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.
Title card reads, "The United States Breaks Diplomatic Relations with Cuba." View of the United States Embassy building (55 Calzada, La Habana, Cuba) in Havana, Cuba. Crowds gathering outside the United States Embassy in Havana, Cuba. Family of African descent outside American Embassy. A woman of African descent holds her baby outside the United States Embassy. Two women in the American Embassy. A door in the American Embassy written in Spanish reads, "Aviso Cerrada-La Seccion De Visa Hoy" (Attention, Visa section closed today). Women leaving the American Embassy. A Catholic nun leaves the American Embassy. American citizens leave the United States Embassy. Staff load boxes into truck as Americans leave the United States embassy. Americans follow a man, with shades, outside United States Embassy. Americans board bus as they depart Havana. A Cuban female soldier guards the United States Embassy building.
A pro-Castro rally at night in Havana, Cuba. Female demonstrators hold a large Cuban flag. Demonstrators pass by a Kelvinator shop in Havana. Demonstrators with posters outside a movie theater in Havana. Demonstrators hold up signs and wave flags during rally. Banner with marching Cuban soldier reads, "Fuerte Como Un Trinquete" (Strong as a Tough Guy) Signs seen read, Entre Punto Y Punto... Punto La Gran Reserva de America" with cartoons of United States president Eisenhow, Castro, and U.S. Secretary of State Christian Herter. Large banner held by "Sindicato Union de Vendedores y Auxiliares" (Union of Vendors and Auxiliaries). Sign reads, "Muerte Al Invason Delegacion Demojeres" (Death to the Women's Delegation). Sign reads, "Los Estudiantes Technologicos Revolucionarios" (The Revolutionary Tech Students). Cuban Premier Fidel Castro speaks to demonstrators from balcony. Demonstrators wave their hands and shout. Fidel Castro speaks to crowd from balcony.
A huge demonstration outside the National Capitol Building in Havana, Cuba. Demonstration in front of the National Capitol Building (Paseo de Marti, La Havana) to protest United States raids, possibly after the Bay of Pigs. The Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de La Habana (458 Paseo de MartÃ, La Habana 10600, Cuba) can be seen in the background. Demonstrators holding banners in Spanish, including, "Abajo Traidores" (Down with Traitors) and "Fidel Luchamemos Hasta la Muerte" (Fidel, Let's Fight Until Death). A presidential helicopter lands on the street near demonstrators. Huge demonstration. Fidel Castro, wearing sunglasses, mingles with the crowd. Cuban flag waves during demonstration. Passionate demonstrator speaks. Fidel Castro speaks to huge crowd in demonstration, condemning raids by the United States.
Monuments in the city of Havana, Cuba. View of the Havana skyline. The exteriors of the National Capitol Building (66 Cienfuegos, La Habana 10200, Cuba). The dome of the building. The exteriors of the Havana telephone exchange building. The USS Maine monument in the University of Havana. The Hotel National of Havana (Calle 21 y O, Vedado, Plaza La Habana, 10400, Cuba) in the background. The exteriors of the Presidential Palace in Havana. The Morro Castle at Havana Bay.
Bay of Pigs Invasion of Cuba. A Cuban Air Force B-26 aircraft in Cuba. Cuban pilots participated in revolt and then take refuge in Florida. Pilot surrounded by a large number of people. In Havana the acting Foreign Minister shows fragments of shells to the diplomats. The United Nations conference. Cuban Foreign Minister accuses U.S. of committing aggression against Cuba. U.S. Ambassador to the UN, Adlai Stevenson, denies the charges. Training site in Guatemalan foothills where Cuban rebels allegedly were trained. Soldiers with their guns. More troops train. Fidel Castro addresses a large crowd of people.