The nation salutes war veterans on Memorial Day in New York. The troops march with American flags. Young boys watch the parade holding American flags in hand. Officials drive past in cars. Soldiers pay tribute to the Civil War veterans and heroes of later wars. Crowd watches from side of parade. A young boy wearing a World War 1 helmet watches. Another boy holds an American flag. A veteran, likely from World War 1, missing one leg and walking with crutches, goes by. Civil War veterans are driven by, riding in the back seats of cars. The Civil War Soldier's and Sailor's Memorial at 89th Street and Riverside is seen in background.
Troops march on Memorial Day in New York City. Confederate and Union veterans of the Civil War are honored in a colorful decorative parade that also includes veterans from the Spanish-American War and World War I troops. Close up views of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Memorial Monument at 89th Street and Riverside Drive, decorated in patriotic bunting and flags. Troops in uniform march led by a band. Fiorello La Guardia is seen at the parade. Civilians watch the parade from their houses and from the sides of streets. Close-up views of groups of elderly veterans of the Civil War.
Tenth anniversary of Independence Day in North Vietnam. A display of artillery. Vietnamese troops march with rifles and fixed bayonets. Vietnamese women march wearing black outfits. Vietnamese leader Ho Chi Minh and other dignitaries watch the ongoing parade from a review stand. Vietnamese men and women wave their hands. Children stand with balloons. They release the balloons in the sky. Women clap hands. Vietnamese women dance wearing traditional costumes. Various other festivities including fireworks.
Berlin Wall being sealed after 17-day pass agreement ends. Anti-tank barrier behind the Berlin Wall. German residents bid farewell and say goodbyes to each other. Million and a quarter passes being issued to West Berlin residents. West Germans waiting in a queue. People walking by the Berlin Wall.
15 teams participate in the 50th International Six Day Bike Grind in New York City. Champions from all over the world participate in the race. The participants ride their bicycles on the track. Cyclist Reggie McNamara eats a meal. The spectators stand near a railing along the track and watch the race.
A "communist menace" in Europe (early during Cold War). The Local Communist Party demonstrates in Paris. A banner of Frederic Joliot Curie. Joliot Curie participates in the protest. Scene changes to Berlin. In Soviet sector, east German crowd marches in May Day parade celebrating Soviet leaders in the invisible line divided east and west Berlin (before Berlin Wall erected). View of crowd on other side in west Berlin staging its own demonstration against the Soviets and against a divided Germany. Civilians throw stones across the "line" and the police control them. Men form human chains to protest. Scene changes to community in Wisconsin where the effect of a Communist fifth column takeover is dramatized and recorded on film for an anti-communist propaganda effort: The police put the protesters behind bars in Mosinee, Wisconsin. Group of Communists enter newspaper offices, stop the operation of the free press , and put the editor in jail. The Red Star newspaper headlines: 'Official Soviet Proclamation'. A sign: U.S. Post Office, Mosinee. Propaganda posters and banners of Soviet Union are posted. USSA price tag on a bicycle. The Soviet flag raised in the community. Soup line and blankets are distributed to the workers to the 24 hour Communism "experiment" in Mosinee Wisconsin.
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