| Vietnam Comment: Johnson And DeGaulle State Opposite Views | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1751 |
| Catalog #: | 426032 | |
| Clip Number: | 426032-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 039-071-01 | |
| Timecode: | 00:40:27 - 00:43:04 | |
| Location: | Washington, DC - Ethiopia, Africa | |
| Year Shot: | 1966 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CROWDS: Misc. LOCATIONS/AFRICA: Ethiopia (Abyssinia) LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, Washington D.C. PARADES AND PROCESSIONS: State Visits WAR & CONFLICT/VIETNAM: Propaganda | |
| Description: | At the American Legion Convention in Washington, D.C. , President Johnson takes a firm stand on United States policy in Vietnam. He warns that the war there could lead to a Red Chinese-encouraged series of wars. Meanwhile, President DeGaulle, on a world tour, repeats his stand that U.S. troops withdraw from Vietnam to promote peace. Establishing shot - Bands, color guards and drill teams marching down Pennsylvania Avenue in our nation's capital. The streets are lined with parade enthusiast. MS - The Capitol Building. CUS - American Legion logo. Interior shot - National Guard Armory and the seats are filled with Legionnaires. MS - President Johnson standing at the podium. President Lyndon Baines Johnson: "Make no mistake about the character of this war. Our adversaries have done us at least one great service. They have describe this war for what it is in unmistakable terms. It is meant to be the opening salvo in a series of bombardments, or as they are called in Peking, "Wars of liberation", and if it succeeds in South Vietnam than as Marshall (Linpow?) says; and I quote him; "The people in other parts of the world will see of what the Vietnamese people can do, they can do too". Unless we have the imagination to understand of what is happening in the world, we may very well find ourselves together with all of our friends among the highly developed nations, but facing a series of explosive crisis in which our military involvement is urgently at issue". Camera pulls away - The American Flag and the American Legion logo. MS - In Ethiopia, Africa, President DeGaulle standing up in the back of a convertible driven in a political motorcade. MS - Emperor of Ethiopia (1966) Haile Selassie and President of France, Charles DeGaulle walking amidst the media. MS - President DeGaulle and Emperor Selassie riding in a horse drawn royal coach as people of Ethiopia line the streets. | |
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