Film opens showing logo of the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. Glimpse of several U.S. warships, ostensibly disarmed after World War II, berthed together. View on deck of one, from under triple guns. Aircraft being destroyed in explosions after the war. A troop transport ship returning American servicemen back home at the end of World War 2. Views of the deck jammed with servicemen waving to loved ones who are waving back to them from a dock. Bernard Baruch giving a speech at the first session of the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission, at Hunter College, New York In presenting a proposal for International control over the spread and development of nuclear weapons and technology, He begins: "We are here to make a choice between the quick and the dead." (The proposal was rejected by the Soviet Union.) View of the United Nations building in Manhattan, New York City. Delegates at a UN session in the building. Boys and girls in a typical U.S. school class room. Younger children being weighed and measured in school. The teacher smiling and watching as happy children leave the school building at the end of school day. Another view, from across the East River, of the UN building in New York, with other Manhattan skyscrapers and buildings behind it on a sunny day. Flags of the United Nations on display outside the UN building. Views of the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, DC. President Lyndon Johnson addressing a joint session of Congress on November 27, 1963. Behind him are seated President pro tempore of the U.S. Senate, Carl Hayden, and Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, John William McCormack. A submarine traveling on the surface of the water. An American B-52 Strategic bomber in flight. An American Atlas ICBM descending into a launch silo slowly. View of the missile as it goes down into silo and as silo cover slowly moves into place to cover nuclear missile. A sunset view over ocean water.
Headlines of prominent newspapers show rising tensions prior to World War 1. Headline of New York American 'Czar expects war declaration today, England and Germany ready to strike, Austrians and Serbs in big battle'. Montage of headlines from various newspapers regarding looming war. Berliner Tageblatt New York Times headlines say 'Austria and Serbia ready for war, Russia gives warning to Germany, London still sees hope for peace'. New York Times and Freier Press headlines about the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria. Serbian police dragging the assassin. Blood stained tunic of Archduke. Burial ceremony of Archduke Ferdinand with coffin covered with Austrian flag. Czar Nicholas II of Russia reviews troops. Various Cossack regiments being reviewed. Russian Revolution scenes and mass demonstrations and riot in streets of Moscow as Bolsheviks seize power in 1917. Russian civilians and Bolshevik loyal soldiers armed with rifles marching in mass funeral processions and demonstrations in Russia against the Czar led government. Leon Trotsky speaking to a crowd and saluting Red forces as Bolshevik troops parade. Food distribution to Russian children and people eating on snow covered streets of Moscow around time of revolution. Headlines showing Russian entry in World War I. Snow covered Kremlin. Vladimir Lenin at a desk talking. More views of newspaper headlines regarding outbreak of World War 1.
Documentary depicts job of United States occupation forces in Japan. Opening scene shows Japanese General Tomoyuki Yamashita being escorted by armed American military officer to a room. A woman at an outdoor stand, passing out leaflets to Japanese people during the U.S. postwar occupation of Japan. Camera pans across exterior of prison where Japanese wartime leaders are incarcerated. Japanese read information posted on a telephone pole. Newspaper in English reporting that Emperor Hirohito says he is not a Diety and the Japanese are not a master race. A Japanese broadcaster spreading the new concepts. Loud speakers on city streets carry the news. People visiting news stands, including many Japanese soldiers in uniforms. Several Japanese citizens gathered by a bulletin board to read the latest information. Japanese workers shoveling up debris from bombing during World War 2. View of vast destruction in a Japanese city, where only several concrete and steel buildings can be seen standing. Japanese people going about their normal affairs, walking on paths cleared through the detritus of war. U.S. troops monitoring Japanese travelers boarding a railroad train. A U.S. soldier standing with a Japanese policeman, searches a Japanese cyclist for contraband. Views of the Pacific Ocean, with waves crashing on the shore. Dead American soldiers in the waters at the coasts of various scenes of combat against Japanese forces during World War II. Views of American soldiers helping and tending to wounded during the war. A huge formation of American soldiers marching. The Liberty bell. A closing slate reading: "Our Job in Japan". Music: Beethoven's 9th Symphony is heard.
A film titled 'Holiday Highlights: World marks Easter with prayer and fete’. Interdenominational Christian group offering prayers in California. Yosemite falls also seen. Large crowds gather at Hollywood Bowl (2301 N Highland Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90068, United States) to offer prayers on Easter. Pope Paul VI addresses the people at St. Peter’s Square in Vatican City. People enter St. Thomas Church (1 W 53rd St, New York, NY 10019, United States) and St. Patrick's Cathedral (5th Ave, New York, NY 10022, United States) in New York to offer prayers.
Newsreel clip from "Ford News" about opening day of the 1934 baseball season at Detroit's Navin Field. View of the crowd as announcer says 24,000 turned out on a frigid day. Shots of pregame ceremonies, with parade and raising of the American flag. Firefighters present trophy that will go to team's most valuable player. Tigers manager and catcher Mickey Cochrane smiles at huge floral display showing his likeness, and is later given a new car by Ford Motor Company. Camera pans across Tigers players in warmup jackets, standing on steps of the dugout. Mayor Frank Cousins throws out first pitch. Game starts, White Sox third baseman Jimmy Dykes singles to score Luke Appling. Another White Sox player grounds out. In sixth inning, Cochrane slides into third after a hit by Goose Goslin. (Note smokestack pumping out black smoke in background.) After Cochrane scores, Hank Greenberg hits a double to score Goslin. A smiling Cochrane holds a bat in the dugout. Shots taken from unusual angle show other Tigers scoring and running bases. Clip ends with title card saying "See the Ford News at this theatre every week."
Documentary "One Week in October." Aerial views of Russian missiles in Cuba. Columbus day parade with marching bands, Boy Scouts, troops. Brief excerpt from 1962 World Series Baseball game with New York Yankees pitcher Ralph Terry delivering to Willie Mays of the San Francisco Giants, who hits a ball to the deep left corner that is caught. March of Dimes annual poster girl. Jackie Kennedy with children of foreign diplomats. Fireworks in Uganda celebrating its independence. View of Vatican Palace and a candlelight vigil. President John Kennedy with Ahmed Ben Bella, Premier of Algeria. Ben Bella is then seen with Cuban leader Castro who receives him in Cuba. U.S. moon rocket launch. Scientists in America reviewing designs for fallout shelters during Cold War, and visiting banks, stores, and municipal buildings and garages to assess them for worthiness as bomb fallout shelters. Views of various types of fallout shelters. Food, water drums, medical and sanitation supplies bound for civic fallout shelters are seen rolling off of assembly lines and being boxed. Radiological monitoring equipment on an assembly line. A woman packages a geiger counter into a box. Then the fallout shelter supplies are seen transported by rail to defense department warehouses for distribution by local authorities to Community Fallout Shelters. View of moving train seen from above and from sideview. View of new fallout shelter signs being mounted at fallout shelters. Forklifts working at Naval Supply Center Oakland in California to arrange supplies for shelters. View of American Legion meeting where former President Harry Truman makes a speech. Former President Eisenhower gives a speech in Connecticut endorsing some candidates. Air Force helicopter flies overhead and then seen landing on White House lawn. Beaches of Cuba. Marches in Cuba. Historic view of soldiers marching beside monument to Battleship Maine in Havana. Crane atop monument as a wing is cut off; scenes of destruction of monument to Battleship Maine in Havana. Fidel Castro and Che Guevara marching into Havana in 1959 with cheering throngs after succeeding in revolt against Batista. Fidel Castro and Soviet leader Khrushchev greeting one another at United Nations in 1961. Soviet deputy premier Anastas Mikoyin greeted by Castro and crowd at Havana airport in 1960. Trade agreement between Cuba and Havana signed. Soviet Russian cargo ships on way to Havana. Cuban refugees in small boats being rescued by U.S. Coast Guard. Views of military specialists examining films of aerial views of suspected missile installations in Cuba. U.S. military mobilization for possible war. Strategic Air Command begins dispersing aircraft to possible needed locations. B-52 Stratofortress aircraft takes off. Badge on plane: "Anywhere. Anytime." Destroyer USS Strong, DD-758, making way in heavy seas. An American Aircraft Carrier underway in the distance. Polaris submarine on surface. Officers of STRAC or Strategic Army Corps seen meeting after being assigned to the new command of U.S. Forces Atlantic. Alerted U.S Army units on training exercise to maintain combat readiness. American Army troops load into rear of transport plane . C-124 Globemaster taking off. Then a C-119 shortly after takeoff flying overhead. Then a MATS C-124 again is seen overhead. 1st Armored division tanks being loaded onto rail for transport from Fort Hood Texas to Fort Stewart Georgia.
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