Vietnam War - 1966 | Movietone Moment | 12 January 2024

On this day in 1966, President Lyndon Johnson revealed that war troops should stay in Vietnam. Here is a British Movietone report showing the US aircraft carrier “Enterprise“ operating in the China Sea. The American Carrier “Enterprise“, the largest warship in the world, had been operating in the China Sea until President Lyndon B Johnson ordered a cease-fire on Christmas Eve. The Viet Cong also offer a similar truce to the South Vietnamese - a cease-fire during the Vietnamese New Year in January. The vital question is:- Do these two gestures hold out a real hope for peace? GV flight deck of a US aircraft carrier. MS aircraft being towed onto the catapult. TS flight deck personnel arming the aircraft. TS aircraft standing on flight deck. MS ditto. MS personnel arming bomb. MCU ditto. TS aircraft takes off from carrier. TS another ditto. Pan another ditto. Pan another ditto. Pan another ditto. Pan another ditto. Pan another ditto. CU flashing lamp on flight deck. Ground to air aircraft flies over carrier. TS pan aircraft lands on carrier. TS pan another ditto. TS pan ditto. TS pan ditto. TS pan ditto. ALSO ON CUTS TAPE 309 (VIETNAM COMPILATION) - IN: 02:36:31:01 - OUT: 02:37:45:22 Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are reproduced for historical accuracy and do not represent the opinions or editorial policies of the Associated Press. Find out more about AP Archive: You can license this footage for commercial use through AP Archive - the story number is BM90616 Twitter: Facebook: Tumblr: ​​ Instagram: