Premier of Cuba Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz addressing the officials and dignitaries of the United Nations in New York, United States. Clip shows the first few minutes of the speech, which was the longest single speech ever to be delivered to the United Nations, at 269 minutes. Delegates applaud as Castro walks to the lectern to address the 872nd plenary meeting of the General Assembly on 26 September 1960. Castro addresses the officials. He begins his record speech, by saying, ironically, (translated), "Although it has been said that we speak at great length, don't worry, you may rest assured that we shall endeavor to be brief and to put before you what we consider it our duty to say."
U.S. 325th Infantry Airborne Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division in Holland during Operation Market Garden in World War II. Airplanes in flight overhead. Several paratroopers are dropped onto a field. The paratroopers descend. Medics place a litter with a soldier patient in a jeep. U.S. Army Air Force C-47 Skytrains pass overhead towing gliders which are released and glide to the field. The paratroopers with free field packs walk away from the gliders. A glider with partially damaged tail and a window. An injured paratrooper is treated by the medics.
Preparations for Operation Market Garden. Aerial view of British airfield. Allied troops and equipment being prepared for flight. British crews towing gliders. British soldiers standing nearby. Men loading artillery and other equipment into gliders. A British bomber taking off from an airfield, towing a glider. Groups of Allied bombers in flight. View of Allied gliders that have landed (some crashed) all over a large field. German soldiers riding a motorcycle with sidecar. A German soldier leaps from the motorcycle as it's coming to a stop. They take cover. German troops firing from German Sturmgeschütz III (StuG III) assault guns at the Allied forces that have landed. Wreckage of numerous crashed Allied gliders in field. Interior of a crashed British glider. German troops recover a Jeep from the wreckage of a glider. German soldiers drive a seized Jeep. German Abwehr soldiers wearing leaves for camouflage. Soldiers standing nearby. Some of the soldiers aboard a camouflaged tank advancing on the battlefield. A German tank passes by the wreckage of an Allied plane wing hanging from a tree. An Allied parachute hanging from a tree. Captured Allied pilots (of the 1st Canadian Parachute Regiment) raise their hands as they’re led away as prisoners of war. German troops escort Allied POW soldiers. Captured Allied soldiers show a map to German officer. The sleeve patch of a captured Canadian soldier reads: '1st Canadian Parachute Regiment'. An insignia of the same. A captured pilot with eye bandage. Captured Allied troops are led out of a building. Soldiers aboard tanks advancing on a battlefield. Smoke rises from firing and bombardment. A wrecked airplane on a field. Soldiers seated near a building. Insignias on the uniforms of the soldiers, including the United States 101st Airborne Division, 82nd Airborne Division, and the Para/Glider Infantry cap patch (patch with white glider and parachute on dark blue with red circle).
German soldier prisoners of war near the Elbe River in Germany during World War II. Huge barges on the Elbe River. The barges are loaded with German soldiers waiting to disembark on the west side of the river. A U.S. soldier of the 407th Regiment, 102nd Division supervises the unloading of prisoners. Russian and U.S. soldiers on the east bank of the river.
United States Air Force (USAF) Forward Air Controllers (FACs) in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. '602nd Fighter Squadron' written on the top of a building. A USAF A-1E Skyraider aircraft parked at an air base. A pilot does the preflight inspection of the aircraft and other equipment. He boards the aircraft and adjusts gear. A crew chief signals for start of the engine.
The keel laying of supercarrier USS Nimitz (CVAN-68) at the Newport News Ship Building & Drydock in Newport News, Virginia, USA during the Cold War. The crowd gathers around the keel of the USS Nimitz. Journalists take photos. Washington State Senator Henry M. Jackson authenticates the keel laying. Senator Jackson uses a hammer to strike a rivet on the keel. Senator Jackson is assisted by an officer believed to be retired Rear Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, Jr. The man assisting Senator Jackson holds the rivet in place. Crane carries the keel off. Sign on top of keel reads "USS NIMITZ, CVAN-68, KEEL LAID JUNE 22nd, 1968.". United States Navy officials, guests gathered in a group to watch the ceremony. View of men in the empty drydock. The keel is seen hanging from crane hook, the USS Nimitz sign on top of keel. Some workers down in empty drydock wait for keel to be laid on blocks which is lowered slowly. The keel being laid on the blocks as guests watch the ceremony.
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