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United States President John F. Kennedy addresses the nation and warns Soviet Union for making military bases in Cuba.

United States President John F. Kennedy addresses the nation about Soviet interference in island of Cuba during Cuban Missile Crisis. President imposes naval and air quarantine on the shipment of offensive military equipment in Cuba. He alleges Soviet Union of working contrary to their promises and building offensive missile and bomber bases in Cuba. He says that the U.S. would retaliate against Soviet Union of any missile fired from Cuba on any country of Northern Hemisphere. Flags of various nations hoist outside the building

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1962, October 22
Duration: 3 min 9 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675036644
Britain, France, and Israel attack Egypt following nationalization of the Suez Canal.

Egyptian nationalization of the Suez Canal leads to war as Israel attacks Egypt, and France and Britain embark troops for transport to a joint staging area at the island of Cyprus. View of commercial ships in the Suez canal. Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser. in discussion with officials. French troops embarking a transport ship in the port of Marseille, France. Brief glimpse of their destination port at Cyprus. British troops boarding airliners to take them to Cyprus where they will reinforce the existing British garrison. British and French carriers and warships assembling in the Eastern Mediterranean sea. A flight of four British Hawker Hunter jet fighter-bombers are seen flying in formation. Closeup of one inflight, with rockets mounted beneath its wings. Closeup of a rocket under its right wing. Scene shifts to another Hawker Hunter armed differently. It displays four outer wing rocket rails on each wing, carrying three rockets each. Auxiliary fuel tanks are installed on pylons under each wing. View of the White House in Washington DC. Inside, United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Secretary of State, John Foster Dulles discuss the Suez situation. Next, speaking at a press conference, President Eisenhower states , "the United States was not consulted in any way about any phase of these actions, nor were we informed about them in advance." He asserts America's intent not to become involved and to bring the matter before the UN General Assembly where their is no threat of a veto. He states his intent to "keep in contact with Congressional leaders of both parties," and expresses hope that the United Nations can bring an end to this "tormenting problem." View of the United Nations General Assembly building in New York City. Inside U.S. Secretary of State, Dulles, is seen seated next to America's UN ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. Glimpse of the General assembly with all delegates seated.

Location: Middle East
Date: 1956, November 1
Duration: 2 min 39 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675036656
The good times of the 1920's turn into the difficult times of the depression in 1930s America

Documentary depicts the end of the 1920s good times in the U.S. ("Roaring 20s"), leading into the Great Depression. Mildred Unger, age 10, performs a wing walker charleston dance while out on the wing of a JN-4 "Jenny" airplane in flight over Los Angeles in 1926. Four girls dancing on the top of a building higher than those around it, in Boston, Massachusetts. Amusement park patrons riding a roller coaster. People out driving through a park in their automobiles. Patrons enjoying themselves at the Steeplechase amusement park in Coney Island, New York. A crane piling old cars in a heap at a junk yard. But following the Wall Street crash (stock market crash) of 1929, conditions change in America. Group of men, women, and children standing together, looking sad and dejected, poor and desperate, due to conditions of the Great Depression affecting families. Still photo of group of people receiving food assistance or food relief in a bread line in a city. A man, woman, and baby, in a tent (probably migrant workers). The famous 1936 photo, "Migrant Mother" by Dorothea Lange, of migrant worker, Florence Owens Thompson, with two of her children in California. Men receiving food from a city soup kitchen. Dejected unemployed men.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1937
Duration: 1 min 32 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675036811
Documentary tilted 'History of Aviation' depicts benefits to mankind brought by development of means of travel, United States.

Documentary tilted 'History of Aviation' depicts benefits to mankind brought by discovery of aviation. A group of travelers on horses and bullock carts, in hot and dusty deserts travels from California to New York. A railroad train runs on railroad between California and New York. Howard Hughes' Lockheed 14 Super Electra Special, Model 14-N2 ( NX18973) seen in aerial views over Manhattan Island, New York City, with New York City skyline and skyscrapers visible. (scene filmed on July 14, 1938). Animated map shows ship sail towards Europe. Brief, distant view of a tall mast traditional sailing ship at sea with full sails deployed. A more modern passenger cruise ship or ocean liner with four large stacks underway in the ocean towards Europe. Howard Hughes airplane takes off in New York, bound for Paris, France.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1938
Duration: 4 min 5 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675036818
Lieutenant General Nguyan Van VY, Minister of Defense Vietnam, present awards to United States Servicemen on USS America.

Vietnamese awards to United States Servicemen on the United States Ship America (CVA-66). Lieutenant General Nguyan Van VY, Minister of Defense Vietnam, presents medals to admirals of U.S. Navy admirals. Admirals salute him. Chalk marking on hanger deck reads names of officers awarded. Commodore Tran Van Chon presents awards. Officers approach and congratulate the awarded officers. A Marine Captain shakes hands with officers who received awards. An officer looks at the award certificate. Island structure and rotating antennae on the ship deck. Crewmen seen on it. (Vietnam War period).

Location: United States USA
Date: 1966, September 10
Duration: 4 min 59 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675036955
Landing Signal Officer assistants give signals and work during tests of Auto Landing Systems on A-7A planes, on USS America.

Auto landing systems tests on A-7A planes aboard the United States Ship America (CVA-66). Landing Signal Officer (LSO) and his assistant on platform and the controls. A UH-2A helicopter in air above the carrier deck. Two men work on around nosewheel of A-7A. Two parked A-7A planes. Personnel from the island watch the activities.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1966, December
Duration: 52 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675036961
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