Opens showing views of the U.S. Pavilion at the Expo 58 in Brussels, Belgium. An array of international flags and artistic fountains grace the Pavilion. Glimpse of the Exhibition Hall of the Soviet Union with hammer and sickle symbol on front. Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser shakes hand with Nikita Khrushchev, 1st Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Nasser speaking to the 600-member assembly of the new United Arab Republic (encompassing Egypt and Syria). Arabs marching with banners. King Faisal II of Iraq and his uncle, Abdul Ilah, step to a podium. Faisal II riding in a horse-drawn carriage. View of seaport in Lebanon. A U.S. Naval task force is visible, arriving in response to a request for aid from Lebanon. U.S. marines in an amphibious landing near Beirut. They establish a beachhead as local Lebanese watch and applaud. The marines load artillery and ammunition on the beach. The scene changes to the island of Quemoy in the Taiwan Strait, where entrenched KMT Nationalist Chinese troops of Chiang Kai-Shek, are seen scrambling as they undergo constant shelling from Mainland China. The American Destroyer, USS Ammen (DD-527) is seen underway on patrol in the Taiwan Strait. U.S. Navy vessels provide relief supplies to the bombarded Islands in the Taiwan Strait. Landing craft are loaded with essential supplies for delivery. Sailors are seen throwing sacks of food over their ship railing into a landing craft below. A line of laden landing craft follows in the wake of a Navy ship. High rise apartments in West Berlin, Germany. West Berlin citizens are seen going about their daily activities. A large sign in German warns “Achtung! Sie verlassen jetzt West-Berlin” (“Warning! You are leaving West-Berlin”). Views of damaged buildings left untouched in East Berlin. Militia in black uniforms perform close order drills in East Berlin. Street sign identifies Unter Den Linden. The formerly elegant avenue is seen virtually deserted. A horse-drawn carriage moves along, and men push a cart full of supplies. Bicyclists ride along the side of the street. Headquarters of the 4-powers administration building is seen without a Soviet flag. French, American, and British soldiers stand guard. (Soviets are absent.)
The fourth presidential election debate held between Democratic nominee Senator John F. Kennedy and Republican nominee U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon in New York, United States on 21st October 1960. ABC News correspondent Quincy Howe speaks during the debate and allows NBC correspondent John Chancellor to pose a question to Richard Nixon a . Correspondent Chancellor asks a question about Quemoy and Matsu issue. Vice President Nixon points out inconsistency of Senator Kennedy. He further explains it by saying that Senator Kennedy signed a resolution in 1955 which gave the president the power to use United States forces to defend Formosa (Taiwan) and offshore islands. But he also voted for an amendment which was lost, an amendment which would have drawn a line and left out those islands. Vice President Nixon supports President Eisenhower's position. Correspondent Howe asks Senator Kennedy to comment on the topic. He speaks about President Eisenhower sending a mission to persuade Chiang Kai-shek in the spring of 1955 to withdraw from Quemoy and Matsu because they were exposed. The President was unsuccessful. He refers to the fact that in 1958, as a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, he was very familiar with the position that the United States took in negotiating with Communist China (PRC) on these two islands. He further that the U.S. was unable to persuade China's Chiang Kai-Shek to withdraw and thus it was decided by the U.S. to defend the islands.
American Red Cross in Taiwan during Second Taiwan Strait Crisis. American Red Cross Field Director Samuel H. Varonok and an airmen walk past tents. Field Director talks to an airmen. A sign outside the tent reads 'American Red Cross Field Director'. Field Director Samuel talks to an officer as the airmen walks up to them. He talks to the airmen and notes down on paper.
American Red Cross in Taiwan during Second Taiwan Strait Crisis. American Red Cross Gray Lady washes syringes in a tray. She helps to fold a sheet. Red Cross worker plays an indoor game with a sick serviceman. She writes down on a paper as she talks to the serviceman. Two Red Cross workers in a pedicab as they drive away.
Nike-Hercules missile site in Taiwan during Second Taiwan Strait Crisis. American Red Cross Field Director Howard D. Hoops walks up to a trailer and talks to an officer. He walks to the tracking radar and talks to personnel on duty at the radar. He shakes hands with a man. Nike-Hercules missiles as a jeep arrives. A U.S. Army officer shakes hands with an officer seated in the jeep. Jeep pulls away. Field Director Hoops comes out of a building. He talks to other officers. A sign reads 'C Batry 71st Art IFC' Field Director Hoops comes out of a building and gets in the jeep and drive away.
American Red Cross in Taiwan during Second Taiwan Strait Crisis. On grounds of the U.S. Taiwan Defense Command facility, a view of the Dispensary building. An officer enters the dispensary. James O' Donnell, Taiwan Base Command Field Director and a Red Cross Gray Lady leave the dispensary. They walk past a large sign that reads 'Taiwan Base Command' and has smaller signs on it pointing to various buildings and facilities on the base.