President Ronald Reagan giving a speech at the Brandenburg Gate (Pariser Platz, 10117 Berlin, Germany) in Berlin, Germany. Large crowds gather. People stand with the United States flags. Dignitaries on the platform. The flags on the platform. President comes at the podium to give a speech in front of the crowd. The crowd applauds. He speaks that 24 years ago President John F Kennedy visited Berlin. He talks about the courage and determination of the people in Germany to get freedom and about the removal of the Berlin wall. Trees, streetlights, and buildings in the background. Graffiti on wall in the background. Armed guards stand near the wall. He talks about the greatness of the Brandenburg Gate. Cars move on the street in the background and people stand.
A U.S. soldier in the cockpit of a helicopter. U.S. Soldiers on tank move in the desert and fire artillery. Battleships at sea. Barricades on the desert and a U.S. soldier watches through binoculars, hiding behind the barricades. Vehicles in the desert. Airplanes on an air base take off, including an F-117 Nighthawk Stealth Fighter. Airplanes in flight over the desert.
Huge crowd gathered on the death of India's Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru in India. He dies of a heart-attack. Events during his tenure as the Prime Minister: He gives a speech in front of a large crowd. He meets dignitaries of various countries during his career. He meets Shiekh Abdullah and Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi in 1916. He converted to the Mahatma's campaign for an independent India. He comes out of his car and arrives in a hall where he meets other British dignitaries. Crowd gathers at a place. Men on horses. He gives speech in front of the crowd. He meets President Truman in United States. Large crowd greets Nehru. He meets President Eisenhower. He discusses with President John F Kennedy outside a building. Dead body of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. A large crowd gathers to give tribute to the Prime Minister. The Indian flag lowered.
Prime Minister Kim II Sung along with several Russian officials visits a Steel factory in North Korea. The dignitaries enter the factory gates in their cars. Factory workers and officials gather to welcome the touring party. Kim II sung and Russian officials including Soviet Ambassador T.F. Shtykov and others speak to the factory workers and then take a tour. Shows factory workers handling a hot steel ingot. Approximately 1948.
U.S. Navy Admiral Hyman Rickover is honored aboard the USS Nautilus in Groton,Connecticut. Participating VIPs include: French Ambassador Herve Alphand; Secretary of US-Navy(SECNAV) William B. Franke; President of the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation.Carleton Shugg; and Vice Admiral(VADM) Hyman G. Rickover. They arrive aboard the USS Nautilus (SSN-571) for the ceremony. Vice Admiral Rickover is saluted by Navy officers. standing on a podium set up on deck of the submarine. Officers and men on the Nautilus stand at attention. LT. J.F. Laboon, JR. Chaplain, gives a short invocation. Commander of Nautilus, Lando W. Zech, introduces Vice Admiral Grenfell who steps up to the mike. French Ambassador Alphand gives remarks. SECNAV gives his address and presents the Distinguished Service Medal to VADM Rickover.
VC-137 Boeing 707 also called Air Force One,lands at the Vandenberg AFB in California,United States. President John F. Kennedy and Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara along with other party members emerges from the plane. General Thomas Power, Commander in Chief of the Strategic Air Command, along with fellow officers and subordinates greet their arrival.
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