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B/W 1960's close up of front of military jet / Vietnam / SOUND
B/W 1960's close up of front of military jet / Vietnam / SOUND
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B/W 1960's close up of Vietnamese soldiers talking / Vietnam
B/W 1960's close up of Vietnamese soldiers talking / Vietnam
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B/W tilt up from soldier by fence to burning building / Saigon / 1960's / NO SOUND
B/W tilt up from soldier by fence to burning building / Saigon / 1960's / NO SOUND
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B/W 1960's PAN from Asian woman and baby to soldiers / Vietnam / SOUND
B/W 1960's PAN from Asian woman and baby to soldiers / Vietnam / SOUND
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Amateur Vietnam Marine Footage of bombings, explosions, fire and smoke in the distance behind camp.
Vietnam Amateur Footage by a Marine in 1970 / Bombings and explosions in the distance behind camp / Camera zooming in on explosions and fire / Plumes of black smoke / Multiple shots of different explosions.
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Fighting in Vietnam
Group of helicopters silhouetted against the sky / rockets leave helicopters and fire into the Vietnamese jungle / pilots view of land targets / CU helicopter gun firing / widespread bombardment / soldiers run out of a landed helicopter...
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U.S. Marines in Vietnam
Bare chested soldiers digging a trench in the Demilitarized Zone in Conthien, Vietnam / soldiers sit outside eating out of cans / there is an explosion and soldiers reach for their helmets / wounded are rushed from the scene while others...
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Marine Major Howard Lee Receives Medal of Honor
In East Room of White House President Lyndon B Johnson pins medal of honor on chest of Marine Major Howard Lee / shakes hands / CU Lee's son and daughter standing to the side of their mother / toddler son sits on the floor between his...
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1966 News Stories in Review
Overview of the year's events flashing from scene to scene / men and women in professional clothing sit talking / military policeman salutes as truck drives by / President Lyndon B Johnson escorts his daughter Luci Baines Johnson in her...
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Ho Chi Minh dies
North Vietnamese flags hanging outside government building in Hanoi, North Vietnam; two Vietnamese men standing on street, reading newspapers; newspaper obituary with portrait of Ho Chi Minh / CU Vietnamese communist leader HO CHI MINH...
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B/W 1960's close up of destroyed airplane part on ground / Vietnam / SOUND
B/W 1960's close up of destroyed airplane part on ground / Vietnam / SOUND
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UN Security Council Votes on Vietnam Situation
United Nations Security Council meets to discuss Vietnam situation / delegates seated around a horseshoe shaped table / CU Ambassador Arthur Goldberg of the United States / CU Jordan delegate Muhammad el-Farra / CU Japanese ambassador...
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Summit Conference on Vietnam
President Lyndon B. Johnson is greeted by crowd as he arrives at Honolulu Airport for a summit conference with South Vietnamese leaders / Johnson and other delegates descend steps of Air Force One / shake hands with waiting line /...
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Ho Chi Minh propaganda film produced in Cuba
Funeral for Ho Chi Minh with generals and military standing at attention / school children crying / Fidel Castro visiting funeral
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Ho Chi Minh propaganda film produced in Cuba
Ho Chi Minh rising, making bed, and writing letter / military standing at attention
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Ho Chi Minh propaganda film produced in Cuba
Ho Chi Minh walking, giving a speech and meeting with military to plan battle
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Ho Chi Minh propaganda film produced in Cuba
Ho Chi Minh writing and thinking / washing feet / smoking
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khlong song nam ,Krabri Unseen thailand.
khlong song nam ,Krabri Unseen thailand fresh water with sea water mixed with natural beauty.
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Summit Meeting on Vietnam
EXT of airport in Honolulu before summit on Vietnam takes place between President Lyndon B Johnson and the leaders of South Vietnam / Vice President Hubert Humphrey stands next to President Johnson who shakes hands with newly arrived...
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Averell Harriman Implemens President Johnson's Peace Offensive
As part of President Lyndon B. Johnson's Peace Offensive diplomats travel world affirming America's position on Vietnam / President Johnson's personal envoy, Averell Harriman, in Poland shakes hands with Polish leaders / Harriman gets...
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This Week In History 11/15 - 11/21
This Week In History 11/15 - 11/21 (Footage by Getty Images)
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VIETNAM - HOPE ON THE HORIZON
An impression IN COLOUR of the third most costly war in American history, at a time when peace seems closer than ever before. ® Will President Nixon's Eight point plan be accepted by Hanoi or will the death toll continue? The Americans...