Hugh Sidey interviews Richard Burt, Assistant Secretary of State for European affairs, at the State Department Building in Washington D.C. They discuss President Reagan's recent trip to Europe. Richard Burt talks about President Ronald Reagan's image and the reaction of people in different countries. He also talks about the economic relations with the Soviets. He notes that Reagan spoke of "peace with justice and freedom" while on the trip.
Image of Yuri Andropov, the sixth paramount leader of the Soviet Union during the Cold War. A US Air Force C5-A Galaxy lands in an airbase. Air man signals to the aircraft. A BGM-109G Ground Launched Cruise Missile is unloaded from the C5-A Galaxy’s front. Close up to a soldier’s arm badge, a airborne paratrooper insignia. The BGM-109G Ground Launched Cruise Missile slowly drives to a hangar. Colonel John Bacs, 501st Tactical Missile Wing, speaks about the NATO operational capability in Europe of the BGM-109G Ground Launched Cruise Missile on schedule at Royal Air Force Greenham Common. Soldiers working on BGM-109G Ground Launched Cruise Missile in a hanger. A soldier, wearing glasses, drives a BGM-109G Ground Launched Cruise Missile to a launch site. Sergeant Ginnie Baird speaks about the mobility of the BGM-109G Ground Launched Cruise Missile. Two camouflaged soldiers set up a pole and net. A net partly covering a BGM-109G Ground Launched Cruise Missile in the forest as a camouflage. Senior Airman Thomas Snell speaks about the training and exchange of best practices with the Royal Air Force. A Royal Air Force soldier adjusts a Ground Surveillance Radar (GSR) and asks about its range with an African-American Air Force soldier, wearing sunglasses.
President Reagan gives a brief speech to press assembled at the White House before departing for the Economic Summit Conference in France. He jokes that Nancy is upstairs "unplugging the toaster" and that they are ready to depart. He talks about the economic progress of the United States. Economic and security relations being the foremost foreign concerns.