During Berlin Crisis, Russian staff car drives across border. West Berliners run after it. United States Army tour buses arriving into the Western sector. M-48 tank leaving the area.
Jets drop napalm on target area. Two M-56 SP 90mm guns, camouflaged with tree branches and soldiers move out. UH-1B helicopters fly low over field.
During 1961 in build up to Berlin Crisis: Barbed wire on border seen from West Berlin side (initial Berlin Wall). Russian soldier uses binoculars to watch an approaching jeep. Jeep stops because of barrier. Sign shows 'Achtung 500m Schutzstreifen'. Men carry a box through woods fleeing or escaping into West Germany before the border was fully closed. A man with his bicycle passing over a narrow path into West Germany, as another man passes over on foot. People in a canoe approaching a west German bank of the river or lake as they flee from east Germany. A street bus approaches and parks near an intersection with street sign for "Marienfelder Allee." Men, women, and children refugees with their suitcases on a street as they gather near a refugee processing center, before heading into West Germany. A bulldog tied. A mother feeds her baby. Young refugees on streets, refugees board bus. A map show allocation of German parts to France, United States, England and Soviet Union. Traffic on road in Berlin, with view of the bombed (from World War 2) Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church or the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche, in the background. Many German civilian pedestrians walking on streets in busy West Berlin. 1950's and 1960's cars and trucks on busy Berlin streets. People in outdoor cafe restaurant. Telefunken building is seen.
Guerrillas with guns gather in Havana, Cuba. Cuban President Fidel Castro addresses them. Military trucks on road. Ships in water. An illustrated map of Cuba. Planes fly by. Guerrillas practice. A man meets a United States Army officer at an air base. American President John F Kennedy with Lyman Lemnitzer, Chief of the Joint Chief of Staff, George Decker, Chief of the Land Forces section, Curtis E LeMay, Chief of the Air Force section, General David M Shoup, Commander of the Marines, and Admiral George W Anderson Jr., Chief of Navy Operations. Curtis E LeMay waves towards people. People on ship.
Opening of the new Modular Dining Hall at U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield in Thailand. USAF Brigadier General Richard M Hoban, Colonel Leonard S Dysinger, and Colonel Raleigh D Smith talking with mess sergeants in center of the dining room, as airmen sit at tables eating a meal. Brigadier General Hoban and personnel in serving line. Thai women working behind steam table and in the "Clipper".
President Lyndon B Johnson arrives at East Room in White House, Washington DC. President Johnson addresses. Lieutenant Colonel Joe M Jackson, U.S. Air Force, Major Stephen W Pless, U.S. Marine Corps, Lieutenant Clyde C Lassen, U.S. Navy; and Staff Sergeant Drew D Dix, U.S. Army. Relatives of medal winners seated. Medals on the board. People clap.
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