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President John F. Kennedy address from White House about Cuban build up of nuclear ballistic missiles.
President John F Kennedy addresses the people of United States about recent events in Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Cameras and press in front of Kennedy in the White House. President Kennedy sits at table with flags in the background. Kennedy tells about the news of Soviet nuclear weapons being stockpiled by the Cuban Government. The U.S. government has evaluated the threat and now Kennedy gives details about both medium and intermediate range ballistic missiles seen in Cuba. Kennedy lists some areas within America that are in range of Cuban missiles He also notes that the Cubans are preparing jet bombers. Kennedy makes note of a 1947 pact with the Soviets, and notes also some personal talks with the Soviets in September. He notes his talks with Russian Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko as well. He states that use of nuclear weapons is a threat to peace. He notes that the U.S. has no desire to dominate any country but declares Cubans action to be provocative.
Crowds gather in Washington, DC, and celebrate the armistice bringing World War I to an end.
View from moving vehicle of crowds milling about on Pennsylvania Avenue, in Washington, DC, near the U.S. Treasury building. They wave American flags and celebrate the armistice ending World War 1. Closer look of some people celebrating with the White House in the background. Crowd in Southeast corner of Lafayette Park with many standing on the base of the statue of Marquis De Lafayette.Cars with American flags moving slowly through the crowd. People celebrating in front of the White House. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Ambassador Hugh C Wallace of United States arrives for Memorial Day ceremony at Suresnes cemetery in France.
Ambassador Hugh C Wallace of United States and other officers visit the Suresnes cemetery in France. Honor guard of French soldiers stand besides path at cemetery. Ambassador Wallace arrives and officials follow him. Soldiers stand besides path with flags of France. Ambassador stands with other officials in front of wreaths on graves and salutes. Soldiers stand at the side with rifles.
Scenes of Berlin, and its statuary during the Weimar Republic period in Germany, following World War I.
Silhouette of the Quadriga statue atop the Brandenburg Gate (Brandenburger Tor, Pariser Platz, 10117 Berlin, Germany) and the Victory Column (Siegessäule, Großer Stern, 10557 Berlin, Germany) in Berlin, Germany. Then pedestrians and vehicles are seen around the Statue of Frederick the Great along Unter den Linden boulevard. Also seen is statue in Siegesallee created by sculptor Reinhold Begas (and likely August Krauss) in 1900, commemorating German Emperor William I. Bust on the left of the William I statue commemorates Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, and the bust on the right is of Otto von Bismarck. Next, is shown the National Kaiser Wilhelm Monument (Kaiser-Wilhelm-Nationaldenkmal) an equestrian statue of the first German Emperor Wilhelm I, on the west side of the Berlin City Palace (Schloßpl., 10178 Berlin, Germany). View from a camera moving away from the Victory Column on the Königsplatz across from the Reichstag. Final image is an iron Statue of Paul von Hindenburg in front of the Victory Column.
American Red Cross members stand, talk and pose in Berlin, Germany.
American Red Cross members in Berlin, Germany. Two men stand and talk. Men and women stand and talk in front of a building. Red Cross members pose for photograph.
German World War 1 ace, Ernst Udet, gives passengers rides in a German Fokker D.VII aircraft
World War I German flying ace, Ernst Udet, takes passengers for rides in a modified Fokker D.VII two-seater aircraft,with German markings, during a postwar aviation event at Kbely Airfield, near Prague, Czechoslovakia. Odet, in civilian clothes, stands nearby as two men help a U.S. Army officer, in uniform, don a bulky coverall to protect his clothing. Odet wears his own small flying cap rolled up atop his head, and holds out a helmet to the officer. Men are seen around another German airplane in the background. The officer struggles to don the coveralls. View of the officer in the front seat of the airplane,wearing helmet with goggles raised on his forhead, smiling for the camera. Odet sits relaxed and smiling in the pilot's (rear) seat. He looks about at aircraft performing maneuvers above (not seen). Closeup of Odet and the passenger.View from rear as flagman waves them on and they taxi out for takeoff across the grassy field of Kbely aerodrome. The next scenes show the aircraft in various aerobatic maneuvers, including loops. Back down on the ground, Odet sits on fuselage with his feet in the cockpit, as another passenger climbs aboard. They are seen taxiing in after the flight. When stopped, the passenger hands his helmet and goggles to a man standing near the airplane, and climbs down on the wing to the ground. The remaining sequence shows Odet, chatting with admirers who surround him as he smokes a cigarette. They include ladies, gentlemen, military officers, and a woman in flight suit and helmet.
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