October, 1962, U.S. Air Force U-2 reconnaissance aircraft, tail number 56-6707, of the Strategic Air Command (SAC) 4080th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, lands at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas. View of Photographic evidence, brought back by the U-2, showing Soviet missiles being set up in Cuba. President John F. kennedy broadcasts to the nation about the crisis on October 22, 1962, announcing measures being taken by the USA to address the situation. A B-58 Hustler bomber landing. Airmen removing camera from nose of a reconnaissance aircraft. Air Force Sergeant, photo interpreter, reading wet film in a base laboratory. U.S. Naval officers and sailors in Command Center viewing large wall map of the world. U.S. Air Force SAC B-52 bombers taking off. View of United Nations Headquarters building in New York City. On October 25, 1962, U.S. Ambassador to the UN, Adlai Stevenson, confronts Soviet Ambassador Valerian Alexandrovich Zorin about missiles in Cuba.He looks at Zorin, and says,"Don't wait for the translation, yes, or no." Zorin smiles as the room fills with laughter. He then responds. View of a Soviet ship bound for Cuba being monitored by a U.S. aircraft overhead. Pilot in cockpit of the aircraft. View from U.S. aircraft flying low past a Soviet ship. Crew in cockpit of the aircraft. Soviet ships turning away. Helicopter flying over sandy beach area of Hyannis Port, Massachusetts. The helicopter parked and Undersecretary of State, Averell Harriman, steps from the helicopter and is later seen with President Kennedy, and Secretary of State, Dean Rusk, at the President's Weekend White House. Harriman reports on the successful negotiation of a limited nuclear test ban treaty. Glimpse of Moscow. U.S. Secretary of State, Dean Rusk, Soviet Foreign Minister,Andrei Gromyko, and British Foreign secretary, Alexander Douglas-Home, are seen signing the document for their respective nations, August 5, 1963.
Senator Kennedy and Richard Nixon as Presidential candidates for 1960 elections. Democratic Presidential candidate Senator John F. Kennedy addresses the press after conferring with Adlai Stevenson in Hyannisport, Massachusetts. He also meets Vice Presidential candidate Lyndon Johnson and they discuss about the election campaign. Republican candidate Richard Nixon and his running mate Henry Cabot Lodge discuss the campaigning strategy in Washington D.C. Nixon and Lodge sit as photographers take pictures.
President John F Kennedy reveals Soviet Russian aircraft pullout at a news conference in United States soon after the Cuban Missile Crisis. President lifts the United States Naval blockade of Cuba after Nikita Khrushchev gives his pledge that Soviet bombers will be out of Cuba in 30 days. President Kennedy speaks over the microphone. Reporters take notes while photographers take pictures.
America's Cup Yacht racing in United States. U.S. President John F. Kennedy along with his wife Jacqueline Kennedy are seen among the spectators at the sail boat race. U.S. Yacht "Weatherly" and Australian challenger "Gretel" race ahead of each other for the title. "Weatherly" wins the race.
The 1956 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois. A man addresses the convention from a podium. Delegates carry placards of different states at the convention. Another man speaks into the microphone. Senator John F. Kennedy at the podium as he addresses the delegates. Senator Estes Kefauver and his wife at the podium after he won the nomination for Vice President. Kefauver waves to the crowd. The delegates carry posters and placards. Former President Harry S. Truman speaks into the microphone. Senator Kefauver and his wife at the podium. Presidential nominee Adlai Stevenson on the podium. Truman with Stevenson and Kefauver. Senator Kennedy on the podium with Democratic nominees. Photographers take pictures. Adlai Stevenson and his family on the podium.
A college football game played between the U.S. Army and the U.S. Navy teams in Philadelphia. Cadets and midshipmen from the military academies gather in a large number in a grandstand. The players stand in formation on the field. U.S. President John F. Kennedy tosses the coin. The game in progress. Highlights include several passes by future Heisman Trophy winning quarterback Roger Staubach. People cheer and applaud. President Kennedy seated in the grandstand, where he switches seating from the Navy side to the Army side halfway through the game. He cheers for the teams. Roger Staubach throws for two touchdowns, runs for one, and keeps the ball on a run inside the five yard line for another touchdown. The U.S. Navy Midshipmen team wins the game 34-14.
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