The Gulf of Tonkin Incident during the Vietnam War. A flag of U.S. Navy. U.S. Navy soldiers parade. Aircraft being parked on the deck of aircraft carrier. Animated map shows the route of U.S. Destroyers (DD) on Gulf of Tonkin. A destroyer USS Maddox (DD-731) underway in the Pacific. General Quarter on the DD sounds. The U.S. Navy men run and take their positions on the ship. The ship crewmen take their position on the deck guns. A sailor looks through a binocular. Two officers on a bridge of USS Maddox. One of them looks through the binocular. A tower on the ship. A U.S. Navy sailor loads shell and fires with a gun. Several views of the sailor loading shells and firing. U.S. Commander Robert Warhart describes what he and his pilots did during the attack against Vietnamese torpedo boats. USS Turner Joy (DD-951) underway in the pacific. The U.S. sailors wearing headphones at controls. North Vietnamese patrol boats strike against the U.S. destroyers. The White House in Washington DC. The crew members pull the bombs on a small elevator. They load the bombs in the aircraft. The ship crew members work under the wings of the U.S. Navy aircraft. The pilots seated in a room before taking off. An officer with the help of a wall map briefs pilots about the attack. A pilot gets into a cockpit. Another one stands on a ladder. The pilot closes the canopy. A signal officer gives signal. The aircraft taxi one after the other and take off for the attack on Vietnamese patrol boats. USS Turner Joy and USS Maddox underway in the Pacific.
Hippies demonstrate against the Vietnam War on the north sidewalk of the White House in Washington DC. Long haired hippies and their things on Pennsylvania Avenue along a sidewalk in front of the White House. Anti-war demonstrators pass out leaflets to pedestrians. A sign on a poster: ' Vigil for Peace'. The White House in the background. A hippie plays a guitar. Two other young men sing along. A sign on pamphlets reads 'Protest The Escalation, March To The Capitol, Sat. May 13. Demonstrators play guitars and pass out leaflets to the pedestrians. A sign "In the name of God stop the war". Some protestors sleep on the sidewalk and smoke.
Hippies demonstrate on the north sidewalk of the White House in Washington DC. Long haired , weirdo hippies and their things on Pennsylvania Avenue along a sidewalk in front of the White House. A woman stands with a poster. The poster reads 'Honk For Peace'. Various posters read 'Unity Means Peace', 'In The Name of God, Stop The War', 'Vigil for Peace' and 'Give God A Chance'. Peace demonstrators play guitars. A young man in torn denim jeans sings with them. A baby in a pram or stroller. The demonstrators pass out leaflets to pedestrians. Some sleep on a sidewalk and smoke cigarettes. The demonstrators protest the escalation of war ( Vietnam War ) and advocate a march towards the Capitol on May 13, 1972.
Press conferences in Havana, Cuba. Officials and dignitaries arrive to attend Havana Press Conference on August 2, 1968 and Havana Libre Hotel Press Conference on August 6, 1968. The officials and dignitaries seated at a table for the press conference. Trinidadian-American Black Activist Stokely Carmichael at the Havana Press Conference. Stokely Carmichael talks about the struggle of Blacks (African Americans) in the U.S. in order to attain liberation and get equal civil rights, and states that American Blacks will not fight in Vietnam. Stokely Carmichael talks about the constant aggression faced by the Black population, and gives a brief explanation of Black Power. Local reporters and foreign correspondents make notes during the conference. A newsman speaks.
Vietnam War demonstrations in front of the United States Embassy in London, England. General view of Pro-American group, carrying American, British, and South Vietnamese flags and plaques. Pro-American Group carries a South Korean flag. Some of the banners read “Southampton University Monday Club” and “Stop Vietcong Terror”. Plaques being carried by the group as they march. Mounted Police and Foot Patrolman standing by along the street. The large mob of Anti-American Demonstrators, peace activists, and anti-war demonstrators with the North Vietnamese flag and a poster of Che Guevara. Crowd being dispersed by the police. Various banners are being carried by the demonstrators. Demonstrators are being pushed by the police. Grosvenor Square showing the square filled with demonstrators milling around. Foot Patrol on the sidewalk. Large mob of demonstrators in the square. The bare tree branches in Grosvenor Square show demonstrators.
Demonstrations at United States Embassy (24 Grosvenor Square, London W1A 1AE, United Kingdom) in Mayfair, London, England, protesting American involvement in the Vietnam War. The police are moving in on the crowd. Bare tree in the foreground, the crowd of anti-war and peace activist demonstrators in Grosvenor Square. Police carry off demonstrators to the buses to be taken away. Large banners are being carried by the demonstrators in Grosvenor Square. A bus pulling out with demonstrators to the Police Station. The police and photographers, police have the demonstrators in tow. The buses and police wagons. The police pushing in on the crowded demonstrators along with the Mounted Police. A large mob jammed in the square. Police are lining the sidewalk. A demonstrator being carried off by the police. Police along the sidewalk with officials. Street is littered with newspapers after the mob dispersed. Police are seen walking through the park. Police running with a stretcher. Police carry a man on the stretcher toward the ambulance at the curb. Man being carried around to the back of the ambulance, being put into ambulance and taken to the hospital.
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