From a 1961 film: Clip includes mix of reenacted, fictional scenes and authentic period footage from the early 1900's, as follows: Clip opens with fictional re-enacted scenes of immigrants to America from Eastern Europe, around the turn of the 20th Century. Reenacted scene as a woman dances, followed by scene of immigrants crowded into a hall. Arriving immigrants pose for camera. Next scene is actual period footage from the first few years of the 1900s (approximately 1905 or 1906) of a street car traveling along a track on Market Street in San Francisco, California, with early automobile cars and another street car crossing in front of it. The San Francisco Ferry Building clock tower on the Embarcadero is seen in the distance. Next series of scenes are fictional reenactments of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire. Next is actual period footage of the aftermath of the earthquake, with San Francisco residents walking on a streets in front of a destroyed building. Partial signs are seen on the corner of the building that read "...Standard Paint" and "The Lowe...." Next segment is authentic period footage also, and shows both still image and moving image views of buildings and fountains at the 1915 Pan-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco.
American dance known as The Twist has reached Europe. An older man and a woman doing twist dance and teaching it to younger people around them who watch them dancing and then try the twist. Three men doing the twist. Men and women dancing the twist to rock and roll music. The men and women doing the twist dance in pairs in dance clubs all over Europe. Vintage early 1960s fashions seen among the dancers. They enjoy the dance. A woman typist seen seated at her desk doing the twist in her rotating chair. A French postal mail delivery man delivers the mail while doing the twist. A policeman controls traffic on a busy street while doing the twist.
An animated map shows Electronic Wall around North America and Europe. Officers at NORAD (North American Aerospace Defense Command) communicate with officers at SHAPE (Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe) through forward scatter system. View of NATO military officials in monitoring and control rooms during communciations. A man draws a diagram to explain the forward scatter system to a group of officials. Antenna and transmission towers at Norway and Holland. A Norwegian radar patrol ship.
President John F Kennedy addresses the nation after returning from Europe in Washington DC. President Kennedy says that we have right to be in West Berlin and blame Soviets saying that "It is the Soviets who have stirred up this crisis."
Body building contest for the title of 'Mr Europe' held in Germany. Men perform on stage. Audience watches. Bodybuilders flexing their muscles. Crowd applauds and laughs. Winner and two runners-up hold trophy on stage. Old man at home strips himself to waist and sees in mirror, while her wife watches her from behind. Terrier pet dog at home.
President John F Kennedy addresses the nation on Berlin Crisis after returning from European visit. Washington DC. President Kennedy talks about misjudgments on both sides in major wars and effects of misjudgments in a thermonuclear age.