Fidel Castro addresses gathering in Cuba in the year 1962. Large crowd of civilians gather at the street square. Prime Minister of Cuba, Fidel Castro addresses the gathering. United States aircraft in flight spot the missile installations in the Western hemisphere. President of the United States John Fitzgerald Kennedy addresses the nation during the Cuban Missile Crisis. The Russians remove their bomber aircraft, ships and missiles.
Space achievements in the United States in the year 1962. Atlas Missile is launched for the Mercury-Atlas 6 carrying NASA astronaut Glenn in Friendship 7. Smoke column rises. Crowd of people take photographers and watch the rocket launch. Colonel John Herschel Glenn arrives after orbiting the Earth. His wife greets and receives him. Astronauts John Herschel Glenn and Malcolm Scott Carpenter move in a motorcade followed by a ticker tape parade. Civilians gather to greet them. View of the White House. Astronaut Walter Marty Schirra being successful in making 6 orbits around the Earth. Schirra and his family visit White House to meet the U.S. President John F Kennedy.
A new elementary school opens in Crete, Greece. The flag of the United States can be seen on the right. A plaque detailing the school’s opening year 1962 and important details in Greek. Greek elementary school children clap hands. United States Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (LBJ) visits the new elementary school during an official visit in Crete, Greece. A Greek teacher teaches young students in classroom. A Greek girl asks a question to her teacher. Greek teacher teaches male students botany inside a school greenhouse. Greek high school students do homework together in library. Greek boy uses book for homework.
A Spanish-speaking journalist reports on the developments of the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis. Words read "Cuba: Peligro Rojo" ("Cuba: Red Danger") beside the journalist. The journalist talks about the missile confrontation in Cuba inside a conference room of the Organization of American States (OAS) in Washington DC. The reporter reads from his report while holding a microphone. Nameplates bearing the names of countries from the Organization of American States such as Uruguay, Brazil, Costa Rica and Chile. The journalist reads from his report while a janitor cleans the conference room behind him. The journalist interviews a man who just arrived in the conference room. The man, a representative from the Organization of American States, talks about the ongoing Cuban Missile Crisis. The camera shows the seal of the Organization of American States in Spanish (“Organización de los Estados Americanos”).
A formation of four Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19 (NATO reporting name: Farmer) twinjet fighter aircraft performing aerobatics during the 1962 Soviet Aviation Day Display at Tushino Airfield (present day Otkrytie Bank Arena, Volokolamskoye Shosse, 69, Moscow, Russia, 125424) near Moscow, Soviet Union. Intercut showing a Soviet MiG-15 UTI "Midget" trainer (NATO reporting name: Fagot) jet fighter in flight. Cameramen are seen in rear cockpit of the MiG-15 UTI "Midget" jet fighter. Closer view of the four MiG-19 fighters with red Soviet livery in flight. A Soviet cameraman with camera inside a jet fighter cockpit. MiG-15 UTI "Midget" jet fighter maneuvers. A man with binoculars watches the airshow.
A squadron formation of three Sukhoi Su-17 (NATO reporting name: Fitter) fighter-bombers in flight to left and performing aerial drills during the 1962 Soviet Aviation Day Display at Tushino Airfield (present day Otkrytie Bank Arena, Volokolamskoye Shosse, 69, Moscow, Russia, 125424) near Moscow, Soviet Union. A Russian military official wearing sunglasses watches the airshow. Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 (NATO reporting name: Fishbed) supersonic fighter in flight to right and performing snap rolls. Soviet MiG aircraft pilot in cockpit of aircraft. Soviet Union leader Nikita S. Khrushchev looking skyward from balcony.
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