Events held in the United States during the Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962 when the United States and the Soviet Union confronted each other with nuclear destruction. Top advisors of U.S. President John Kennedy arrive at the White House. Americans buy newspapers. President Kennedy makes a TV announcement about the crisis and what has been happening. He states that a strict quarantine on all offensive military equipment under shipment to Cuba is being initiated to halt offensive buildup of nuclear arms. He says that all ships of any kind bound for Cuba from whatever nation and port , if found to contain cargoes of offensive weapons, will be turned back. This quarantine will be extended, if needed, to other types of cargo and carriers. He further states that it shall be the policy of the United States to regard any nuclear missile launched from Cuba against any nation in the Western Hemisphere as an attack on the United States, requiring a full retaliatory response upon the Soviet Union. Exteriors of the White House. An electronic billboard flashing news. Americans being interviewed by newsmen along a street.
Bay of Pigs Invasion of Cuba. A Cuban Air Force B-26 aircraft in Cuba. Cuban pilots participated in revolt and then take refuge in Florida. Pilot surrounded by a large number of people. In Havana the acting Foreign Minister shows fragments of shells to the diplomats. The United Nations conference. Cuban Foreign Minister accuses U.S. of committing aggression against Cuba. U.S. Ambassador to the UN, Adlai Stevenson, denies the charges. Training site in Guatemalan foothills where Cuban rebels allegedly were trained. Soldiers with their guns. More troops train. Fidel Castro addresses a large crowd of people.
Young people engage in a husking bee. Three women sit near a stable, putting corn into baskets. A girl and man join them, the man pushing a wheel barrel with the girl aboard. As the group husks the corn, a young man finds the "red ear" entitling him to kiss a girl, which he does. She protests and hits him with a corn cob. (Edison Studio, 1898)
Family group at beach in Coney Island. Ladies well dressed in fashions of the day, sit on edge of boardwalk protected by beach umbrella and parasols. A very young child also fashionably dressed stands near them under the umbrella. A young man in suit and tie, wearing a straw hat, chats with one of the women. On the sand, several older children in swimming attire, of the period, play with one another. Surf can be seen in the background. (Edison Company, 1898)
Company F of the1st Ohio Volunteer Infantry initiates a new man in Tampa, Florida. A group of men bounces a recruit up and down on a blanket. Nineteen times he bounces on the blanket. This is an initiative by Company F of the 1st Ohio Volunteers during the Spanish-American War to welcome a new recruit to their unit. (Edison Company, 1898)
A warship is launched, as men watch from small boats nearby. As the warship comes down the ways, it sets up a wave that jostles the small boats. Men from one boat jump into the river, fully clothed. (Edison Company, 1898)