The battle for democracy in El Salvador. Christian Democratic Party, Jose Napolean Duarte speaks when he is interviewed. Views of Duarte among people during a voting campaign.
Views from aircraft flying over Havana, Cuba. Aerial views of houses and buildings. Bridge over a river and boat anchored at the river bank. Residential area surrounding the river. Two masted sail boats (sails down) in a harbor. At entrance to harbor, El Morro Castle fortress can be seen as well as the monument at Castillo de San Salvador de la Punta.
Negotiations between Cuban revolutionary forces under Fidel Castro and United States officials for the release of Cuban prisoners fomenting revolution in other Latin American countries. Circa 1959. The two sides confer and discuss. View of the prisoners seated with officials and photographers around. Demonstrations in other Latin American countries, supported by the Castro loyalists in support of revolution. Police firing tear gas. Citizens covering nose and mouth due to tear gas. Police leading away a demonstrator. Seal on a building wall for the country of El Salvador. Police outside a building with various weaponry ready. Demonstrators running through city streets and tear gas and smoke in the streets.
Aftermath of Pearl Harbor attack. People in Oahu, Hawaii, prepare to deal with more air attacks by Japanese. Armed U.S. soldier in sandbagged position, in Hawaii. The territorial governor of Hawaii, Joseph Poindexter, signing a declaration of Martial Law. Four thousand members of Oahu's Civil Defense Committee, dressed in dark bottoms and white tops, wearing steel helmets with "W" on them, standing at attention in formation on grounds of a stadium. Windows in all downtown shops taped to prevent flying glass. Sand bags surrounding a power substation. Huge quantities of barbed wire in a storage yard and strung along the beaches, along highways, around schools, and public buildings of Oahu. A man pushing a lawn mower between sandbagged defense positions in a residential neighborhood. Construction machinery digging defensive trenches. Bomb shelters being constructed of precast concrete. Air raid sirens installed and school children leaving their building and sheltering in deep trenches during a test. Very small children taking shelter in zig-zag trenches and donning gas masks. Huge assemblies of children, and of grownups, all donning gas masks. Little children being dressed in capsule-like "bunny mask" protective gear.One of them crying inside the covering. Crowds of women and children lined up on a veranda waiting to receive these "bunny masks." Military personnel, civilians, and school children, all carrying personal gas masks with them at all times. Innumerable old rubber tires saved in an open yard. Japanese-Americans donating blood to the American Red Cross and lined up to buy war bonds. Soldiers arresting a Japanese resident known to be an enemy agent. Boarded up shops of Japanese-Americans, who had been interned. Japanese-Americans removing all Japanese language signs from their areas. Language school buildings with closed signs. An empty and boarded-up Shinto temple. One Japanese-American replacing his cafe sign with one reading: "Keep 'Em Flying Cafe." U.S. Army troops posted on roadways. The Aloha Tower in camouflage paint. A Lurline steamship leaving port, and being replaced by warships. Prewar view of people enjoying Waikakee beach, and current view of two boys playing in sand near barbed wire barriers. City streets deserted at twilight, as blackout procedures take effect at dusk. Views of darkened homes and palm trees silhouetted against sky at dusk. The "ghost" of a sailor killed in World War II, stands in front of Arlington cemetery, Washington, DC, and converses with the ghost of a soldier killed in World War I. They discuss idealistic notions about ending wars for good. Displays of flags is seen, including: Australia; Belgium; Brazil; Canada; China; Costa Rica; Cuba; Czechoslovakia; Dominican Republic; England; Ethopia; Greece; Guatemala; Haiti; Honduras; India; Yugoslavia; Luxembourg; Mexico; The Netherlands; New Zealand; Nicaragua; Norway; Panama; The Philippines; Poland; Russia; El Salvador; South Africa; and the U.S.A. "V" created in the sky by a skywriting airplane.
An El Al airlines Lockheed Constellation passenger plane lands at U.S. Military Air Transport Service Terminal, Washington; located at Washington National Airport (2401 Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport Access Rd, Arlington, VA 22202, United States) in Arlington Virginia. From the airplane descends the first Prime Minister of Israel, David Ben-Gurion, and his wife Paula Ben-Gurion. Security guards keep a vigil. Crowd cheers for him at the terminal building. Ben-Gurion and other dignitaries greeted and welcomed by officials. He shakes hands with officials and moves towards the terminal building.
First Prime Minister of Israel David Ben-Gurion arrives at an airport in United States. Prime Minister, his ministers and dignitaries descend from a Lockheed Constellation plane of El Al airlines. Location is U.S. Military Air Transport Service Terminal, Washington; located at Washington National Airport in Arlington Virginia. Ben-Gurion is greeted by officials. A crowd at the terminal buildings observes him while security guards keep watch.