Germans stock essentials during the Berlin Crisis tensions of 1961. Boats docked in the River Spree in West Berlin, Germany. A pile of sacks carried on a wooden board. A man takes beef on a trolly. A man pile boxes in a store. Coal stored in massive quantities to support West Berlin if it is cut off by the Communists. Heaps of grains stored. Boxes of unsalted New Zealand butter piled up and warehoused. A man takes wheat in his hand and checks.
Swimmers wear their dresses during 200 m Butterfly event in AAU Women's Championship in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. All the players dive in swimming pool as the event starts. Becky Collins from indianapolis set new world record for 200m Butterfly swim in2:32.8. Becky Collins with her lucky toy bear. Women players dive in pool during 10m platform diving event and Barbara McAliister wins.
Military trucks move on streets of West Berlin. Soldiers on the streets. Soldiers stand under Friedrichstraße sign. Soldiers on United States and British army tanks. Construction of Berlin Wall in process as East German workers lay fresh cinder blocks with mortar. Military tanks escort 12-year-old British boy to school through narrow area after threats from East Berlin police. View of the famous St Hedwig Cathedral (Hinter der Katholischen Kirche 3 10117 Berlin) walled off by the new Berlin Wall. Soldiers on the East side. A newly wed bride on the East side. Her mother watches from the West.
Models show new collection of French designer dresses in West Berlin, Germany. A group of models walk on a street. A Kaiser’s supermarket behind them. A model with a choker collar dress. Woman sniffing flower. Three women modeling suit dresses. A woman in black glittery suit. A man watches them sitting on a chair. One of the models checks her black leather handbag. Another sees herself in the mirror and takes her clutch bag. Sign above models reads “Pierre Cardin”. Models showing off ready-to-wear dresses by French designer Pierre Cardin. Two models drop their tasseled shawls and then toast.
Officer checking new Russian teletype machine in Pentagon, for communications between the United States and the Soviet Union. View from Pentagon exterior hallway of the office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Officers push the Russian teletype machine into the Joint Chiefs of Staff area. Sign over door reads: Offices of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Close-up view of Russian teletype typing machine.
Views of London Bridge and the Houses of Parliament in London, England. Closeup of Big Ben. Views of St. Paul's Cathedral, Trafalgar Square and Nelson's Column. Scene shifts to Royal Navy band, playing at London Heathrow airport, as the United States President's airplane, Air Force One, arrives. President John F. Kennedy and Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy step from their aircraft and are greeted by The Lord Chamberlain, Roger Lumley, 11th Earl of Scarbrough, representing Queen Elizabeth II and by Prime Minister Harold Macmillan. The party walks on a red carpet and pauses for a salute from the Navy band. Lady Dorothy Macmillan and Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy stand together next to the President's airplane, during these ceremonies. View of Admiralty House (temporary residence of the Prime Minister, due to renovation at 10 Downing Street). President Kennedy and Prime Minister Macmillan walk to the President's car following their consultations. President Kennedy and Mrs. Kennedy say their good-byes. Britons cheer as the car drives away. A new sequence shows guards parading during the Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace. Police strain to hold back crowds of spectators during arrival of President and Mrs. Kennedy, on June 5, 1961. But some manage to break through and approach closer as their car arrives, bringing the Kennedys for a private dinner with Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh. The next scenes show President Kennedy still in formal attire, from the Royal dinner, escorted to his airplane by Prime Minister Macmillan. U.S. Ambassador to the Court of St. James, David Bruce, is the last to shake hands with the President as he ascends the steps to Air Force One, which then taxis out for takeoff, at midnight. Scene shifts to the White House in Washington, DC, and President Kennedy's broadcast report on June 6th to the Nation about his trip.
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