Scenes following the April 1945 destruction of the Tangermünde Bridge over the River Elbe, by retreating German forces in World War 2. View of damaged Tangermunde Bridge. Defeated German soldiers and German civilians walk along the bridge, moving westward into American and British controlled areas, and fleeing advancing Soviet forces (fearing their retribution). Civilians climb the bridge carefully with their luggage, having to hold twisted steel girders with no flooring beneath. Wounded German walks carefully on the bridge. U.S. Army soldiers checking papers of German citizens crossing the bridge.
United States President Ronald Reagan visits with West German President Karl Carstens and travels to Bonn, Germany to attend the NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) conference. At the conference, a ceremony is held to welcome Spain into NATO. President Ronald Reagan speaks before the gathering about lending support to Germany. Anti-war protesters are seen marching with banners in their hands. The United States President talks about Vienna negotiations. Photographers take pictures.
North American Air Defense (NORAD) Headquarters at Ent Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, during the Cold War. NORAD Commander, USAF General Lawrence S. Kuter and Canadian Deputy enter the control room. Airman reads incoming teletype message and updates data on status board. View of a NORAD building. Air Defense controllers viewing radar screens. Two F-102 fighter intercepters are scrambled. They fire air-to-air missiles. A BOMARC missile is fired. Nike missiles are fired.
Aerial view of a large Ballistic Missile Early Warning System (BMEWS) radar antenna array for strategic missile defense in the United States during the Cold War. Two large towers at the station. Animation shows satellites for early warning detection of missile launch. Sprint and Spartan defensive missiles, part of the U.S. Sentinel Program, are seen and test fired.
SAC (Strategic Air Command) alert air crews respond to Klaxon horn and run from building to their B-47 bombers. View of feet of running United States Air Force crews as they scramble for a mission during Cold War timeframe. Pilots run to their aircraft. The B-47s take off. B-52s on alert, are also dispatched and take off. A B-52 soars overhead at low altitude during takeoff. Another B-52 is seen as it taxis and prepares for takeoff.
George Herbert Walker Bush speaks to the 1984 Republican National Convention as the nominee for Vice President. Supporters cheer holding banners. Childhood pictures of George W. Bush with his family. He is shown as a fighter in a squadron in the U.S. Navy in World War II. Footage of his rescue by submarine after he is shot down. Footage of Yale University and a photo of Bush wearing a Yale sweatshirt. George H W Bush starting in the oil business in Texas. Shots of oil workers drilling for oil and an offshore platform. A reporter interviews Bush in the 1960's in front of the U.S. Capitol building in the background. Footage of Bush speaking before the United Nations in his role as U.N. Ambassador. Vice President Bush meets Chinese officials. George H. W. Bush with Barbara Bush and their five children, including George W. Bush, as he announces his candidacy for President in 1979. Bush during his campaign, before abandoning it to join the Republican ticket as Vice President with Ronald Reagan for President. The Vice President circa 1983 with U.S. President Ronald Reagan at Reagan's ranch, in a meeting with Tip O'Neill, and on the steps of United States Capitol building, as George Bush was on the campaign trail with President Reagan running on the Reagan/Bush ticket for 1984.
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