean War. Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev speaking at the United Nations. Newspaper headlines about postwar Berlin Crisis. Soviet missiles on display in military parade in Red Square in Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union. Soviet General Georgy Zhukov and Nikita Khrushchev, at Kremlin, reviewing the parade. Cuban President Fidel Castro giving a speech. A newspaper headline reading: "Khrushchev orders removal of missiles" ending the Cuban Missile Crisis. Soviet cargo ship with covered missiles on its deck. Red flag with image of Lenin and message: 'Partido Communista Dominicano' and a crowd chanting support for the Communist party in the Dominican Republic. Communist Chinese people marching with massed flags in the People’s Republic of China. Chairman Mao Zedong waving to a crowd of young supporters and Red Guards in China as they chant. A United States soldier in South Vietnam during Vietnam War looks through binoculars and then walks carrying his M-16 rifle. A map of Vietnam.
The U.S. Secretary of State Dr Henry Kissinger addresses a press conference after signing a peace agreement in Paris, France. Dr Kissinger arrives at a press conference and takes his chair. He talks to press photographers about the happenings of the peace talks, ceasefire in Vietnam and troops withdrawal from Laos and Cambodia. He expresses satisfaction on the progress of treaty and resuming peace conditions in Vietnam. Press photographers take photos and make notes of Kissinger's speech. He speaks about the cease fire agreement, need for free elections and resumption of peace. (Vietnam War period).
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