Malcolm X on stage. Malcolm X talks about American democracy in the civil rights era. Says "democracy is hypocracy." Discusses black inequality, and how every black man is called "boy." Malcolm X says that no Negro is willing to turn the other cheek. Malcolm X with Muhammad Ali. Malcolm X breaks 90 day silence, is questioned about comments regarding JFK's assassination, refers to "chickens come home to roost" quote. Malcolm X outside courthouse comments on Muslim leader Elijah Muhammad siring children with teenage girls as well as death threats on his own life. Muslims pray in Egypt. Malcolm X speech. Malcolm X speech over images of the Vietnam War. "The white man can never win another war on the ground... You remember Dien Bien Phu... And a, and a, and a white man can't fight a guerilla warfare. Guerilla action takes heart, takes nerve, and he doesn't have that. He's brave when he's got tanks. He's brave when he's got planes. He's brave when he's got bombs. He's brave when he got a whole lot of company along with him, but you take that little man from Africa and Asia, turn him loose in the woods with a blade, with a blade, that's all he needs, all he needs is a blade, and when the sun comes down, goes down and it's dark, it's even steven." VIDEO: insignia for the 1st AVN DET (PROV). Helicopter in the sky, night bombings. U.S. soldier sets hut on fire. Tank rolls past fire on the ground. Jet in the air. Huge plume of black smoke. Soldiers walk in a field. Young Vietnamese boy smokes a cigarette. Ship fires, jet takes off from carrier. Jet in the sky.