An anti-war march event in New York City, organized by the Spring Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam (later became the National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam). Large crowd of anti-war demonstrators begin in Central Park and march on the streets holding banners. Students, housewives, doctors, businessmen, teachers, Beatniks, Hippies, and other demonstrators attend the protest. Group of demonstrators burns draft cards. Pro war and anti-war demonstrators argue. Right wing demonstrators protest the anti-war march. Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King and officials walk towards the United Nations headquarters building (46th St & 1st Ave, New York, NY 10017) during the peace demonstration. Military policemen arrest demonstrators protesting the Vietnam War.
President Lyndon B. Johnson addresses the United States public at a White House news conference about the Vietnam War on July 28, 1965. “We do not seek the destruction of any government, nor do we covet a foot of any territory. But we insist and we will always insist that the people of South Vietnam shall have the right of choice, the right to shape their own destiny in free elections in the South or throughout all Viet-Nam under international supervision, and they shall not have any government imposed upon them by force and terror so long as we can prevent it… We do not want an expanding struggle with consequences that no one can perceive, nor will we bluster or bully or flaunt our power, but we will not surrender and we will not retreat,” says President Johnson,
Sammy Davis Jr. entertaining troops in visit to Vietnam with a USO troupe. View of soldiers assembled inside a hangar at Can Tho Army Airfield, watching as Sammy Davis Jr. speaks from a stage set up in the hangar. Members of the audience smile and chuckle at his remarks. The audience applauding. Closeups of some in the audience, laughing and applauding. Davis interacting with the audience. Closeup of several Military Policemen standing backstage. View from side of tremendously large audience. View of Davis performing as solo stand up comedian. Soldiers watching from outside the hangar applauding. Another view of Davis onstage, and of the huge audience.
Large audience of American Army soldiers is seated in hangar and spills outside, as well, to watch Sammy Davis Jr. who is performing as part of a USO tour entertaing troops during the Vietnam War. Glimpse of Davis onstage. A banner reading "156th Aviation Company" is displayed at back of stage. Views of troops in audience. Several take pictures. A woman singer onstage dressed in bright orange outfit. She finishes her song and leaves the stage as another woman enters, dressed in a long brightly colored dress. Several musicians play at rear of stage. The woman takes a microphone as troops watch and signal their approvals. View from rear of troops watching from outside. Various views of audience applauding interspersed with views of the woman singing onstage. A young Vietnamese girl in the audience. A Vietnamese officer sits with American officers in the audience, as the Americans clap rhythmically in cadence with the music being played and sung by the woman performer onstage.
Film opens as Davis takes bows and audience applauds, in a hangar at the airfield. Closeups of some soldiers applauding. View of soldiers feet as they move in time to musice while the soldiers sit on improvised bleacher seats. Soft drink cans and snack packages on the floor. Soldiers watching the performance from atop a rugged shelter covered with earth and sandbags. Other soldiers watching from atop improvised seats, including mobile platforms and truck tires. Musicians playing jazz onstage as audience listens intently. Soldiers applaud enthusiastically at end of performance. Glimpse of Sammy Davis Jr. onstage with a woman dancer. (Vietnam War period).
USO troupe with Sammy Davis Jr., aboard aircraft carrier USS Hancock in waters off Vietnam.. Scene is dark except for spot lighting. Davis sings accompanied by musicians. Singer Sondra "Blinky" Williams performs during the show.
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