Large crowd gather before arrival of Vice President Richard Nixon and the formal opening of the Republican National Convention of 1960 in Chicago, Illinois. New York's Governor Nelson Rockefeller disembarks from a plane and waves to the crowd. Narrator comments on Rockefeller's influence on Nixon in crafting the party platform. People holding banners of presidential campaign welcome Rockefeller. Sign: 'Nixon for President'. Parade for GOP (Grand Old Party) passes on a road with floats and cheering. Various floats and women on floats with banners of 'Nixon for President' in the parade. 'I'm for Nixon' written on the dress of a woman watching the parade.
Responsibilities and assets of NATO's SACLANT. View from cockpit of aircraft landing on deck of U.S. aircraft carrier USS Bennington (CVA-20). Scenes of Atlantic ocean during World War 2. Periscope of German submarine breaks surface. Point of view inside a submarine as seen through periscope looking at a target ship. American convoy underway during World War 2 in the Atlantic Ocean. Underwater shot as a submarine launches torpedo at Allied ship. Allied freighter ships being struck by torpedoes. Underwater view of submarine. A torpedoed ship sinking, with only its bow sticking up in the air and then sinking under the ocean. Views of empty German submarine pens in Brest or Lorient after end of World War 2. Next scene shows a Douglas DC-4 passenger airplane as it passes by the Empire State building, while in flight over Manhattan Island, New York City. Steamships in terminals on the Hudson River. Tug boats and barges in New York harbor. Ocean-going cargo ships pass by the Statue of Liberty. Vehicular traffic in the streets of Norfolk, Virginia. A sign reads 'US Naval Base, Norfolk, Virginia'. View of ships and harbor at Norfolk Naval Station. Headquarters of the Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic (SACLANT). NATO officers in the "great map room of SACLANT" at the Headquarters. World map placed on a wall. Scene from 1952: U.S. Navy Captain briefs Admiral Lynde D. McCormick, Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet and also SACLANT. Map shows areas of SACLANT responsibility extending around the Atlantic from Southern Europe around past Iceland to the maritime provinces of Canada and down to the U.S. coast.. Surfaced submarine launches Regulus missile. Scene from 1960: U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Independence (CV-62) underway. Aircraft parked aboard the aircraft carrier. View of Naval Air Base at Oceana, Virginia. Douglas F4D flies above runway as another lands. Navy F8 aircraft parked on ramp. Canadian Naval Base at Halifax, Nova Scotia, with views of derricks, cranes, piers, and warships.
Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev raises the incident of United States spying Soviet positions. A United States Lockheed U-2 reconnaissance plane takes off for reconnaissance over the Soviet Union. Parts from downed U-2 plane, including pilot's uniform, on display in the Soviet Union. Pilot Francis Gary Powers tried in Moscow. Power's family during the trial in court. Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev speaks about the incident at the Paris Summit. The historic UN session on September 23, 1960 of the General Assembly in New York. Nikita Khrushchev targets British Prime Minister Harold MacMillan at the meeting. In the UN chamber, Khrushchev pounds his fists on his desk along with the entire Soviet delegation. General Secretary Dag Hammarskjöld defies Khrushchev's threats.
John F. Kennedy wins election in the United States. View of the Out-of-Town Newspapers news stand at the base of the New York Times building at One Times Square. Newspaper headlines on newsstand read 'President Elect Kennedy', 'Kennedy New President' and 'Kennedy Wins Presidency'. The Daily News headlines reads 'Elected' with a photograph of John F. Kennedy. A man holding a 'New York Mirror' newspaper on which the headline reads 'Extra Kennedy!'. President-elect John F. Kennedy at the Kennedy compound in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts. Photographers take pictures. Kennedy picks up his daughter Caroline and poses with his wife Jacqueline Kennedy. President-elect Kennedy with his wife, his parents and brothers and sisters at a meeting in Hyannis Port. Kennedy, during his speech, says that the next four years are going to be difficult and challenging. He requests the citizens for a national effort in moving the country through the 1960s. Kennedy also promises that all the decrees he possesses will be utilized for the cause of the country. Crowd applauds. John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy smiling.
Point of view from moving vehicle as many 1960s cars drive past on a road in Yellowstone National Park, in Wyoming. The cars move on the road lined with dense woods. A bear walks alongside the road in front of a moving car . It then wanders into the woods. The bear at the center of the road with cars going past it. A man on a motorbike stops and looks at the bear. A car parking lot with mountains in the foreground and a visitor center. Tourists walk on a pathway. A car enters the parking lot. Trees in the foreground. A man and a woman in red jackets walk. The cars drive past on the road. Several thermal feature areas seen near the road, with people walking on paths to access them.
A film titled '1960 B-52 Annual Report' on a progress report covering development and production of United States Air Force B-52 Stratofortress aircraft. A B-52 Stratofortress aircraft in flight overhead. Aerial view looking down on top of a B-52 aircraft in flight. The aircraft leaves smoke trails. Interior of Wichita plant. A crowd gathered in a building. Models of aircraft. People look at the models. The crowd observes seat ejection and bomb navigation systems. A man working on instruments. Configuration of H-model. A truck carrying parts of aircraft enters a building. Parts of aircraft. Joining of wings and major sections of the aircraft. Completion of the first H model of the aircraft. Contractors development inspection and technical compliance inspection.
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