A U.S. Army VH-3A helicopter lands on the lawn of the Hotel General von Steuben, in Wiesbaden, Germany. A crowd of spectators stands across the drive from the hotel lawn, constrained by German policemen. U.S. Air Force Military policemen stand guard on the nearer side of the drive. Soon the Presidential VH-3 helicopter, Marine One, lands on the lawn. It displays the Presidential seal and that of the Military District of Washington, DC. Next, President John F. Kennedy is seen walking past the Army helicopter and into the U.S. Military's Hotel General von Steuben. He is accompanied by German Chancellor, Ludwig Erhard, U.S. Secretary of State, Dean Rusk and U.S. Army Aide, Brigadier General Chester V. Clifton, along with a phalanx of Secret Service Agents. Other officials look out from a dining room window of the hotel as the Presidential party arrives. (Note: In the 1950s, the U.S. built three large military hotels in Wiesbaden. In 1951,a star-shaped Hotel [the American Arms] was built on Frankfurter Strasse. In 1955, the 9-story Amelia Earhart Hotel was opened. It was a utilitarian structure, with row after row of windows. President Nixon once stayed there. It closed in 1995. The General von Steuben Hotel, depicted in this film, was the newest, built in 1956, on Auguste Viktoria Strasse, near the train station. It is now a commercial hotel, "the Dorint Hotel Pallas Wiesbaden.")
Scene of 'Presidente Sermiento', the training ship. Cadet on the net of the ship. Cadets standing in position. Navy Officers posing and cadets exercising on the net on the ship.Cadets marching with guns in hands.
Aerial view of Treasure Island depicting Tower of the Sun as the centerpiece during Golden Gate International Exposition in Treasure Island, San Farancisco, California. Governor of the State Culbert Olson opens gate for waiting people. People come inside through gate, wave hats in air, and walking. Swings, small train, fountains at fair. Woman taking photo, women bite ice-cream, scene of a building at Island.
Military jeeps and private cars come to University campus during Mississippi riots in Oxford, Mississippi. African American student James Meredith leaves building with United States Marshals. (This is during Ole Miss riot of segregationists against education integration during the civil rights movement.). A military member seated at a desk. Exterior view of CNATECHTRA (Chief of Naval Technical Training) Career Appraisal and Career Information office at a military base. Sign beside doors notes it is home of the Navy Memphis Rod and Gun Club. This is possible on the Naval Support Activity Mid-South (NSA Mid-South) base in Millington, Tennessee, north of Memphis. U.S. Army jeeps parked in front of building. Two U.S. Army soldiers near the jeeps. Another Army truck.
Sufi singers sing at Fatehpur Sikri, Uttar Pradesh, India. Jacqueline Kennedy at Fort of Fatehpur Sikri (Buland Gate, Dadupura, Fatehpur Sikri, Uttar Pradesh 283110, India). View of elephant statues. People travel on bullock carts. Jacqueline Kennedy, her sister Princess Lee Radziwill and John Galbraith (United States Ambassador to India) disembark from a train at Agra Cantonment railway station (Siroli Rd, Agra Cantt, Idgah Colony, Dhanauli, Uttar Pradesh 282001, India). A man rows boat near Taj Mahal (Dharmapuri, Forest Colony, Tajganj, Agra, Uttar Pradesh 282001, India) in Yamuna River. Jacqueline Kennedy visits Taj Mahal. A flag with a symbol in Varanasi (Benares). Jacqueline Kennedy on the steps on the bank of river. People perform rites and rituals on steps. Jacqueline comes to decorated boats in the Ganges River. A banner on a boat show Varanasi Junior Chamber. Temples of Varanasi are seen.
Cuban soldiers sit in a boat in Canal de Munoz during Bay of Pigs invasion in Cuba. Soldiers walk with their rocket launchers and machine guns. Depiction of a battle (appears to be staged, for propaganda purposes): Soldiers walking on both sides of two Army trucks. Cuban soldiers hide by the side of the road. They fire on enemy soldiers (Cuban exiles trained by the U.S. CIA). Soldiers come from every side. A man fires a rocket launcher. End of apparent staged battle sequence. Soldier holding a rocket launcher is interviewed. Soldiers fire during night time. A soldier talks and gestures during an interview. Night scenes of fires burning, an apparent prisoner of the Cuban forces, a dead man lying on ground.
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