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Veteran comedian and entertainer Bob Hope received an honorary knighthood in the U-S on Sunday.

At a gala event in Washington, he received the insignia of a Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire.

It was given in recognition of the contribution London-born Hope, who will be 95 next week, has made to the world of comedy and film.

Bob Hope was honoured at a reception at the British Embassy in Washington D-C on Sunday.

Hope, who seemed a little overwhelmed by the occasion, did not comment after he was presented with the insignia by British Ambassador, Sir Christopher Meyer.

Among those present at the ceremony were members of Hope's family, including his wife, children, and grandchildren.

The award from Queen Elizabeth the Second was announced in February by British Prime Minister Tony Blair during a visit to the U-S.

Recognising Hope's contribution to entertainment, the honorary knighthood is also, importantly, a reward for his long record of entertaining military troops, dating back to the Second World War.

Christened Leslie Townes Hope, the entertainer was born in south London on the May 29th, 1903.

On news that he would be receiving the award Hope, who was made an honorary C-B-E in 1976, said it was "an honour for a boy born in England, raised in Cleveland and schooled in Vaudeville."

Hope now plans to donate his collection of more than 50 years worth of jokes, personal papers and radio, television and film material to the Library of Congress as part of a permanent exhibition.

The Hope family is also donating several (m) million dollars to fund the collection and a Bob Hope Gallery of American Entertainment, to be located in the library's Jefferson Building.

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"And to be recognised by the British government which I know, he has always considered to be a part of his home and his heritage, is just a deep honour and its' been a deep honour for the whole family."

SUPER CAPTION: Miranda Hope, Bob Hope's granddaughter

Meanwhile, Bob Hope, who is in frail health these days, lives in Palm Springs where he still manages the odd game of golf.

But his new honour will not afford him any special status on the green.

While an honorary knighthood is given to non-British or Commonwealth citizens, it does not entitle the recipient to call themselves Sir.

Washington D.C, U-S; 17 May 1998

1. Pan from gathering to British Ambassador to the United States

2. Cutaway people at dinner table

3. Cutaway Bob Hope and his wife

4. UPSOUND: British Ambassador to the United States putting the medal on Bob Hope

5. People clapping

6. UPSOUND: Cutaway Hope and his wife, Dolores, zoom into medal

7. People toasting Hope

8. Close up Hope smiling

9. SOUNDBITE: (English) Miranda Hope, Bob Hope's granddaughter

10. Zoom into Hope looking at medal

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Universal Newsreels 1951

02:03 Clemson Wins Orange Bowl Squeker

On New Year's Day Miami's Orange Bowl, Clemson College wins 15-14 over Miami U, in the last seconds of the closely-fought classic.

03:53 UN Retreat In Korea

When North Korean Troops cross the 38th parallel and invade South Korea, the United States is the only country to enter the area in force, American troops joining those minimal units of the international "police force" sent by the United Nations. With the entry of Chinese Communist troops into the action, the war takes a bad turn when the enemy forces a retreat of United Nations forces. American jet fighters engage in spectacular air battles with the Russian-made jets used by the invaders, but fail to prevent the capture of Seoul by Chinese forces.

05:37 Ike First Commander Of NATO

General Eisenhower is appointed commander of the unified defence forces in Europe, following ratification of the North Atlantic Treaty Alliance. The NATO pact pledges over one billion dollars to finance a military assistance programme involving Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Great Britain, Italy, Iceland,Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Norway and Portugal as well as the US. Eisenhower warns the pact will succeed only if the US and its allies commit themselves to making it succeed.

06:34 Hitler Papers Found

Munich - Adolf Hilter's horde of papers, documents, mementos and paintings is discovered in the black market and valued at $200,000.

07:35 Lady Wrestlers In Nation's Capital

Wrestling by women becomes increasingly popular in 1951. In Washington DC, the crowd at Turner's Arena roars approval when Nell Stewart of Texas, a veteran of 1,200 matches, gets pinned by a newscomer.

08:55 UN Forces Drive North

General MacArthur and his field commander Gneral Matthew Ridgway view the battle in Korea as UN ground forces drive north towards the 38th parallel. As they struggle to advance, the troops encounter miserable conditions ranging from the driving snow of the harsh Korean winter to deep mud in which men and tanks become mired. The Korean war is becoming increasingly costly and unpopular in 1951 as an exasperated America hovers dangerously close to a third world war.

10:57 British Jet Bomber Sets Record

Ten years after America's first jet aircraft, Britain's twin jet Canberra bomber sets a new mark flying East to West across the Atlantic. US Air Force officials announce they will examine the plane for possible construction in America.

11:28 "Harvey" Pal Gets Film Award

In Hollywood, James Stewart receives the 'Look' magazine award for his outstanding film work in "Harvey". And for her many great screen roles, Bette Davis is presented with her 'Look' award by Bob Hope.

11:41 Winning White House Press Photos

At the White House, President Harry S Truman examines outstanding photographs and presents awards to the winners - at a time when Washington DC and the press are on such friendly terms that there is a White House News Association exhibit.

12:20 Italian Sets Auto Record

On Rome's famed Appian Way, Pietro Taruffi drives his unique "two in one" racing car to set a world record for the one mile course. He is clocked at over 200 mph.

13:05 Vienna Applauds Skater Dick Button

New Jersey's Dick Button, holder of all the top figure skating championships, delights the crowd in Vienna with an exhibition of his skating skill.

14:03 FBI Chief: "Gambling Is The Root Of All Evil"

FBI Chief J Edgar Hoover testifies before the Senate Crime Committee at a hearing attended by Attorney General McGrath. Hoover proclaims that gambling is the root of all evil because it generates all other crime, and says that aroused public opinion at the local level is needed.

15:44 Home From Korea: The Living And The Dead

Shortly after the recapture of Seoul by US forces, a cheering crowd welcomes 1,500 Marines home from the battlefront as they disembark at Oakland. But in nearby San Francisco, the city is saddened with the arrival of the first war dead returned to their native soil.

16:37 Waves Hit The Silk

On graduation from the Navy's parachute riggers' school at Lakehurst, NJ, women of the service pack their own parachutes before going aloft to make their big jumps. Dubbed WAVES (Women Appointed for Voluntary Emergency Service), the women bail out like veterans.

17:32 "Leafs" Win Hockey Cup

In Canada, Toronto ice hockey fans are hoarse from cheering after their Toronto Maple Leafs defeat Montreal's Canadiens in thrilling Stanley Cup finals.

19:12 General MacArthur Comes Home

Fired from his post as UN Commander by President Truman, General Douglas MacArthur returns to the US for the first time in 14 years. At the San Francisco airport, he and his family are greeted by huge throngs. In Washington DC, MacArthur speaks to a jammed joint session of Congress, his touching valedictory made memorable by a quote from an old barracks ballad: "Old soldiers never die, they just fade away". Later, in Manhattan, millions of cheering New Yorkers give the returning Pacific commander a ticker-tape welcome in one of the most enthusiastic and impressive demonstrations ever seen in that city.

24:00 UN And Reds Continue See-Saw Korea Fighting

In Korea the UN forces slog through a sea of mud produced by Spring rains, and brace for the thrust from the estimated 800,000 Communist troops massed to launch their expected Tet offensive.

24:39 Shorter Hair-Dos For '51

The word from Toronto, where leading hair stylists have convened is that short hair is "in" and long tresses "out" as demonstrated by the new styles.

25:29 Caterpillar Landing Geat Tested

An Italian inventor demonstrates his idea of using caterpillar treads for aircraft landing gear, replacing the conventional wheels.

26:06 Lower Draft Age For US Men

President Truman signs into law the Selective Service Bill lowering the draft age from 19 to 18 and a half years and lengthening military service time to two years, which also lays the groundwork for Universal Military Training the future. Defence Secretary George Marshall praises the law as strengthening America's hand in promoting world peace.

27:18 17 Communist Leaders Arrested

Following Wisconsin Senator Joseph McCarthy's charge of alleged communist activity within the State Department, the FBI seizes seventeen Red leaders, both men and women, for arraignment under the Smith Act outlawing the overthrow of the US by force.

28:46 1951 - The Year In Sports

A round-up of the year's happenings in sports including baseball, basketball, football, horse racing, golf, boxing track and field. Scandals erupt in basketball, also in football when cheating on exams is discovered at West Point and results in dismissals from the Academy that leave voids in the Army football team.

34:48 "Francis" The Mule Gets Diploma

Hollywood's newest star, "Francis, the Talking Mule", is awarded an honorary degree of "Doctor of Muleosophy" by Goodwill industries.

35:19 1951 Mr America

Muscle men mingle in Los Angeles, where the Mr America contest follows the National Weight Lifting Championships. A California giant captures the Mr America title.

36:15 "Inflation And You"

A filmed appeal, narrated by Robert Montgomery, calls on the American public to help defeat the threat of inflation by limiting purchases and refusing to pay more than ceiling prices for goods. A spokesman from the Office of Price Stabilisation reminds the public that producing for defence creates inflationary pressures, and the wage and price freezes that effect in January are aimed at controlling inflation.

38:07 Ridgway To Chinese: You'll Never Oust UN Forces

After a full year of see-saw struggle in Korea, General Matthew Ridgway pronounces as hopeless the Chinese Communists' objective of ousting UN forces from the peninsula.

39:22 Human Dart Board

A France, a "modern fakir" named Scarah Bey offers himself as a target of dart throwers. Taking direct hits all over his body: he says the punctures don't bother him.

40:09 New Houses In Just Three Hours

In California, an army of workmen claim they can build a house in three hours and five minutes - and prove it. The prefab home, which even includes a garden, is vallued at $10,000 and will be raffled off at $1.00 per ticket, with proceeds going to build a Children's Recreation Centre.

41:19 No Decision In Sugar Ray Robinson Fight

After Ray Robinson knocks down his German opponent twice, angry Berliners claim foul. Later the match is ruled "no contest" by the Germany Boxing Commission.

43:17 Crisis In Egypt Over Suez Canal

The Suez Canal link, between the Mediterranean and the Red Sea, becomes a world hot spot as the Egyptian government vows to oust the British from their control of the Canal granted by the treaty of 1936. The British reinforce their garrison with troops flown in from Cyprus and other bases, and struggle for control of the Canal continues Terrorist threats and reprisals force English soldiers to work as stevedores, and British guns guard the vital seaway.

44:29 Air War Heats Up

Despite enemy ground fire and threats of Russian jet interception, propeller driven US Mustangs continue to blast enemy positions in Korea with rockets and jelly bombs. Behind the front, a crippled B26 bomber comes in for a belly landing after being damaged in battle.

46:14 Film Star Fashion Show

In a fashion show for ladies of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, some of Hollywood's most glamorous acresses model clothes they will wear in forthcoming movies.

47:32 Stanford Upsets USC 27-20

96,000 fans witness the Rose Bowl contest between the "Trojans" and "Indian". A spectacular 96 yard kickoff return by Bob Mathias of Stanford is the highlight of a thrill-packed clash.

48:58 Simulated A-Bomb Attack Tests New York's Preparedness

In a dramatic test of its Civil Defence forces, the world's biggest city "digs out" after a simulated atomic attack. Rescue of the injured and firemen's battles against burning buildings highlight the drill.

50:00 GI Jane Joins Up

Hundreds of young women rush to enlist in one of the four branches of service open to them following a parade of WAAC's. WAVES and other marchers at a recruiting rally.

50:39 Frank And Ava Gardner-Sinatra Step Out

For the first time since their wedding, Frank Sinatra appears in public with his bride, the glamorous Ava Gardner. The occasion is the premiere of Sinatra's latest starring vehicle "Meet Danny Wilson".

Universal Newsreels 1951

02:03 Clemson Wins Orange Bowl Squeker

On New Year's Day Miami's Orange Bowl, Clemson College wins 15-14 over Miami U, in the last seconds of the closely-fought classic.

03:53 UN Retreat In Korea

When North Korean Troops cross the 38th parallel and invade South Korea, the United States is the only country to enter the area in force, American troops joining those minimal units of the international "police force" sent by the United Nations. With the entry of Chinese Communist troops into the action, the war takes a bad turn when the enemy forces a retreat of United Nations forces. American jet fighters engage in spectacular air battles with the Russian-made jets used by the invaders, but fail to prevent the capture of Seoul by Chinese forces.

05:37 Ike First Commander Of NATO

General Eisenhower is appointed commander of the unified defence forces in Europe, following ratification of the North Atlantic Treaty Alliance. The NATO pact pledges over one billion dollars to finance a military assistance programme involving Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Great Britain, Italy, Iceland,Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Norway and Portugal as well as the US. Eisenhower warns the pact will succeed only if the US and its allies commit themselves to making it succeed.

06:34 Hitler Papers Found

Munich - Adolf Hilter's horde of papers, documents, mementos and paintings is discovered in the black market and valued at $200,000.

07:35 Lady Wrestlers In Nation's Capital

Wrestling by women becomes increasingly popular in 1951. In Washington DC, the crowd at Turner's Arena roars approval when Nell Stewart of Texas, a veteran of 1,200 matches, gets pinned by a newscomer.

08:55 UN Forces Drive North

General MacArthur and his field commander Gneral Matthew Ridgway view the battle in Korea as UN ground forces drive north towards the 38th parallel. As they struggle to advance, the troops encounter miserable conditions ranging from the driving snow of the harsh Korean winter to deep mud in which men and tanks become mired. The Korean war is becoming increasingly costly and unpopular in 1951 as an exasperated America hovers dangerously close to a third world war.

10:57 British Jet Bomber Sets Record

Ten years after America's first jet aircraft, Britain's twin jet Canberra bomber sets a new mark flying East to West across the Atlantic. US Air Force officials announce they will examine the plane for possible construction in America.

11:28 "Harvey" Pal Gets Film Award

In Hollywood, James Stewart receives the 'Look' magazine award for his outstanding film work in "Harvey". And for her many great screen roles, Bette Davis is presented with her 'Look' award by Bob Hope.

11:41 Winning White House Press Photos

At the White House, President Harry S Truman examines outstanding photographs and presents awards to the winners - at a time when Washington DC and the press are on such friendly terms that there is a White House News Association exhibit.

12:20 Italian Sets Auto Record

On Rome's famed Appian Way, Pietro Taruffi drives his unique "two in one" racing car to set a world record for the one mile course. He is clocked at over 200 mph.

13:05 Vienna Applauds Skater Dick Button

New Jersey's Dick Button, holder of all the top figure skating championships, delights the crowd in Vienna with an exhibition of his skating skill.

14:03 FBI Chief: "Gambling Is The Root Of All Evil"

FBI Chief J Edgar Hoover testifies before the Senate Crime Committee at a hearing attended by Attorney General McGrath. Hoover proclaims that gambling is the root of all evil because it generates all other crime, and says that aroused public opinion at the local level is needed.

15:44 Home From Korea: The Living And The Dead

Shortly after the recapture of Seoul by US forces, a cheering crowd welcomes 1,500 Marines home from the battlefront as they disembark at Oakland. But in nearby San Francisco, the city is saddened with the arrival of the first war dead returned to their native soil.

16:37 Waves Hit The Silk

On graduation from the Navy's parachute riggers' school at Lakehurst, NJ, women of the service pack their own parachutes before going aloft to make their big jumps. Dubbed WAVES (Women Appointed for Voluntary Emergency Service), the women bail out like veterans.

17:32 "Leafs" Win Hockey Cup

In Canada, Toronto ice hockey fans are hoarse from cheering after their Toronto Maple Leafs defeat Montreal's Canadiens in thrilling Stanley Cup finals.

19:12 General MacArthur Comes Home

Fired from his post as UN Commander by President Truman, General Douglas MacArthur returns to the US for the first time in 14 years. At the San Francisco airport, he and his family are greeted by huge throngs. In Washington DC, MacArthur speaks to a jammed joint session of Congress, his touching valedictory made memorable by a quote from an old barracks ballad: "Old soldiers never die, they just fade away". Later, in Manhattan, millions of cheering New Yorkers give the returning Pacific commander a ticker-tape welcome in one of the most enthusiastic and impressive demonstrations ever seen in that city.

24:00 UN And Reds Continue See-Saw Korea Fighting

In Korea the UN forces slog through a sea of mud produced by Spring rains, and brace for the thrust from the estimated 800,000 Communist troops massed to launch their expected Tet offensive.

24:39 Shorter Hair-Dos For '51

The word from Toronto, where leading hair stylists have convened is that short hair is "in" and long tresses "out" as demonstrated by the new styles.

25:29 Caterpillar Landing Geat Tested

An Italian inventor demonstrates his idea of using caterpillar treads for aircraft landing gear, replacing the conventional wheels.

26:06 Lower Draft Age For US Men

President Truman signs into law the Selective Service Bill lowering the draft age from 19 to 18 and a half years and lengthening military service time to two years, which also lays the groundwork for Universal Military Training the future. Defence Secretary George Marshall praises the law as strengthening America's hand in promoting world peace.

27:18 17 Communist Leaders Arrested

Following Wisconsin Senator Joseph McCarthy's charge of alleged communist activity within the State Department, the FBI seizes seventeen Red leaders, both men and women, for arraignment under the Smith Act outlawing the overthrow of the US by force.

28:46 1951 - The Year In Sports

A round-up of the year's happenings in sports including baseball, basketball, football, horse racing, golf, boxing track and field. Scandals erupt in basketball, also in football when cheating on exams is discovered at West Point and results in dismissals from the Academy that leave voids in the Army football team.

34:48 "Francis" The Mule Gets Diploma

Hollywood's newest star, "Francis, the Talking Mule", is awarded an honorary degree of "Doctor of Muleosophy" by Goodwill industries.

35:19 1951 Mr America

Muscle men mingle in Los Angeles, where the Mr America contest follows the National Weight Lifting Championships. A California giant captures the Mr America title.

36:15 "Inflation And You"

A filmed appeal, narrated by Robert Montgomery, calls on the American public to help defeat the threat of inflation by limiting purchases and refusing to pay more than ceiling prices for goods. A spokesman from the Office of Price Stabilisation reminds the public that producing for defence creates inflationary pressures, and the wage and price freezes that effect in January are aimed at controlling inflation.

38:07 Ridgway To Chinese: You'll Never Oust UN Forces

After a full year of see-saw struggle in Korea, General Matthew Ridgway pronounces as hopeless the Chinese Communists' objective of ousting UN forces from the peninsula.

39:22 Human Dart Board

A France, a "modern fakir" named Scarah Bey offers himself as a target of dart throwers. Taking direct hits all over his body: he says the punctures don't bother him.

40:09 New Houses In Just Three Hours

In California, an army of workmen claim they can build a house in three hours and five minutes - and prove it. The prefab home, which even includes a garden, is vallued at $10,000 and will be raffled off at $1.00 per ticket, with proceeds going to build a Children's Recreation Centre.

41:19 No Decision In Sugar Ray Robinson Fight

After Ray Robinson knocks down his German opponent twice, angry Berliners claim foul. Later the match is ruled "no contest" by the Germany Boxing Commission.

43:17 Crisis In Egypt Over Suez Canal

The Suez Canal link, between the Mediterranean and the Red Sea, becomes a world hot spot as the Egyptian government vows to oust the British from their control of the Canal granted by the treaty of 1936. The British reinforce their garrison with troops flown in from Cyprus and other bases, and struggle for control of the Canal continues Terrorist threats and reprisals force English soldiers to work as stevedores, and British guns guard the vital seaway.

44:29 Air War Heats Up

Despite enemy ground fire and threats of Russian jet interception, propeller driven US Mustangs continue to blast enemy positions in Korea with rockets and jelly bombs. Behind the front, a crippled B26 bomber comes in for a belly landing after being damaged in battle.

46:14 Film Star Fashion Show

In a fashion show for ladies of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, some of Hollywood's most glamorous acresses model clothes they will wear in forthcoming movies.

47:32 Stanford Upsets USC 27-20

96,000 fans witness the Rose Bowl contest between the "Trojans" and "Indian". A spectacular 96 yard kickoff return by Bob Mathias of Stanford is the highlight of a thrill-packed clash.

48:58 Simulated A-Bomb Attack Tests New York's Preparedness

In a dramatic test of its Civil Defence forces, the world's biggest city "digs out" after a simulated atomic attack. Rescue of the injured and firemen's battles against burning buildings highlight the drill.

50:00 GI Jane Joins Up

Hundreds of young women rush to enlist in one of the four branches of service open to them following a parade of WAAC's. WAVES and other marchers at a recruiting rally.

50:39 Frank And Ava Gardner-Sinatra Step Out

For the first time since their wedding, Frank Sinatra appears in public with his bride, the glamorous Ava Gardner. The occasion is the premiere of Sinatra's latest starring vehicle "Meet Danny Wilson".

HEADLINE: Nixon library hosts reunion for Vietnam POWs

CAPTION: About 200 Vietnam-era POWs gathered at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library to commemorate the 40th anniversary of a White House dinner hosted by President Nixon to honor their sacrifice. (May 24)

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Associated Press Video

Yorba Linda, California - May 23, 2013

1. Medium of high school band playing at welcome ceremony

2. Wide of red carpet at entrance to Nixon Presidential Library

3. Tight of high school girl playing coronet

4. SOUNDBITE (English) Charles Tyler, Former POW, held captive in Vietnam for 5 years "I try hard to remember the real truth, not what the 40 years... You know.

Some of the stories get better every time I tell them."

5. Wide of Tyler, his second wife, his children and his grandchildren in presidential library

6. Medium of entrance to POW exhibit

7. Wide of woman in wheelchair looking at exhibit

8. SOUNDBITE (English) Charles Tyler, Former POW, held captive in Vietnam for 5 years "We need to go back to Nixon. And then go back to Reagan too."

9. Wide of motorcyclists and flags in front of fountain

10. Tight of motorcyclist pointing

11. Wide of former POWs and their families getting out of buses

12. Medium of former POWs and their families walking

13. SOUNDBITE (English) Bill Austin, Former POW, attended dinner at White House

"5 and a half years - I was shot down October '67. Lived in at least 6 or

7 prisons, some of them twice. Moved around a lot. Had nearly 200 roommates while I lived over there - different Americans."

14. Wide of crowd and buses in front of Nixon presidential library

15. Tight of library docent clapping

16. Medium of library docents in red shirts

17. Tight of former POWs looking at seating chart inside exhibit

18. SOUNDBITE (English) Bill Austin, Former POW, attended dinner at White House "We were sitting right here at 20. I think John Wayne was at this table and Elizabeth Taylor was at that table I believe."

19. Medium of POWs and grandchildren looking at seating chart

20. SOUNDBITE (English) Bill Austin, Former POW, attended dinner at White House "This commemorates that event back then. Quite frankly, President Nixon was quite a hero for us. I probably wouldn't be here if it wasn't for him."

21. Tight of patch on POW's blazer

22. Medium of POWs walking in parking lot

23. SOUNDBITE (English) Bill Austin, Former POW, attended dinner at White House "He certainly made the right decisions there are the end of the war. We'd probably still be fighting in Vietnam if we hadn't sent the B-52s in to Hanoi, into the downtown area there. People who were pulling the strings, they weren't getting bombed. They had no fear. 'We're losing a few people, but this is war.'

24. Medium of POWs on red carpet

25. Medium of docents in red blazers clapping

26. Tight of docent welcoming POWs

STORYLINE

This weekend, about 200 former prisoners of war in Vietnam, almost all of them former pilots, are reuniting for a three-day celebration at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library & Museum that coincides with the 40th anniversary of a star-studded White House dinner hosted by President Nixon to honor their sacrifice.

At the time, Nixon was embroiled in Watergate, but the former prisoners - now in their 60s and 70s - credit him with their freedom. Nixon resigned a little more than a year after the dinner as he faced near-certain impeachment.

Reminding Americans of that legacy - and not Watergate - will be front-and-center this weekend at the POW reunion, which began with a motorcade and tours of a special museum exhibit that focuses on the POWs'

homecoming.

The private Richard Nixon Foundation, which is hosting the event, has also recreated, down to the menu, the elaborate black-tie dinner that the president hosted for the POWs and their spouses 40 years ago this weekend.

Nixon wrote in his memoirs about the dissonance between the POWs'

adulation and the mounting Watergate crisis. But POWs who attended the event, however, recall only the thrill of meeting the president, rubbing shoulders with movie stars and dancing to a live band until 2 a.m.

The star-studded event included some of the most famous celebrities of the day, from Bob Hope and John Wayne to Sammy Davis Jr. and Liz Taylor.

The glamour was a far cry from what captives endured in North Vietnamese prison camps.

Through it all, the POWs waited for years for an end to the war and a freedom that never seemed to come. Meanwhile, in the U.S., anger and discontent over the conflict grew.

"

In December 1972, as peace talks stalled, Nixon authorized the biggest bombing of the war against North Vietnamese ports and factories. A second massive strike, known as the Christmas bombing, dropped explosives around Hanoi and the POWs heard the booming from their prisons.

A peace accord, formally signed in Paris on January 27, 1973, called for the withdrawal of U.S. troops, a cease-fire and the release of all POWs.

Two weeks later, the first planeload of freed prisoners landed on U.S.

soil.

The Christmas bombing was widely criticized at home, but the POWs believe it secured their freedom.

"I wouldn't be here if it weren't for Nixon," Tyler said. "We need to go back to Nixon. And then go back to Reagan too."

Library Thematic Clipreels - Vietnam War 1: UPI Syndicated Reports - Keyword-clipreel

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Saigon: Khanh press conference

2/2/1964

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Various interior shots showing journalists at a press conference as Lt-General Nguyen Khanh and his principal South Vietnamese army colleagues arrive in the conference room, various of Khanh speaking to the present: also present wearing glasses is the South Vietnamese army chief of staff, General Tran Van Minh.

Storyline: Lt-General Nguyen Khanh, South Vietnam's new strong man, holds a press conference in Saigon.

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Saigon: Anti-Communist Demonstration (sic)

21/7/1964

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Various shots of Vietnamese civilians taking part in a pro-government demonstration held on 19th July 1964 in the centre of Saigon - the banners held by marchers and hung from buildings read 'We ask the Free World to come to our help in our North War March", "July 20th - our day of shame" and several anti-Chinese slogans.

Various shots of General Nguyen Khanh, the current South Vietnamese strong man, and other military leaders attending a ceremony with the US ambassador Maxwell Taylor, and a wreath-laying ceremony.

Various shots of the South Vietnamese army chief of staff, General Tran Van Minh, making a speech.

Various shots of Vietnamese youths riding on a motorised rickshaw carrying effigies of General de Gaulle and Ho Chi Minh and demonstrating in front of a part-vandalised French First World War memorial with placards in French reading 'Down with de Gaulle'.

Storyline: At a rally held on 19th July 1964 that coincided with the tenth anniversary of the signing of the 1954 Geneva Accords which divided Vietnam in two, the South Vietnamese regime whips up anti-French and anti-North Vietnamese opinion.

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S. Vietnam: Ranger patrol

15/8/1964

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Various shots of soldiers belonging to a South Vietnamese (ARVN = Army of the Republic of South Vietnam) Rangers unit armed with M-1 carbines with fixed bayonets looking for Viet Cong in rice-growing country and discovering a dead body lying face down in a paddy field..

Various of three Vietnamese Rangers looking at and examining the body of a male Vietnamese lying on his back.

Brief shot of two Rangers dragging another corpse out of a drainage ditch.

Storyline: South Vietnamese troops from an elite unit trained by the Americans track down Viet Cong guerrillas.

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Saigon: Racial Riots

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Various shots showing youths in a street in Saigon's Cholon District after a riot against the city's Chinese community, a Vietnamese soldier comforts a small child, various shots of a woman being filmed as she mourns a relative killed in the rioting and other Chinese mourners standing by a row of bodies wrapped in shrouds, the victims of anti-Chinese riots.

Various shots of youths armed with sticks, metal poles and other objects in a street in the Cholon district of Saigon and hurling furniture and lumps of wood at the police during a riot, South Vietnamese troops with fixed bayonets advancing on the rioters to disperse them.

Storyline: Anti-Chinese rioters take to the streets of Saigon to attack Chinese-owned properties during a period of chronic political unrest in the South Vietnamese capital.

10:03:48

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Vietnam: Army success against Commies (sic)

18/9/1964

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Shots of a display organised for journalists at a South Vietnamese army barracks showing two male Viet Cong (VC) suspects, seen crouching on the ground looking fearful, and captured VC weaponry - a miscellany of bolt-action rifles, light machine-guns, a 57mm recoilless rifle and ammunition and a French-designed MAT-49 sub machine gun.

Storyline: To boost its own morale and prestige, the South Vietnamese army displays the results of one of its modest successes against the communist Viet Cong guerrillas.

10:04:35

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S. Vietnam Strikers' Protest

29/9/1964

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Various shots showing ordinary Vietnamese citizens on foot and in motor rickshaws marching in an anti-government demonstration in Saigon near the presidential palace (?), police forming up to deal with the demonstrators, students (?) brandishing banners taking part in anti-government protests on a building, a line of police blocking a street, foreign TV news cameramen and press recording the demonstration, a speaker, using notes, addresses the demonstrators.

Storyline: Strikers in Saigon voice their opposition to the US-backed regime of General Nguyen Khanh.

10:05:26

F05275

Vietcong troops killed in fighting

14/10/1964

GENF0894

0:37

137A685U2

B/W mute - 23 feet/0:37

1 roll - dupe neg

Syndication

Various shots showing Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) or South Vietnamese soldiers putting captured Vietcong weaponry on display - a heterogenous collection of Soviet Moisin-Nagant bolt-action rifles, an American Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR) with spare magazines and bullets, a Soviet PPsh Model 1941 sub machine gun (seen being examined by two ARVN soldiers), a Czech ZBvz/30 light machine-gun. Various shots of six or so male corpses wrapped up in straw matting, allegedly Viet Cong guerrillas killed by the South Vietnamese army.

Storyline: A display of one of the South Vietnamese army's modest successes against the Viet Cong.

10:06:08

F03597

S. Vietnam: swoop on Vietcong

6/11/1964

GENF0768

0:41

Recall: 1Q780U2

B/W mute - 25 feet/0:41

2 rolls - pos + dupe neg

Syndication

Various shots showing a the South Vietnamese flag flying over a South Vietnamese army barrack square, a Huey helicopter, its rotor blades still turning, in the square.

Aerial view of a hamlet in rice-growing country.

Various shots of two South Vietnamese army Rangers after they had disembarked from a helicopter, the body of a Viet Cong (VC) guerrilla killed in action with the South Vietnamese army.

Various interiors of a modest haul of captured VC weaponry on display inside a barrack hut.

Storyline: US training and equipment assist the South Vietnamese army (ARVN) in the war against the North Vietnamese-backed Viet Cong.

10:06:54

F03951

Saigon: Riots at schoolboys (sic) funeral

2/12/1964

GENF0812

0:50

Recall: 1Q03U2

B/W mute - 31 feet/0:50

1 roll - dupe neg

Syndication

Shots outside a cemetery in Saigon showing a Buddhist funeral procession for a youth killed by government security forces during a demonstration entering the cemetery past South Vietnamese soldiers on anti-riot duty and press photographers, various shots of a crowd of young people running up to the cemetery, two truckloads of soldiers arriving on the scene in dramatic fashion, young people climbing over the cemetery wall en masse to escape from the soldiers, shots of violent confrontation between the soldiers and the demonstrators - a young man is grabbed and kicked by a soldier in front of press photographers, various shots of youthful demonstrators being frog-marched by soldiers after being arrested.

Storyline: A violent confrontation takes place between anti-government demonstrators and South Vietnamese army soldiers during the funeral of a youth killed during a riot against the Khanh regime.

10:07:50

F03960

Vietnam: Operations against Vietcong

30/11/1964

GENF0812

0:52

Recall: 1Q03U2

B/W mute - 32 feet/0:52

I roll - dupe neg

Syndication

Various shots of South Vietnamese mechanised infantry equipped with US-built M113 armoured personnel carriers taking part in a sweep against Viet Cong guerrillas, US-manned Sikorski UH-34D helicopters on the ground nearby, a US Special Forces advisor attached to the South Vietnamese armoured personnel unit hanging on to the sides of a Bell Huey helicopter, M113 armoured personnel carriers on the move.

Various shots of male corpses - allegedly dead Viet Cong guerrillas - lying on the ground and Viet Cong suspects, crouching and looking submissive, awaiting interrogation.

Storyline: US-equipped soldiers of the South Vietnamese army's 7th Division take part in a sweep for Viet Cong guerrillas in IV Corps' area of operations in the Mekong Delta.

10:08:47

F04011

Vietnam Premier visits wounded in Saigon

8/12/1964

GENF0815

0:51

Recall: 1Q104U2

B/W mute - 31 feet/0:51

1 roll - dupe neg

Syndication

Various shots of the entrance to a South Vietnamese army hospital in Saigon, various shots of the South Vietnamese civilian premier, Tran Van Huong, inspecting wards where South Vietnamese soldiers injured in the fighting with Viet Cong guerrillas are recovering from their wounds; one soldier seen sitting on a hospital bed with both of his legs amputated. Accompanying him are the medical staff and several local press photographers - at no stage is he seen talking to any of the army patients.

A shot of Tran Van Huong and medical staff walking outside a hospital ward protected from Viet Cong mortar fire by a row of small round objects.

Storyline: South Vietnam's prime minister, Tran van Huong, pays a visit to a South Vietnamese army hospital.

10:09:43

F03833

Vietnam: Hamlet formed for communal defence

9/1/1965

GENF0803

1:11

Recall: 1Q681U2

B/W mute - 44 feet/1:11

1 roll - dupe neg

Syndication

Various shots showing a South Vietnamese Regional Forces militiaman on duty by a road block at the entrance to a protected village, an anti-personnel barrier forming the village perimeter in the background comprised of a mass of panji stakes (bamboo sharpened to a point) and a barbed wire fence, peasants carrying firewood on their backs pass the entrance to the village.

Various shots of women pounding rice (?) in large pestles in the communal cookhouse, three militiamen armed with M-1 carbines on sentry duty.

Various shots of South Vietnamese Regional Forces militiamen on patrol and checking a peasant for his identity papers, his papers are returned to him and he is allowed to proceed on his way.

Storyline: Scenes in one of the 4,000 strategic hamlets established by the US-backed Saigon government in an attempt to separate the rural South Vietnamese population from the Viet Cong.

10:11:00

F05592

End of Khanh power in Vietnam

27/2/1965

GENF0912

0:46

Recall: 137A708U2

B/W mute - 33 feet/0:48

2 rolls - pos + dupe neg

Syndication

Note: the dupe neg is 18 seconds longer than the print.

Various interior shots of a press conference in Saigon where the South Vietnam's ambitious and flamboyant air force commander, Air Vice Marshal Nguyen Cao Ky, addresses the gathering of foreign and local press and TV journalists

Various shots showing Presidential Guards and South Vietnamese army troops on parade as Guards of Honour at Tan Son Nhut airport, a shot of a senior South Vietnamese official hanging a medal around the neck of General Nguyen Khanh, the army guard of honour presenting arms.

Various shots of journalists and senior South Vietnamese military officers and officials crowding around Khanh and his wife as they make their way across the airport tarmac to board a Pan Am Boeing 707 passenger jet, which is seen taxiing before taking off..

Storyline: General Khanh's time as South Vietnam's strong man comes to an end as he and his wife are allowed to go into exile by the new military junta in Saigon.

10:11:52

F03257

Vietnam: Australian troops arrive

4/6/1965

GENF0764

0:34

Recall: 1Q676U2

B/W mute - 21 feet/0:34

Dupe neg

Syndication

Shots showing soldiers serving with the 1st Battalion Royal Australian Regiment disembarking wearing the traditional Australian bush hats and US-style steel helmets and armed with NATO-standard Belgian FN 7.62mm semi-automatic rifles disembarking from a chartered Quantas Boeing-707 passenger liner at Bien Hoa air force base (AFB) and climbing on boarding US Army trucks, senior Australian army officers in conversation with a South Vietnamese army commander, an Australian army sergeant smoking a cigarette before boarding a truck, an Australian soldier next to his FN rifle and kitbag and a US Air Force man posing for a photograph on the airport tarmac.

Storyline: Following a decision by the Australian government in December 1964 to commit ground troops to the US war in Vietnam, the 1st Battalion Royal Australian Regiment commanded by Lt-Colonel I R Brumfield arrives at Bien Hoa air force base to serve alongside American combat troops.

10:12:31

F02655

South Vietnam's New Government

20/6/1965

GENF0714

1:22

Recall: 1Q761U2

B/W mute - 45 feet/1:22

Dupe neg

Syndication

Various exteriors of a public building in the centre of Saigon where the presidential guard is on parade in their ceremonial whites, a large crowd and a mass of Vietnamese and foreign TV and film cameramen and press photographers crowding around an invisible figure (presumably Head of State Nguyen Van Thieu) reviewing the guard of honour, South Vietnamese air force chief and premier Nguyen Cao Ky (slim and wearing a trim moustache) and other military commanders, Major-General Nguyen Chan Thi (?), commander of the 1st Corps military district, smiling and waving as he passes the camera.

Various interior shots inside the assembly hall of Ky, Thi (?) , Thieu and others standing to attention (as the national anthem is played) and sitting down with other members of the ruling ten-man military council, listening to an unidentified South Vietnamese general (the army chief-of-staff?) address the assembly, premier Ky speaking at the podium.

Exterior shots of the 10-man military council appearing on the balcony of the assembly hall.

Storyline: From among the ranks of junior to middle-ranking members of South Vietnam's officer corps referred to by the US embassy in Saigon as 'the Young Turks', two men - the charismatic and outspoken Nguyen Cao Ky and the apparently more stolid and mature Nguyen Van Thieu - emerge to become South Vietnam's new leaders.

10:13:49

F04862

Vietnam Signs of War

June 1965

GENF0869

2:48

Recall: 1Q99U2

B/W mute - 103 feet/2:48

Dupe neg

Syndication

Various shots showing South Vietnamese troops passing the scene of a VC ambush - an abandoned jeep and a 2 ½-ton truck - and filing along a country road past peasants going about their daily business and heading across country, collecting water for their water bottles from a stream and gingerly crossing a blown-up (?) bridge.

Various shots showing South Vietnamese soldiers on the hunt for Viet Cong guerrillas, carrying one of their men who has become a casualty on a stretcher, walking past a smoke flare set off to help a helicopter come to their aid, carrying a body wrapped in a shroud and loading it into a Bell Huey helicopter which is seen taking off.

Various shots showing South Vietnamese soldiers advancing through lush and overgrown tropical terrain and opening fire with their M-1 Garand rifles and Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR) when they believe they had made contact with the enemy, soldiers standing guard over Viet Cong suspects.

Storyline: Scenes showing soldiers serving with the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) in action in the Mekong Delta (?) as the war intensifies with the deployment of the first American combat troops in South Vietnam.

10:16:39

F04312

McNamara in Vietnam

20/7/1965

GENF084

0:33

Recall: 1Q823U2

B/W mute - 20 feet/0:33

1 roll - dupe neg

Syndication

Various shots of US Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara surrounded by US and South Vietnamese soldiers engaged in conversation with senior US Marine Corps officers.

Interior shot of US Marines listening to an officer giving a briefing with a sand table.

A shot showing US Marines armed with M-14 rifles moving in single file through the Vietnamese countryside.

Various shots of a small airstrip where McNamara and his entourage have put down in four Bell Iroquois Huey helicopters, McNamara is seen getting out of the nearest helicopter and talking to a senior US army commander and a US Air Force officer, a C-131 Caribou transport plane in the background.

Storyline: US Secretary of Defense Robert S McNamara, one of the principal architects of the US military involvement in Vietnam, visits the country shortly after the arrival of the first US combat troops in South Vietnam.

10:17:16

F05821

Vietnamese get US B-57 bombers

10/8/1965

GENF0926

1:00

Recall: 137A757U2

B/W mute - 37 feet/1:00

1 roll - dupe neg

Syndication

Various shots taken at Tan Son Nhut airfield as a Martin B-57 Canberra light bomber, one of four such aircraft donated by the Americans to the South Vietnamese air force (VNAF = Viet Nam Air Force), taxis to its dispersal point, a VNAF pilot (possibly Major NN Bien, head of the small VNAF B-57 unit) descending from the cockpit, various shots of the VNAF pilot, US Air Force personnel and senior South Vietnamese and US officers attending a formal hand-over ceremony for the B-57s on the tarmac at Tan Son Nhut.

Various shots of another VNAF B-57 Canberra taxiing to its dispersal point and Vice Air Marshal Nguyen Cao Ky, VNAF chief and a leading member of the military junta in Saigon, climbing out of the cockpit and other VNAF commanders.

Various shots of the deputy US Ambassador in Saigon (?) and Ky making speeches in honour of the event; Ky's glamorous wife is seen sitting in a row behind the other VIPs, various shots of USAF and VNAF officer inspecting the weaponry a B-57 light bomber can carry.

Storyline: The Americans donate four light bombers to the fledgling South Vietnamese air force headed by South Vietnam's premier, Air Vice Marshal Nguyen Cao Ky.

10:18:22

F03119

South Vietnam: Combined Services Operation in Zone D

29/9/1965

GENF0753

0:52

Recall: 1Q670

B/W mute - 60 feet/1:34

23 feet/0:37

1 roll - dupe neg/pos

Syndication

1. Various shots showing South Vietnamese infantrymen advancing along a dirt road and views from an Australian-manned M113 armoured personnel carrier as it overtakes them, Australian-manned M113 APCs deploying on the same dirt road.

Various shots showing gunners from 173rd US Airborne Brigade riding on a battered Dodge truck with a 105mm howitzer in tow and making it ready for action and 'Kiwi' gunners from 161 Battery RNZA in action with Otaro L5 105mm howitzers.

2. Aerial view from the door of a US Marine Corps Sikorski UH-34D helicopter armed with an M60 light machine gun of another Sikorski helicopter on a landing zone atop a big hill occupied by the Marines, various of a Sikorski helicopter coming into land on the hilltop landing zone, a US Marine using a surveyor's theodolite, two Marines walking through the jungle and climbing up a ladder to an observation platform high up in a tree.

Storyline: (1) Australian and New Zealand soldiers in combat with the South Vietnamese army and the American 173rd Airborne Brigade in Combat Zone D in III Corps' zone of operations outside Saigon. (2) A US Marine Corps observation post in mountainous country in I Corps' zone of operations south of the Demilitarised Zone.

10:20:01

F05928

Korean Division leaves for Vietnam

15/10/1965

GENF0932

1:28

South Korea

Recall: 137A720U2

B/W mute - 55 feet/1:28

1 roll - dupe neg

Syndication

Various shots of an airfield in South Korea where a large formation of South Korean troops from the 'Fighting Tiger' Division are drawn up on parade, two jeeps carrying Park Chung Hee, the President of South Korea, and senior army commanders drive past the massed troops and young Korean schoolgirls sitting in rows.

Various shots of the South Korean president handing out a new battle standard to an officer from the division's colour party, who then marches back across the huge parade ground to rejoin his comrades.

Various shots of young girls and Korean military cadets in West Point-like uniforms, the divisional commander of the formation about to leave for Vietnam gives a speech and the troops marching past en masse with a large float carrying a Tiger, their divisional insignia.

Storyline: South Korea prepares to send more troops to South Vietnam to in support of the massive US military commitment there.

10:21:34

F05931

Saigon: More Australian Troops

14/10/1965

GENF0932

0:45

Syndication

South Vietnam, Saigon

Recall: 137A720U2

B/W mute - 28 feet/0:45

1 roll - dupe neg

Syndication

Various shots of Australian soldiers in bush hats marching in a parade in downtown Saigon, young Vietnamese women clutching floral garlands or lei with which to greet the Aussies, a banner spread high across a road, "The Vietnamese people and fighters cordially welcome their Australian comrades-in-arms". Various shots of Australian and South Vietnamese soldiers on parade with their senior officers, various shots of the Australian defence minister Philip Lynch and senior Australian and South Vietnamese officers reviewing a South Vietnamese army Guard of Honour.

A shot showing young Vietnamese women giving Australian soldiers floral garlands around their necks.

Storyline: A formal parade of Australian and South Vietnamese troops in Saigon for the Australian defence minister.

10:22:24

F03532

Vietnam: Rice Bowl campaign

4/12/1965

GENF0783

0:52

Recall: 1Q755U2

B/W mute - 32 feet/0:50

Dupe neg

Syndication

Various travelling shots taken from a Landrover manned by Australian troops (1st Battalion Royal Australian Regiment) and armed with M60 light machine gun on a pintle mount passing Vietnamese peasants and Australian soldiers by the roadside, overtaking a lorry overturned during a VC ambush (?) and encountering more Australian soldiers riding in another Landrover heading in the opposite direction.

Various shots showing two Australian soldiers blindfold two Vietnamese peasant women as a security measure before allowing them to walk past their camp,

Storyline: Australian troops on patrol in Phuoc Tuy province in III Corps' theatre of operations, South Vietnam.

10:23:22

F03527

Vietnam: Vietcong prisoners

3/12/1965

GENF0783

1:20

Recall: 1Q755U2

B/W mute - 50 feet/1:20

1 roll - dupe neg

Syndication

Shots of GIs from 173rd Airborne Brigade guarding Vietnamese mails seated under two canvas tents in a temporary prisoner cage, a GI in charge examining documents taken from prisoners.

Various shots showing Viet Cong suspects lined up on an airfield runway and being put onto a US Army de Havilland CV-2 Caribou transport plane by MPs serving with the American 173rd Airborne Brigade.

Storyline: Male Vietnamese peasants suspected of being Viet Cong members in the custody of the 173rd Airborne Brigade in III Corps' theatre of operations in the countryside outside Saigon.

10:24:46

F03871

Vietnam: Amphibious Assault

18/12/1965

GENF0806

0:57

Recall: 1Q779U2

B/W mute - 35 feet/0:57

1 roll - dupe neg

Syndication

A brief shot showing a column of US-built M113 armoured personnel carriers somewhere in the Mekong Delta, a formation of Bell Huey helicopters flying overhead followed by combat scenes showing a South Vietnamese soldier on the far side of an irrigation canal hurling a grenade, soldiers on an M113 APC near a 75mm recoilless rifle round into the treeline 100 yards away, South Vietnamese infantrymen armed with M-1 Garand rifles and M-1 carbines fording the irrigation canal and attempting to advance towards the treeline.

Various shots of South Vietnamese soldiers, one armed with an M79 grenade launcher, dragging the body of a Viet Cong guerrilla (or a hapless male peasant caught up in the fighting) and looking at other corpses, a soldier picking up a grenade from a hole in the ground and clipping it to his belt.

Storyline: Soldiers of the 9th Division of the South Vietnamese army in action against Viet Cong guerrillas in IV Corps' zone of operations in the Mekong Delta.

10:25:49

F03458

Vietnam: Attack in Mekong (sic)

4/3/1966

GENF0778

0:39

Mekong Delta, Vietnam

Recall: 1Q803U2

B/W mute - 24 feet/0:39

1 roll - dupe neg

Syndication

Various shots of US Army Bell Huey helicopters dropping off South Vietnamese army infantry at a landing zone (LZ) somewhere in the Mekong Delta, South Vietnamese artillerymen firing three rounds from their 105mm M101 howitzer, and setting the fuses on their 33-pound shells, Huey helicopters flying away from the LZ after dropping off their human cargo.

Various shots showing South Vietnamese army Rangers armed with M-1 carbines bringing in three Viet Cong (VC) suspects, their arms tied behind their backs, the commander of the South Vietnamese army unit poring over a map, two VC suspects being blind-folded by Vietnamese army Rangers.

Storyline: A typical 'search and destroy' mission by the South Vietnamese army (possibly the 9th Division) in the fiercely-contested Mekong Delta.

10:26:34

F03514

Vietnam: Operation 'Crunch'

22/3/1966

GENF0782

1:28

Recall: 1Q798U2

B/W mute - 53 feet/1.28 minutes

1 roll - dupe neg

Syndication

Various shots of South Vietnamese army-manned US-built M113 armoured personnel carriers negotiating an irrigation canal.

Various shots showing frightened Vietnamese peasants being interrogated by an army officer and being led away by the soldiers, an old woman who had hidden in a covered dug-out being told to come out.

Various shots showing a South Vietnamese soldier about to hurl a hand grenade, soldiers drag a dead body out of a water-filled paddy field and discover a live Viet Cong guerrilla hiding nearby.

Storyline: A glimpse of the disruption the war causes in the Vietnamese countryside during one of many 'search and destroy' missions mounted by the 9th South Vietnamese Division in the Mekong Delta.

10:28:08

F03353

Saigon: Buddhist demonstration

1/6/1966

GENF0770

0:42

Syndication

Vietnam

Recall: 1Q61U2

B/W mute - ? feet/0:42

1 roll - dupe neg

Syndication

Various shots of Buddhist monks and their supporters on a protest march against the Saigon government led by Air Vice-Marshal Ky, being stopped by South Vietnamese army soldiers, seen here armed with M-2 carbines and an M-79 grenade launcher.

Various shots of the Buddhist monks and other demonstrators sitting down in the street in front of a coil of barbed wire blocking their way and chanting prayers.

Storyline: Buddhist monks, customarily at the forefront of demonstrations against the US-backed South Vietnam government, take to the streets of Saigon after the dismissal of a senior Buddhist army commander in Da Nang.

10:28:56

F05177

Philipine (sic) troops for Vietnam

20/8/1966

GENF0889

0:54

The Philippines

Recall: 137A656U2

B/W mute - 34 feet/0:54

1 roll - dupe neg

Syndication

Various shots showing a Filipino army sergeant wearing a bush hat kissing his wife goodbye at Manila airport or Clark Air Force Base, she and their child looking upset at saying goodbye.

Various shots showing senior American and Filipino politicians and army commanders on hand to bid the troops farewell, another soldier kissing his wife or girlfriend goodbye.

Various shots showing Filipino troops shouldering kit bags boarding a US Air Force C-130 Hercules transport plane rigged up as a troop-carrier, one soldier carrying a small guitar in his hand.

Various shots of relatives waving goodbye to their menfolk from the edge of the airfield, the engines of the C-130 Hercules starting up and preparing for take off.

Storyline: In cooperation with America's other allies in East Asia and Australasia, the Philippines government despatches a formation of 2,000 soldiers, designated the Philippines Civic Action Group, to South Vietnam.

10:29:56

F02059

South Vietnam: Australians show captured weapons

13/10/1966

GENF0662

0:44

Recall: 1Q791U2

B/W mute - 27 feet/0:44

1 roll - dupe neg

Syndication

A travelling shot from an Australian-manned M113 armoured personnel carrier fitted with a Browning .50 calibre machine gum in an armoured shield as it motors past Vietnamese peasants on the road at Nui Dat (?) followed by various shots of Australian soldiers from the Royal Australian Regiment organising a display of weapons captured during 'search-and-destroy' missions against local Viet Cong guerrillas in the local market place. The weapons include a home-made light mortar (?), Soviet-designed RPD 7.62mm light machine guns and a heavy DshKM 38/46 12.7mm machine-gun on a wheeled mounting, a South Vietnamese soldiers peaking into a microphone as he provides a commentary in Vietnamese for the display.

Various shots of Australian officers, with a US army officer, visiting the local market place in Nui Dat (?)

Storyline: Australian soldiers with the 1st Australian Task Force put captured Viet Cong weapons on public display in Phuoc Tay province.

10:30:47

F06016

Vietnam: Australians round up villagers

11/11/1966

GENF0937

0:44 minutes

Recall: I37A739U2

B/W mute - 27 feet/0:44

1 roll - dupe neg

Syndication

Various shots showing two M1113 armoured personnel carriers (APCs) crewed by 1st APC Squadron, Royal Australian Armoured Corps, motoring through a Vietnamese village and infantrymen from the 6th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment armed with NATO-standard Belgian FN rifles rounding up women and children and searching empty huts for any stray Vietnamese civilians and escorting them to a holding area.

Various shots showing Australian soldiers putting Vietnamese civilians into an improvised holding area surrounded by coils of barbed wire, young Vietnamese men being put into the back of an M113 APC for questioning elsewhere, the crew of the armoured personnel carrier in their vehicle, with its commander smoking a cigarette.

Storyline: Australian soldiers based in Phuoc Tay province round up Vietnamese peasants suspected of harbouring Viet Cong guerrillas during Operation 'Ingham'.

10:31:36

F05767

Vietnam: Aussies search for VC

18/11/1966

GENF0923

2:03

Recall: 137A734U2

B/W mute - 101 feet/2:03

1 roll - dupe neg

Syndication

Various shots showing a busy road filled with military traffic and a GMC truck filled with male Vietnamese civilians at Vung Tau, soldiers from either the 5th or 6th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment armed with Belgian FN automatic rifles guarding Vietnamese males as they disembark from an M113 armoured personnel carrier (APC) and the GMC truck at a sports ground.

Various hots showing Australian soldiers guarding the males - roughly forty of them - who are made to crouch on the ground in rows of five, Australian and South Vietnamese army intelligence officers interrogating several men.

Various of Vietnamese government officials taking down the details of women and children rounded up by Australian troops.

Storyline: Vietnamese villagers in Phuoc Tuy province are brought in for interrogation by troops serving with the 1st Australian Task Force.

10:32:50

F06059

Vietnam: Bob Hope and Miss World entertain troops

24/12/1966

GENF0940

0:52

Recall: 137A732U2

B/W mute - 32 feet/0:52

1 roll - dupe neg

Syndication

Various shots showing the US comedian Bob Hope, wearing a bright floral shirt, stepping out of a US Army jeep as he arrives for another USO show for American troops at Cam Ranh Bay, American servicemen flooding in from the surrounding area to watch the show.

Various shots of Bob Hope armed with a golf club doing his stand-up routine and bringing on Reita Faria, the current Miss World and also Miss India, dressed in a sari. Hope doing a song-and-dance act with Joey Heatherton, a pretty woman in a halter neck dress.

Storyline: 25 years after his first USO concert during the Second World War, the veteran US comedian Bob Hope does his third Christmas tour of Vietnam.

10:33:48

F06113

Vietnam: Aussies screen village population

19/1/1967

GENF0944

1:20

Recall: 137A696U2

B/W mute - 50 feet/1:20

1 roll - dupe neg

Syndication

Various shots showing Australian infantrymen from the 5th or 6th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment armed with NATA-standard Belgian FN rifles in single file, an RAR officer in conversation with two US liaison officers from II Field Force, Australian soldiers advancing through thick jungle.

Various shots showing Australian troops supervising the evacuation of a prosperous-looking Vietnamese hamlet of all its inhabitants and Vietnamese peasants wheeling bicycles and carrying their portable belongings being escorted by Australian soldiers to a holding centre.

Various shots showing South Vietnamese army interpreters taking down the details of some of the people rounded up by the Australians, Australian troops uncoiling barbed wire and driving stakes into the ground to make a holding pen.

Various shots showing South Vietnamese soldiers counting the numbers of people who file past them into the holding pen, an old woman chatting to a young man, a soldier giving a cup of water to a peasant woman seen with a large number of other women sitting down on the ground.

Various shots showing an Australian soldier carrying a young woman who is struggling to get free into a holding pen, followed by her child who is upset by all the commotion, a line of Vietnamese civilians leaving the holding pen and allowed to go home.

Storyline: Australian troops attempt to extend their control of Phuoc Tuy Province by screening Vietnamese villagers for Viet Cong members and sympathisers.

10:35:14

F04369

S. Vietnam: Marines capture VC supplies

15/2/1967

GENF08338

0:41

Recall: 1Q830U2

B/W mute - 25 feet/0:41

1 roll - dupe neg

Syndication

Various shots showing Vietnamese civilians helping US Marines pour rice into a sack (seen held by a black US Martine), lifting bags of rice from a large stockpile, removing bags of rice from a straw and mud hut used by the local Viet Cong guerrillas as a rice storage depot and sacks of rice into the back of a Boeing Chinook helicopter.

Storyline: Captured Viet Cong rice in the hands of the US Marines in I Corps' zone of operations south of the Demilitarised Zone.

10:36:00

F06127

Vietnam: Captured Vietcong Arms Ship

21/7/1967

GENF0945

1:24

Recall: 137A3833U2

B/W mute - 52 feet/1:24

1 roll - dupe neg

Syndication

Various shots showing a small coastal freighter used by the North Vietnamese to smuggle weapons for the Viet Cong being put on display by the South Vietnamese government; its bridge and crew quarters show damage sustained during its capture by the South Vietnamese navy, senior South Vietnamese service chiefs headed by Air Vice-Marshal Ngyuyen Cao Ky seen inspecting the vessel and its armament of two DshKM 12.7mm anti-aircraft machine-guns, local Vietnamese people lining up to board the vessel.

Various shots showing the cargo of captured weaponry - SKS rifles, AK-47 assault rifles, Chinese-made 122mm mortar rounds and B-40 122mm rockets - on display and being examined by South Vietnamese head of state Nguyen Van Thieu, Thieu and Premier Ky reviewing a South Vietnamese naval Guard of Honour.

Various shots showing the South Vietnamese naval commander (?) making a speech and Ky decorating senior Vietnamese commanders.

Storyline: The capture of a North Vietnamese coastal freighter by the South Vietnamese navy is the occasion for much public rejoicing by the Saigon government.

10:37:29

F05984

South Vietnam: Election Protest

8/9/1967

GENF0935

1:10

Recall: 137A3927U2

B/W mute - 49 feet/1:10

1 roll - dupe neg

Syndication

Various shots showing Truong Dinh Dzu, opposition candidate in the South Vietnamese presidential elections being interviewed by local Vietnamese and foreign journalists on the steps of the National Assembly in the centre of Saigon in protest over the electoral victory of the armed forces' candidates, Nguyen Van Thieu and Nguyen Cao Ky.

Storyline: Truong Dinh Dzu, South Vietnam's only opposition leader of any stature, complains that the victory of President Thieu and Vice-President Ky in South Vietnam's presidential election held on the 3rd September 1967 was the result of corruption and ballot-rigging.

10:38:45

F04534

Saigon: DZU students (sic)

17/9/1967

GENF0848

0:52

Recall: 1Q98U2

B/W mute - 36 feet/0:52

Dupe neg

Syndication

Various shots of students putting up anti-government banners in the grounds of Saigon university protesting against the victory of President Thieu and Vice-President Ky and various shots of the leading figure in the opposition to the Thieu-Ky regime, Truong Dinh Dzu, being greeted by the students and joining them to listen to speeches inside a lecture hall.

Storyline: Students in Saigon's university rally to opposition leader Truong Dinh Dzu after his defeat in South Vietnam's presidential election on 3rd September 1967.

10:39:50

F04535

South Vietnam: Pacification (Mekong Delta: Flying Dragon)

17/9/1967

GENF0848

1:40

Recall: 1Q98U2

B/W mute - 60 feet/1:40

Dupe neg

Syndication

Various shots filmed from a Bell Huey helicopter in flight showing other US Army Huey helicopters flying over rice-growing countryside, the shots framed by the door gunner's M-560 light machine-gun, and South Vietnamese soldiers being dropped off at a Landing Zone (LZ).

Various shots of children and mothers with babies, who seem more curious than afraid, and three South Vietnamese soldiers bringing in a Viet Cong (VC) suspect whose arms have been tied behind his back.

Various shots of the VC suspect, along with several others, sitting on the ground, a US Army forward air controller (armed with an M-16 rifle) speaking into his radio set to call in a helicopter for the prisoners (damage to the film at this point), a US Army Bell Huey helicopter coming into land, the prisoners being put on board the helicopter and the helicopter flying low overhead.

Storyline: Soldiers of the 9th South Vietnamese Army Division, trained and equipped by the Americans, take part in a heliborne 'search and destroy' mission against the Viet Cong in the Mekong Delta.

10:41:36

F04536

South Vietnam: Pacification

18/9/1967

GENF0848

1:25

South Vietnam

Recall: 1Q98U2

B/W mute - 52 feet/1.25

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Syndication

A shot showing a joint US Marine Corps and Vietnamese Regional Forces militia patrol outside a US Marine Corps base in I Corps' zone of operations.

Various shots showing Vietnamese women washing their clothes by a river, three US Marines on rural pacification duty visiting a Vietnamese village market, greeting a Vietnamese child (who is not overwhelmed by their kindness.

Scenes inside a village clinic for mothers and children where a US Marine medic and local nurses help treat children with minor complaints.

Various shots showing US Marines diving from abridge into a river and swimming with some Vietnamese children.

Storyline: In its theatre of operations in the provinces south of the Demilitarised Zone, the US Marine Corps eschews the US Army's reliance on the unrestricted use of its massive fire-power in the rural areas and its 'search-and-destroy' strategy with a sophisticated 'hearts-and-minds' programme designed to weaken Viet Cong support among the Vietnamese population.

10:43:07

F04563

S. Vietnam: New Port: Thai Soldiers arrive

22/9/1967

GENF0849

1:39

Recall: 1Q808U2

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1 roll - Dupe neg

Syndication

Various shots of an US attack transport, USS Navarro, coming into dock in New Port Army Terminal in Saigon's port area carrying the Royal Thai Army Volunteer Regiment to fight in South Vietnam and the Thai soldiers lining the ship's railings as it nears the quayside, a young Vietnamese woman posing for the camera with a floral garland or lei.

Various shots of the Thai commanding officer coming down a gangway and being greeted by General William Westmoreland, commander of all US ground forces in Vietnam and senior US and South Vietnamese officers and being decorated with the floral garland.

Various shots of the Thai regiment's colour party and carriers of their Buddhist shrine stepping ashore followed by the rest of the Thai soldiers shouldering kit bags and armed with M-1 carbines and M-16 automatic rifles. Various shots showing Thai soldiers climbing into the back of big US military lorries, the colour party still holding onto thieir regimental (?) banners.

Storyline: The first Thai combat troops sent to South Vietnam to fight alongside the Americans and their other allies arrive at Saigon.

10:44:51

F05738

South Vietnam, nr Tamy Ky: Operation Wallowa

24/10/1967

GENF0921

2:30

Recall: 137A39U2

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Syndication

Tracking shots from an M113 armoured personnel carrier (APC) showing US soldiers in other APCs armed with Browning .50 calibre machine guns in small open turrets advancing along a narrow trail through sand dunes covered in small pine (?) trees and coarse grass just behind the Vietnamese coastline.

Tracking shots from an M113 APC as it motors into a deserted Vietnamese hamlet. Various shots of GIs armed with M-16 automatic rifles searching abandoned slit-trenches concealed by straw, buckets, in which they find documents and clothing, and a hut for hidden weapons.

Tracking shots as a company of motorised infantry in M113 APCs advances across a paddy field, a shallow river estuary and along a sandy beach towards their next objective.

Various shots showing APCs motor through sand dunes covered in small pine trees and coarse vegetation where they make contact with enemy forces: various shots of dismounted riflemen and a gunner on board an M113 APC firing his Browning .50 calibre machine gun and then firing an M79 40mm grenade launcher, two lightly injured GIs - the second an Afro-American GI - make their way back to an APC for emergency treatment.

Various shots showing two M113s advance in line abreast; a GI on board another M113 sends tracer shot from an M60 light machine-gun into the undergrowth behind him while the gunner with the heavy Browning .50 calibre machine-gun hoses down the vegetation beside his vehicle; another rifleman fires five rounds with his M-14 automatic rifle as an M113 Browning machine-gunner provides covering fire.

Various shots on the beach, where GIs and their APCs are parked, a Bell UH-IC Huey helicopter arrives to evacuate some walking wounded and takes off

Various shots showing an HE bomb dropped from an unseen US fighter-bomber bursting on suspected enemy troops concealed in coarse grass on top of the beach several hundred yards away from two M113 APCs in the foreground and an F-105 Thunderchief dropping another bomb onto the suspected enemy position, resulting in a big explosion (109 feet).

Storyline:

Mechanised infantry with the US 23rd Americal Division undertake offensive operations in Quang Nam Province in I Corps' area of operations in order to destroy the 2nd NVA Division and local VC forces.

10:47:52

F03795

South Vietnam: Phuc Hoa Battle

29/10/1967

GENF0801

1.05 minutes

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Syndication

Various shots of the perimeter of the South Vietnamese camp at Phuc Hoa lined with dug-outs lined and roofed with corrugated iron which have been subject to a rigorous bout of enemy mortar fire - a US Army advisor briefly steps through one of the shots.

Various shots of the bodies of North Vietnamese army (NVA) sappers (?) along the camp's perimeter and Sourth Vietnamese army and air force personnel inspecting the grim scenes.

Various shots of captured Soviet or Chinese weaponry abandoned by the NVA attackers - Chinese-made stick grenades and mortar bombs, a portable flame-thrower used by enemy sappers and numerous RPD 7.62mm light machine guns, AK-47s and RPG-2 rocket-propelled grenades

Storyline: The aftermath of an unsuccessful attack by a well-armed North Vietnamese regular army unit against a South Vietnamese fortified position at Phuc Hoa in Tay Ninh Province in III Corps' area of operations in South Vietnam near the Cambodian border.

10:49:02

F02273

Vietnam: Aussie blow-up (sic)

18/11/1964

GENF0677

2:46

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1 roll - dupe neg

Syndication

Various shots showing Australian soldiers on a 'search-and-destroy' mission investigating peasant dwellings in the jungle, examining the remains of an open fire and several bowls and a tea pot found at the site. Various shots of a soldier digging a hole in the ground to widen the entrance of a tunnel made by the narrow-hipped VC to fit the average-sized Australian whilst two of his comrades cut a length of demolition cable and prepare a demolition charge, various shots of the charge being lowered into the tunnel and the intrepid tunneller re-surfacing after placing the charge down below.

Various shots taken from a safe distance just after the demolition charge was detonated and several soldiers going forward to inspect the results.

Various shots showing preparations for the demolition of another tunnel, an Australian soldier referring to a map and making notes, a second and much bigger explosion deeper in the jungle as another VC tunnel is blown up.

Various of Australian soldiers standing around an M113 armoured personnel carrier and investigating another tunnel entrance.

Storyline: In Phuoc Tuy province outside Saigon, the Australians successfully harass and weaken the local Viet Cong guerrillas.

10:51:54

F03101

South Vietnam: nr Saigon: Christmas Truce

26/12/1967

GENF0752

2:12

Bien Hoa, South Vietnam

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Syndication

1. Various shots showing a black US Army sergeant and South Vietnamese army soldiers staring at a number of captured Viet Cong male and female suspects who sit in rows in a crouching position and a varied collection of captured Viet Cong weapons - American M-1 Garand rifles, French Fusil 1907/1915 rifles and possibly Soviet 1891/30 rifles, small arms ammunition, a 57mm (?) recoilless rifle and several B-40 rocket warheads.

2. At 1st US infantry Division during the Christmas Day truce at Bien Hoa, South Vietnam - various shots of idle Huey helicopters and M113 armoured personnel carriers.

Various shots of white and black American soldiers reading mail from home in an 81mm mortar firing pit and inside a Nissen hut, where they are also seen opening Christmas presents and polishing a Colt 9mm automatic pistol.

Various shots showing sign on exterior of chapel building "1st Infantry Division Memorial Chapel", soldiers posing for the camera in front of a Nativity grotto featuring Joseph, Mary, the baby Jesus, the Archangel Gabriel and one of the Shepherds.

Storyline: 1. Captured VC suspects and weapons on display. 2. A truce in time for Christmas for GIs serving with US 1st Infantry Division "The Big Red One" in III Corps' zone of operations outside Saigon.

10:54:06

End

SHOTLIST:

1. Memorial flower wreath above Bob Hope star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

2. Bob Hope star

3. Man taking photo

4. Cards left on Bob Hope star

5. Note to Bob Hope left on star

6. Tourists taking photos near Bob Hope star

7. Tourists near star

8. Wreath on Walk of Fame

9. SOUNDBITE: (English) Ron Price, London Resident:

"He didn't give up on his lifetime. He made his century didn't he, which I think probably was one of his ambitions. Wonderful entertainment, entertainer through the years, and I just think he was one of the inspirations of the Second World War where he went around entertaining the troops. Lifting the morale. We're going to miss him."

10. Memorial wreath and news photographer

11. SOUNDBITE: (English) Patty Smith, tourist from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:

"In general, just a great comic. Made us laugh all the time. Just a sad day for a lot of people, but he lived a long, long life."

12. Hollywood honourary mayor Johnnie Grant (in beige jacket)

13. SOUNDBITE: (English) Johnnie Grant, Hollywood Honourary Mayor:

"He was just as comfortable talking to the President of the United States as he was to a private in the army, and he was just as comfortable ribbing them. It didn't matter who they were."

13. Wreath and people standing on Walk of Fame

14. Man looking at wreath

15. Wreath

STORYLINE:

Entertainer Bob Hope was remembered in Hollywood on Monday as a great comedian and a good friend to soldiers and presidents alike.

Bob Hope died on Sunday night of pneumonia at his Toluca Lake, California home, surrounded by his family. He was one-hundred-years-old.

Hope was known as a star of vaudeville, radio, television, and film.

He starred in the "Road" series of movies with longtime friend Bing Crosby.

Hope also took his show on the road for decades to bases around the world to boost morale among servicemen from World War Two to the Gulf War.

He was born in England in 1903, but came with his family to the United States in 1907.

Hope spent his early years in Cleveland, Ohio, and affectionately referred to it as "hometown".

Hope is survived by his wife, Dolores, his four children, Linda, Anthony, William Kelly, Honora, and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Daughter Linda said on Monday that a a private burial was planned, followed by a memorial service and tribute on August 27.

EDDIE MURPHY WITHDRAWS AS OSCAR HOST

Eddie Murphy has bowed out of his gig as host of the Academy Awards, following pal Brett Ratner's decision to leave the show as producer because of an uproar over a gay slur.

The news of Murphy's departure came Wednesday, a day after Ratner quit as producer of the Feb. 26 show.

Ratner left amid criticism of his use of a pejorative term for gay men in a question-and-answer session at a screening of his action comedy "Tower Heist," which opened last weekend and stars Murphy and Ben Stiller.

Murphy's exit deprives Oscar organizers of a top star for an often thankless job that's tough to fill, since some past hosts have found little to gain from the gig and plenty to lose if they do a poor job as emcee of Hollywood's biggest party.

The two sides departed with cordial words, though.

"I completely understand and support each party's decision with regard to a change of producers for this year's Academy Awards ceremony," Murphy said in a news release from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. "I was truly looking forward to being a part of the show that our production team and writers were just starting to develop, but I'm sure that the new production team and host will do an equally great job."

Academy President Tom Sherak bid Murphy farewell graciously.

"I appreciate how Eddie feels about losing his creative partner, Brett Ratner, and we all wish him well," Sherak said.

Still, losing Murphy is a blow to a ceremony that has struggled to pep up its image amid a general decline in its TV ratings over the last couple of decades and a rush of hipper awards shows that appeal to younger crowds, such as the MTV Movie Awards.

Oscar planners have sought to shorten the sometimes interminably long show and have tried new ways to present awards in hopes of livening things up.

They also have experimented with unexpected choices as hosts, which worked nicely with the song-and-dance talents of Hugh Jackman three years ago but backfired at last season's show, when perky Anne Hathaway was paired with lackluster co-host James Franco.

When the academy picked Murphy in September, it marked a return to the traditional funnyman as host, a formula that delivered some of the best-remembered Oscar pageants when Bob Hope, Johnny Carson and Billy Crystal ran the show.

Academy officials would not discuss the personnel changes or plans to replace Ratner and Murphy. Ratner's producing partner for the upcoming ceremony - Don Mischer, who co-produced last year's Oscars - remains on board for the show.

Any decision on who will replace Murphy as host likely will not come until Oscar planners make a decision on whether to bring in another producer to work with Mischer.

Organizers still have plenty of time. The show is more than three months away, and much of the work in staging it has to wait until Oscar nominations are announced Jan. 24, anyway.

There's also no great rush to name a new host. The academy did not announce Hathaway and Franco as hosts until the end of November last year, while the announcement on Jackman three years ago did not come until mid-December.

SHOTLIST (including transcript):-

AP Entertainment

New York, 24 October 2011

1. Wide of Eddie Murphy on red carpet

2. Wide shot Murphy speaking to reporters

3. SOUNDBITE (English) Eddie Murphy, actor (on his oscar preparations): "I haven't done anything yet. I've got to see what movies get nominated. Right now I'm just waiting to see what's gonna happen next. I've never hosted...I haven't seen anything yet. What's the front runner there? Who knows?"

Reporter: "What are you most excited about?"

Eddie Murphy: "I've never had the experience. I'm looking forward to seeing what the whole experience is. I'm excited about that, yeah and hoping not to drop the ball. We'll see."

4. Wide Brett Ratner on red carpet

5. Wide Brett Ratner on red carpet

CLIENTS PLEASE NOTE: ++++Pool Material restrictions: Broadcasters may use no more than 30 seconds of each clip, no more than 90 seconds in total++++

SHOTLIST:-

APTN

Oceanside, Ca. 1 April 2005

1. Wide shot arrivals area

2. "Rockin' the Corps" logo

3. Marine takes photograph

4. Show producer Joseph Robert speaks to reporter

5. SOUNDBITE (English) Joseph Robert/Show Producer:

"'Rockin' the Corps' is a concert that we're putting on for the Marines coming back from Afghanistan and Iraq, and those deployed. It's a 'Thank you.' It's a 'Thank you' from America, for those Marines who are serving our country."

6. Destiny's Child speak with reporter

7. SOUNDBITE (English) Michelle Williams/Destiny's Child, on why the band is performing:

"The troops, the soldiers, the Marines! We talk about 'em in our songs, so we've really got to . . .

SOUNDBITE (English) Beyonce Knowles/Destiny's Child:

". . . see the men in the uniforms."

8. Photographer cutaway

9. Destiny's Child pose for photographers, with pan to photographers

10. SOUNDBITE (English) Beyonce Knowles/Destiny's Child:

"We have done military bases before, but never 40,000 Marines. Never ever. And I know a lot of the Marines just got back to America from Iraq yesterday. So, this is a lot. This is a lot for us. This is historical for us, to be the people that they see with their families. And we've seen a lot of their wives and their children. And everyone's so excited and so happy, as well as us. And we're just proud to be here."

11. Sharon Stone poses for photos with Marines

12. "Nip/Tuck" actor Kelly Carlson speaks to reporter, with pan down to plywood "red carpet"

13. Cedric the Entertainer speaks to reporter

14. SOUNDBITE (English) Cedric the Entertainer/Host:

"Oh, man! This is military right here. I mean, we ought to talk to the government about getting a little more money out here. But we're walking on the sand, so you can't really do your carpet on sand. It gets dirty. So plywood on sand is the next best thing. And the thing about this is you can get this from Home Depot real cheap. And the thing about the military is that they can take the same plywood and make four houses out of the same thing right here. It's going to be lovely. It is not wasted, plywood."

15. Hootie and the Blowfish speak to reporter

16. SOUNDBITE (English) Darius Rucker/Hootie and the Blowfish, sings "The Star Spangled Banner"

17. Carmen Electra speaks to reporter

18. SOUNDBITE (English) Carmen Electra/Actor:

"You know, you've got all these rock bands here to entertain the troops, and superstars and supermodels, and you name it. And, so we're here to support them, to show our love and let them know that they're not forgotten, and they're our heroes."

19. Marines observe arrivals area

20. Actor Heather Locklear and husband-rocker Richie Sambora (with daughter Ava Elizabeth) speak to reporter

21. SOUNDBITE (English) Richie Sambora/Musician, Bon Jovi:

"People that don't travel abroad, don't know how good we have it here in America. And the troops are, obviously, protecting our safety and our freedom. And it's just a way to give back and say, 'Thanks.' And, everybody's always very, very excited to see 'em. It's like a U.S.O. tour, the old Bob Hope show."

SOUNDBITE (English) Heather Locklear/Actor:

"You know what I have to say? Is during this whole serious thing, the Hooters Girls are over there!"

SOUNDBITE (English) Sambora:

"I'm sure the Marines are going to be very happy to see the Hooters Girls and my wife."

SOUNDBITE (English) Locklear:

"And Heather."

22. Wide photographers

23. Mary J. Blige speaks to reporter

24. SOUNDBITE (English) Mary J. Blige/Musician:

"Well, my father was in Vietnam. And, to this day, he suffers, he smells burning bodies today. And he has to go into the hospital when he starts going crazy and all that. So I'm just here to let the people know that I understand what you're dealing with. And when you get weak, I'm praying for you to have strength, to get through all of this. And you're the super people."

Pool-feed video (see restrictions, above)

25. Cedric the Entertainer hosts the show

26. Godsmack performs

27. Ted Nugent performs

BEYONCE AND SHARON STONE BOOST U.S. TROOPS

Blaring rock, pop and hip-hop are nothing new at Camp Pendleton, the Marine Corps base some 90 miles south of downtown Los Angeles.

But Friday night (01APR05), there was something completely different. The music was live, as Destiny's Child, Ted Nugent, Godsmack and a host of others performed for a crowd of more than 40,000, primarily troops and family members.

The show, dubbed, "Rockin' the Corps," is "a concert that we're putting on for the Marines coming back from Afghanistan and Iraq, and those deployed," producer Joseph Robert told Associated Press Television News. "It's a 'Thank you.' It's a 'Thank you' from America, for those Marines who are serving our country."

Some of the performers confessed they were getting a little something back, as well. For Destiny's Child singer Michelle Williams, it was a look at "the troops, the soldiers, the Marines!" she gushed. "We talk about 'em in our song ("Soldier"), so we've really got to . . ."

Band mate Beyonce Knowles completed the sentence, ". . . see the men in the uniforms!"

Williams, Knowles and the third Destiny's Child member, Kelly Rowland, broke out in giggles.

Knowles then added that Destiny's Child had performed on military bases before, "but never 40,000 Marines. Never ever. And I know a lot of the Marines just got back to America from Iraq yesterday. So, this is a lot. This is a lot for us. This is historical for us, to be the people that they see with their families. And we've seen a lot of their wives and their children. And everyone's so excited and so happy, as well as us. And we're just proud to be here."

The stars had to rough it a bit as they spoke to press. Instead of a red carpet, the Marines simply laid squares of plywood over the sand leading to the beachfront that played host to the enormous outdoor stage.

Concert host Cedric the Entertainer (the upcoming big-screen "The Honeymooners") joked about makeshift arrivals line. "Oh, man! This is military right here," he observed. "I mean, we ought to talk to the government about getting a little more money out here. But we're walking on the sand, so you can't really do your carpet on sand. It gets dirty. So plywood on sand is the next best thing. And the thing about this is you can get this from Home Depot real cheap. And the thing about the military is that they can take the same plywood and make four houses out of the same thing right here. It's going to be lovely. It is not wasted, plywood."

On the line, Darius Rucker (Hootie and the Blowfish) sang a few bars of the U.S. national anthem, "The Star Spangled Banner" (which guitar legend Ted Nugent later performed in the show). Sharon Stone posed for photos with Marines. Carmen Electra appeared to be freezing in her sheer lime-green party dress. And Bon Jovi's Richie Sambora waxed patriotically about how Americans don't appreciate the homeland security provided by the military.

Once he finished, actor-wife Heather Locklear noted, "You know what I have to say? . . . During this whole serious thing, the Hooters Girls are over there!" ("Hooters Girls" refers to the often buxom servers found at the Hooters restaurant chain.)

Added Sambora: "I'm sure the Marines are going to be very happy to see the Hooters Girls and my wife."

The spirits were not always this high, as many show participants shared stories of and concern for friends and family in American military life. "Well, my father was in Vietnam," said musician Mary J. Blige. "And, to this day, he suffers, he smells burning bodies today. And he has to go into the hospital when he starts going crazy and all that. So I'm just here to let the people know that I understand what you're dealing with. And when you get weak, I'm praying for you to have strength, to get through all of this. And you're the super people."

BILLY CRYSTAL HONORED IN A FUNNY, TOUCHING HOLLYWOOD-HANDPRINT CEREMONY

Comic-actor Billy Crystal had the attention of hundreds of onlookers Friday (12 APRIL) in Hollywood.

But for a moment, the Emmy- and Tony-winning actor, writer, producer and stand-up comic was neither funny nor acting.

As the 71-year-old Crystal was being honored with a handprint ceremony in the forecourt of the Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, he reflected on growing up with his mother, father and two brothers on Long Island, and a home filled with music and comedy.

"You try to make your parents laugh, and that laugh becomes this delicious drink that I was always thirsty for," Crystal recalled. "All these years later, I think of all the times that we performed and dreamed about something like this happening -- never would have imagined that it could happen for me."

Crystal wouldn't attain huge stardom until he was nearly 30, in the groundbreaking role of the gay son Jodie Dallas on the ABC sitcom "Soap." By the late '80s, Crystal emerged a big-screen superstar, with a string of hits including "The Princess Bride" and "Throw Momma from the Train" (1987), "When Harry Met Sally ..." (1989) and "City Slickers" (1991).

And into the new millennium, the hits keep coming, with Pixar's "Monsters, Inc." (2001) and its sequel "Monsters U" (2013)

In 1990, Crystal marked his first of nine times as host and co-writer of the Academy Awards, earning him two Emmys. Only Bob Hope has hosted more ceremonies (19).

"I am wearing the shoes that I wore the first time I hosted the Oscars," Crystal joked at the handprint ceremony, continuing, "and they hurt, because I'm now retaining water. I save everything."

Crystal also won the 2005 Tony Award for Best Special Theatrical Event for the autobiographical one-man show, "700 Sundays."

Crystal next will be heard in a "Monsters at Work" TV series for the new Disney+ streaming-video channel, and in the upcoming live-action feature "Standing Up, Falling Down," set to have its world premiere 25 April at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York.

We could talk upcoming projects later. The ceremony was over, but Crystal wanted to stay in the moment.

"You know, when I was a kid, they still had newsreels in the movie theatres: 'The News of the Week in Review!' And you'd see someone like Gregory Peck have his footprints and handprints here, or Jimmy Stewart. The history of these amazing stars being honored at what was then the Grauman's Chinese. To be part of that growing fraternity, sorority -- courtyard? -- is really moving to me, considering from where I started and where I'm still heading."

Los Angeles, 12 April 2019

1. Pan to handprint-ceremony setup in forecourt of TCL Chinese Theatre

2. Comic-actor Billy Crystal and director Rob Reiner pose for photographers

3. Tilt up of comic-actor Billy Crystal placing hands in cement

4. UPSOUND (English) Billy Crystal, comic-actor:

"You try to make your parents laugh, and that laugh becomes this delicious drink that I was always thirsty for. And, all these years later, I think of all the times that we performed and dreamed about something like this happening -- never would have imagined that it could happen for me."

5. Comic-actor Billy Crystal stands and holds up cement-covered hands for photographers

6. UPSOUND (English) Billy Crystal, comic-actor:

"One of my favorite characters, and, from what I've been told, is one of yours, too, is Mike Wazowski from 'Monsters, Inc.' and 'Monsters U.' So, the good people at Pixar sent me one of Mike's feet. So, I thought it only fitting that I'd put one of my feet and one of Mike's feet -- at the same time (in cement)"

7. Comic-actor Billy Crystal poses for photographers holding a replica of his "Monsters, Inc." character Mike Wazowski's foot

8. UPSOUND (English) Billy Crystal, comic-actor:

"I am wearing the shoes that I wore the first time I hosted the Oscars. And they hurt, because I'm now retaining water. I save everything. (Crowd laughs.) See? It still works."

9. Tilt up from comic-actor Billy Crystal's shoes in cement to Crystal displaying a wide range of emotions

10. SOUNDBITE (English) Billy Crystal, comic-actor, on being honored with a handprint ceremony at the Chinese Theatre in Hollywood:

"You know, when I was a kid, they still had newsreels in the movie theatres: 'The News of the Week in Review!' And you'd see someone like Gregory Peck have his footprints and handprints here, or Jimmy Stewart. The history of these amazing stars being honored at what was then the Grauman's Chinese. To be part of that growing fraternity, sorority -- courtyard? -- is really moving to me, considering from where I started and where I'm still heading."

11. Comic-actor Billy Crystal and family pose for photographers

12. Pan of cement block with comic-actor Billy Crystal handprints and footprints. and Mike Wazowski 's footprint

ROBIN WILLIAMS, MANIC STAR, DEAD AT 63

Robin Williams, the Academy Award winner and comic supernova whose explosions of pop culture riffs and impressions dazzled audiences for decades and made him a gleamy-eyed laureate for the Information Age, died Monday (11 AUG. 2014) in an apparent suicide. He was 63.

Williams was pronounced dead at his San Francisco Bay area home on Monday, according to the sheriff's office in Marin County, north of San Francisco. The sheriff's office said a preliminary investigation shows the cause of death to be a suicide due to asphyxia.

The Marin County coroner's office said Williams was last been seen alive at home about 10 p.m. Sunday. An emergency call from his house in Tiburon was placed to the Sheriff's Department shortly before noon Monday.

"This morning, I lost my husband and my best friend, while the world lost one of its most beloved artists and beautiful human beings. I am utterly heartbroken," said Williams' wife, Susan Schneider. "On behalf of Robin's family, we are asking for privacy during our time of profound grief. As he is remembered, it is our hope the focus will not be on Robin's death, but on the countless moments of joy and laughter he gave to millions."

Williams had been battling severe depression recently, said Mara Buxbaum, his press representative. Just last month he announced he was returning to a 12 Step treatment program he said he needed after 18 months of nonstop work. He had sought treatment in 2006 after a relapse following 20 years of sobriety.

From his breakthrough in the late 1970s as the alien in the hit TV show "Mork and Mindy," through his standup act and such films as "Good Morning, Vietnam," the short, barrel-chested Williams ranted and shouted as if just sprung from solitary confinement. Loud, fast, manic, he parodied everyone from John Wayne to Keith Richards, impersonating a Russian immigrant as easily as a pack of Nazi attack dogs.

He was a riot in drag in "Mrs. Doubtfire," or as a cartoon genie in "Aladdin." He won his Academy Award in a rare but equally intense dramatic role, as an empathetic therapist in the 1997 film "Good Will Hunting."

He was no less on fire in interviews. During a 1989 chat with The Associated Press, he could barely stay seated in his hotel room, or even mention the film he was supposed to promote, as he free-associated about comedy and the cosmos.

"There's an Ice Age coming," he said. "But the good news is there'll be daiquiris for everyone and the Ice Capades will be everywhere. The lobster will keep for at least 100 years, that's the good news. The Swanson dinners will last a whole millennium. The bad news is the house will basically be in Arkansas."

Following Williams on stage, Billy Crystal once observed, was like trying to top the Civil War. In a 1993 interview with the AP, Williams recalled an appearance early in his career on "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson." Bob Hope was also there.

"It was interesting," Williams said. "He was supposed to go on before me and I was supposed to follow him, and I had to go on before him because he was late. I don't think that made him happy. I don't think he was angry, but I don't think he was pleased.

"I had been on the road and I came out, you know, gassed, and I killed and had a great time. Hope comes out and Johnny leans over and says, 'Robin Williams, isn't he funny?' Hope says, 'Yeah, he's wild. But you know, Johnny, it's great to be back here with you.'"

In 1992, Carson chose Williams and Bette Midler as his final guests.

Like so many funnymen, he had dramatic ambitions. He played for tears in "Awakenings," "Dead Poets Society" and "What Dreams May Come," which led New York Times critic Stephen Holden to write that he dreaded seeing the actor's "Humpty Dumpty grin and crinkly moist eyes."

But other critics approved and Williams won three Golden Globes, for "Good Morning, Vietnam," "Mrs. Doubtfire" and "The Fisher King."

His other film credits included Robert Altman's "Popeye" (a box office bomb), Paul Mazursky's "Moscow on the Hudson," Steven Spielberg's "Hook" and Woody Allen's "Deconstructing Harry." On stage, Williams joined fellow comedian Steve Martin in a 1988 Broadway revival of "Waiting for Godot."

More recently, he appeared in the "Night at the Museum" movies, playing President Theodore Roosevelt in the comedies in which Ben Stiller's security guard has to contend with was figures that come alive and wreak havoc after a museum closes. The third film in the series is in post-production, according to the Internet Movie Database website.

In April, Fox 2000 said it was developing a sequel to "Mrs. Doubtfire" and Williams was in talks to join the production.

Williams also made a short-lived return to TV last fall in CBS' "The Crazy Ones," a sitcom about a father-daughter ad agency team that co-starred Sarah Michelle Gellar. It was canceled after one season

"I dread the word `art,'" Williams said in 1989 when discussing his craft with the AP. "That's what we used to do every night before we'd go on with `Waiting for Godot.' We'd go, `No art. Art dies tonight.' We'd try to give it a life, instead of making "Godot" so serious. It's cosmic vaudeville staged by the Marquis de Sade."

His personal life was often short on laughter. He had acknowledged drug and alcohol problems in the 1970s and '80s and was among the last to see John Belushi before the "Saturday Night Live" star died of a drug overdose in 1982.

Williams announced in 2006 that he was again drinking but rebounded well enough to joke about it during his recent tour. "I went to rehab in wine country," he said, "to keep my options open." The following year he told The Associated Press that people were surprised he was no longer clean.

"I fell off the wagon after 20 years and people are like, `Really?' Well, yeah. It only kicks in when you really want to change," he said.

Born in Chicago in 1951, Williams would remember himself as a shy kid who got some early laughs from his mother _ by mimicking his grandmother. He opened up more in high school when he joined the drama club and he was accepted into the Juilliard Academy, where he had several classes in which he and Christopher Reeve were the only students and John Houseman was the teacher.

Encouraged by Houseman to pursue comedy, Williams identified with the wildest and angriest of performers: Jonathan Winters, Lenny Bruce, Richard Pryor, George Carlin. Their acts were not warm and lovable. They were just being themselves.

"You look at the world and see how scary it can be sometimes and still try to deal with the fear," he told the AP in 1989. "Comedy can deal with the fear and still not paralyze you or tell you that it's going away. You say, OK, you got certain choices here, you can laugh at them and then once you've laughed at them and you have expunged the demon, now you can deal with them. That's what I do when I do my act."

He unveiled Mork, the alien from the planet Ork, in an appearance on "Happy Days," and was granted his own series, which ran from 1978-82 and co-starred Pam Dawber as a woman who takes the interplanetary visitor in.

"I am completely and totally devastated," Dawber said in a statement. What more can be said?"

Following his success in films, Williams often returned to television _ for appearances on "Saturday Night Live," for "Friends," for comedy specials, for "American Idol," where in 2008 he pretended to be a "Russian idol" who belts out a tuneless, indecipherable "My Way."

Williams could handle a script, when he felt like it, and also think on his feet. He ad-libbed in many of his films and was just as quick in person. During a media tour for "Awakenings," when director Penny Marshall mistakenly described the film as being set in a "menstrual hospital," instead of "mental hospital," Williams quickly stepped in and joked, "It's a period piece."

Winner of a Grammy in 2003 for best spoken comedy album, "Robin Williams _ Live 2002," he once likened his act to the daily jogs he took across the Golden Gate Bridge. There were times he would look over the edge, one side of him pulling back in fear, the other insisting he could fly.

"You have an internal critic, an internal drive that says, 'OK, you can do more.' Maybe that's what keeps you going," Williams said. "Maybe that's a demon. ... Some people say, 'It's a muse.' No, it's not a muse! It's a demon! DO IT YOU BASTARD!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! THE LITTLE DEMON!!"

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Beverly Hills, 29 July 2013

1. Medium of Robin Williams at a CBS party

2. Zoom out on Robin Williams with James Wolk and Amanda Setton

2. Push in to CU of Robin Williams

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Los Angeles, 13 November 2011

3. Wide of Robin Williams, Susan Schneider and Williams' daughter Zelda Williams

4. Zoom in to tight shot of Robin Williams

5. Medium of Robin Williams and Susan Schneider

6. Zoom in to tight shot of Robin Williams

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New York, 8 November 2012

7. Medium of Robin Williams greeting people on a red carpet for an event honoring wounded veterans

8. SOUNDBITE (English) Robin williams/Actor - on the importance of people helping others: "I mean it's always good I mean people come back and they come back online and that's the thing about we talked about before is after something like this happens, people come on. It's just the hands on stuff of people taking care of each other, which they do. There are relief organizations but it really comes down to neighbors taking care of neighbors."

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9. TV Clip- "The Crazy Ones"

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Los Angeles, 4 October 2006

10. Wide of Robin Williams on arrivals line at 'Man of the Year' film premiere

11. Wide of Robin Williams posing for photographers

12. Medium of Robin Williams and Jeff Goldblum posing for photographers

13. Medium of Robin Williams speaking to reporter

14. SOUNDBITE (English) Robin Williams/Actor - on leaving rehab: "I'm doing great. I want to thank the millions and the thousands and also the people that have come up in person and thank them for all their support. It's been loving. It's been wonderful to know I'm not alone. That's the main thing. When you come out of rehab. If you know that then you've got a great shot... Thank you. I feel like, what'd I look like (unintelligible.)"

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Los Angeles, 24 September 2013

15. SOUNDBITE (English) Sarah Michelle Gellar/Actress - on working with Robin Williams on 'The Crazy Ones':

"I've been doing this 32 years and this is the most fun I have ever had on a job. I could talk about Robin Williams, do you have an hour? If I talked about of him the way I want to people would think I made him up. I mean you have this man who is truly one of the top 10 greatest all-time standup comics ever and he's also a Julliard trained, Academy award-winning actor. He's also one of the kindest human beings I've ever met."

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16. TV Clip- "The Crazy Ones"

17. TV Clip- "The Crazy Ones"

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18. Trailer- "Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb"

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No location, 14 December 2004

19. Still image- Robin Williams gives his autograph to Senior Airman Cutis Netherton of the 386th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron

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Beverly Hills, Calif., 27 March 2010

20. Matt Damon and Robin Williams appear at a gala

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Los Angeles, 8 march 1979

21. Pam Dawber and Robin Williams of hold their awards at the People's Choice Awards

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New York, 12 April 1996

22. Robin Williams performs on stage at Carnegie Hall

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Hollywood, 22 Dec. 1998

23. Robin Williams dips his hands in cement at Mann's Chinese Theatre