Twenty one American Nations gather in Punta Del Este, Uruguay to discuss about Communist Cuba. They discuss the actions to be taken about the hemispheric threat by Communist Cuba. People gather outside a building. Soldiers stand. Flags flying. Dignitaries and delegates discuss in the conference room. A man takes their photographs. Flags in the background.
News broadcaster Thomas H. Wolfe, in Washington, DC, reports about the U.S. quarantine against any military shipments into Cuba during the Cuban Crisis. He discusses support for the quarantine from the Organization of American States and mentions referral of the matter to the United Nations. On the wall behind him are map of Cuba and image of President John F. Kennedy.
President John F Kennedy reveals Soviet Russian aircraft pullout at a news conference in United States soon after the Cuban Missile Crisis. President lifts the United States Naval blockade of Cuba after Nikita Khrushchev gives his pledge that Soviet bombers will be out of Cuba in 30 days. President Kennedy speaks over the microphone. Reporters take notes while photographers take pictures.
Film 'The Road to the Wall' depicts the rise of communism in Russia, Eastern Europe, China and Cuba. Opening scene shows a newly build section of the Berlin Wall, early in its construction period, and a line of German people viewing the newly built wall between East Germany and West Germany. Historical retrospective shows various scenes of refugees in various countries (China; somewhere in Europe) walking on roads and uphill with baggage in hand. Communist troops march. Refugees walk bare foot. Man carrying a child on his back. Huge gathering of people in Moscow at the Kremlin wall (near future site of Lenin's tomb). Vladimir Ilyich Lenin speaks to a crowd in Russia during the Russian Revolution circa 1917. Refugee women and children being checked by soldiers as they attempt to board a railroad train. Closeup of a baby looking frustrated or angry and throwing a baby tantrum. Bodies of dead refugees on the ground. View of Fidel Castro, in January 1959, with Che Guevara, and other rebels or revolutionaries, in Cuba. A person being executed by a Che Guevara revolutionary firing squad. Huge parade in Communist China in 1960. View of Chinese workers manually pulling what appears to be, a heavy gun carriage. Parade of communists in East Germany in 1961. The Berlin wall, and East German policeman on horseback riding to intercept persons attempting to cross. A few East German people making an escape from East Berlin to West Berlin by running through a gap in barbed wire at the Berlin Wall border, and being escorted by West Berlin citizens afterward. Armed East German guards at border marked with barbed wire and other obstacles.
United States Army Air Defense battalion radar trucks on Southern Atlantic coast during Cold War. SAM (surface to air) missiles on transporters. Barbed wire erected by United States soldiers on beaches. Marines disembarking from transport plane at Guantanamo. Women and children evacuated from Guantanamo and they board ocean liner ship. United States troops wave goodbye. American college football game between Northwestern and Ohio State. Seattle fair closes with view of ferris wheel. A San Francisco shop selling elephants and a girl walks beside a young baby elephant that is wearing a white bow on its neck. President John F. Kennedy boarding plane. President talks with Andrei Gromyko, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Soviet Union. Low altitude reconnaissance photos in which Russian Beagle bombers and missiles are shown in Cuba during Cuban Missile Crisis.
Early in Cuban Missile Crisis. Secretary of State, Dean Rusk, Vice President Lyndon Johnson, and other of President John Kennedy's advisors arrive at White House. Americans buying newspapers with headlines about the upcoming speech by the President. President Kennedy addresses citizens of America on television, explaining what has been happening in Cuba. U.S. citizens commenting in different manners on the situation. Civil defense shelters shown. Cuban blockade. Supermarket shelves stripped and queues at check outs. Governor Rossolini and Governor Rockefeller at White House to coordinate state civil defense activities. Comments by the governors to the press, talking about civil defense procedures and instructions for sheltering in place with food, water, geiger counter, radio.