Johnson On Vietnam Call For (1965)

United States of America Vietnam. Title reads Strength and the Striving for Peace. CU. American President Lyndon Johnson at microphone delivering a speech natural sound. He says: We have learned at a terrible and a brutal cost, that retreat does not bring safety and weakness does not bring peace. And it is this lesson that has brought us to Vietnam. GV. American wooded countryside. GV. Flyover highway system. MS. Modern American train. LS. Golden Gate bridge. Top shot, Manhattan. People walking and picnicking at one of America s national parks. MS. Man fishing from edge of lake. MV. Pan down a palm tree onto tropical beach. Voiceover talks about the need to help defend the small and valiant nation Vietnam. Cut back to President Johnson continuing his speech: What are goals in that war stained land First we intend to convince the Communist that we cannot be defeated by force of arms or by superior power. Second, once the Communists know, as we know, that a violent solution is impos