Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini and German Chancellor Adolf Hitler in Munich, Germany. The Friedensengel monument in Munich. German soldiers try to control the crowd on a road. View of the German flags. The soldiers standing in front of the crowd. Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini and German Chancellor Adolf Hitler moving on a path followed by military officers and officials. People waving swastika flags. Large crowds along city streets. The officials moving in an open carriage through the streets. People gathered on sides of roads in front of buildings. The officials arrive in front of a building. Prime Minister Mussolini waves to the people. A large crowd cheers and waves. Chancellor Hitler and Prime Minister Mussolini stand in the balcony of the building. Military officers waving to the leaders. View of the people waving. (World War II period).
United States troops battle German soldiers in Salerno, Italy during World War 2 invasion of Italy. U.S. soldiers advance along a street and fire at German positions. U.S. troops fire mortars. Smoke rises from shell explosions. Italian civilians cheer as U.S. troops enter Naples. Food and drinking water is distributed by U.S. troops to Italian citizens including women and children. Smoke rises from exploding German mines in Naples several days after liberation. A wounded civilian sitting at a sidewalk. Wounded soldiers and civilians are treated by U.S. medics. U.S. Army engineers walk through rubble from bombing in the Italian city. View of Combat Infantry Rifle Badge of the U.S. Army.
Soviet tanks in Budapest, Hungary during the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. Civilians walk along sidewalks as Soviet T-55 tanks and trucks pass along a road. People look on as Soviet tanks, trucks and armored vehicles advance in a city square. Soviet tanks roll towards the Heroes' Square (Budapest, Hősök tere, 1146 Hungary).
The Hungarian Revolution of 1956. Hungarian resistance fighters aim guns towards Soviet positions in Budapest, Hungary. Soviet soldiers standing near a loudspeaker. Exteriors of a building. Wreckage of vehicles in the city.
A United Nations Security Council session held in Lake Success, New York during the Cold War. Representatives of different nations are seated. Britain's representative to the UN Alexander Cadogan and Soviet Union's representative on the United Nations Security Council Andrei Gromyko seated next to each other. A delegate speaks on the 1947 UN Partition Plan which recommended 'the creation of a special international regime in the City of Jerusalem, constituting it as a corpus separatum under the administration of the United Nations.' He speaks about Jewish settlement in Jerusalem. Representatives of different nations seated.
Events leading to the Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962 when the United States and the Soviet Union confronted each other with nuclear destruction. A helicopter lands on the White House lawn in Washington DC. Scenes of Cuba and emergence of Castro in recent prior years. Beach views in Cuba. A military parade in an earlier time, with Cuban troops marching in front of the Monument to the Battleship Maine. Next scene shows desecration and destruction of the Battleship Maine Monument in Cuba.. A crowd of cheering Cuban people as Fidel Castro enters Havana, Cuba in 1959. Exterior view of United Nations building in New York City. Fidel Castro and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev embrace during meeting in New York in September 1960. Deputy Premier of the Soviet Union Anastas Mikoyan deplanes and is greeted by Fidel Castro in Havana. A trade agreement between Russia and Cuba signed by Fidel Castro. Russian cargo ships en route to Havana. Cuban refugees in small boats. A map depicts proximity of Cuba to the U.S. U.S. surveillance aircraft heading for Cuba. A sign reads 'HQ. 4080 S W Intelligence Division'. Men examine reconnaissance photographs of Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba. The photographs show transports and tents for fueling and maintenance. A sign reads 'Strategic Missile Facility GAM 77 Combined Systems'. U.S. missiles rolled out of hangar and readied for emergency. A U.S. Air Force B-52 bomber aircraft takes off from an airfield. U.S. Navy ships in the Atlantic Ocean. A U.S. submarine underway at sea.
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