Soviet aircraft and missiles in the Soviet Union. Soviet sailors and a captain inside the control room of a submarine off the coast of the Soviet Union. Soviet R-29 ballistic missile also known as Sawfly being launched by a submerged Soviet submarine. The missile takes off and moves upwards with a fiery flare at its tail section. Another R-29 missile being launched from the submarine.
Soviet aircraft and missiles in the Soviet Union. A Soviet tactical ballistic missile R-11 also known as Scud is being raised to a launch position. Technicians work on the control panel. The missile is launched. The missile moves upwards emitting a fiery flare from the tail. An explosion occurs and a massive pillar of smoke rises.
A Russian DDG cutting across bow of USS John F Kennedy, also called CVA-67, underway in a rough sea in the Mediterranean. UK Leander crossing USS John F Kennedy. All three ships underway in the sea. C-1A plane taxiing into the parking area. Guests get down from C-1A plane. Navy Captain greets guests. A UH-2B settles down on flight deck.
Review of conflicts involving U.S. from World War 2 to 1970. A U.S. soldier with rifle and binoculars, on guard. German Chancellor Adolf Hitler speaks in Germany to mass audience. German mobilization and blitzkrieg. U.S. troops firing small arms on island in Pacific, battling Japanese. U.S. soldiers on half-track firing artillery. Explosive destruction of Nazi swastika and Eagle symbol on top of building in Zeppelin Field, Nuremberg, Germany. General Douglas MacArthur stands as Japanese General signs surrender documents aboard USS Missouri, ending World War II. Times Square in New York City on Victory over Japan Day (VJ Day) marking end of World War 2. American troops firing artillery and small arms in Korean War. Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev speaking at the United Nations. Newspaper headlines about postwar Berlin Crisis. Soviet missiles on display in military parade in Red Square in Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union. Soviet General Georgy Zhukov and Nikita Khrushchev, at Kremlin, reviewing the parade. Cuban President Fidel Castro giving a speech. A newspaper headline reading: "Khrushchev orders removal of missiles" ending the Cuban Missile Crisis. Soviet cargo ship with covered missiles on its deck. Red flag with image of Lenin and message: 'Partido Communista Dominicano' and a crowd chanting support for the Communist party in the Dominican Republic. Communist Chinese people marching with massed flags in the People’s Republic of China. Chairman Mao Zedong waving to a crowd of young supporters and Red Guards in China as they chant. A United States soldier in South Vietnam during Vietnam War looks through binoculars and then walks carrying his M-16 rifle. A map of Vietnam.
An expansive desert with a massive formation of Soviet troops at attention on one side, with flags, and a long stretch of tank columns on the other side. Views of the tanks moving through the desert in formation, with sand and dust billowing behind. A group of Soviet military officers hunched over a map making plans.
A line of Soviet artillery guns shell targets on a range. View of Soviet jet aircraft racing overhead including possibly MiG-19 or MiG-21 aircraft. Three soldiers in a trench observe rockets being fired from inclined ramps on the back of parked trucks. Abundant smoke.