Film opens showing logo of the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. Glimpse of several U.S. warships, ostensibly disarmed after World War II, berthed together. View on deck of one, from under triple guns. Aircraft being destroyed in explosions after the war. A troop transport ship returning American servicemen back home at the end of World War 2. Views of the deck jammed with servicemen waving to loved ones who are waving back to them from a dock. Bernard Baruch giving a speech at the first session of the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission, at Hunter College, New York In presenting a proposal for International control over the spread and development of nuclear weapons and technology, He begins: "We are here to make a choice between the quick and the dead." (The proposal was rejected by the Soviet Union.) View of the United Nations building in Manhattan, New York City. Delegates at a UN session in the building. Boys and girls in a typical U.S. school class room. Younger children being weighed and measured in school. The teacher smiling and watching as happy children leave the school building at the end of school day. Another view, from across the East River, of the UN building in New York, with other Manhattan skyscrapers and buildings behind it on a sunny day. Flags of the United Nations on display outside the UN building. Views of the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, DC. President Lyndon Johnson addressing a joint session of Congress on November 27, 1963. Behind him are seated President pro tempore of the U.S. Senate, Carl Hayden, and Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, John William McCormack. A submarine traveling on the surface of the water. An American B-52 Strategic bomber in flight. An American Atlas ICBM descending into a launch silo slowly. View of the missile as it goes down into silo and as silo cover slowly moves into place to cover nuclear missile. A sunset view over ocean water.
President John F Kennedy delivers 'Integration speech' at the White House, Washington DC, addressing issues of race discrimination, civil rights, and racial integration. Seated at his desk in the Oval Office, President Kennedy says he will ask Congress to pass legislation giving all Americans the right to be served in facilities that are open to the public, thus banning separate facilities for whites and blacks, also known as "Jim Crow" discrimination laws. Kennedy says this is an elementary right. He further notes that Jim Crow laws are an "arbitrary indignity that no American in 1963 should have to endure." Exterior view of White House. United States flag flying on the White House. View inside the Oval Office before the event. Cameramen, press, and journalists with motion picture and still cameras. President Kennedy arrives and sits at the desk in the Oval Office.
A plate on chair reads 'The President, Jan. 20 1961'. President John F Kennedy in a meeting with cabinet and military advisors during the Cuban missile crisis of October 1962. Aerial view of the Lincoln Memorial. Large crowd gathered for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on August 28, 1963. They carry banners and signs. A sign reads "Jim Crow must go" (reference to racial segregation practices during Civil Rights movement). Demonstrators and speakers on on steps of the Lincoln Memorial during speeches. View of crowd listening to speeches.
On Independence Day in 1963, Vice President Lyndon Johnson addresses a crowd outside Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He asks all Americans to step forward with responsible leadership so as to "implement in our national lives the ideals of our national literature." He says that every American has the capability to answer the needs of the moment. "Some say now, some say never, let us all say together" The audience claps in appreciation as photographers click pictures.
Crowd at 1963 Masters Tournament at the Augusta National Golf Club (2604 Washington Rd, Augusta, GA 30904, United States) in Augusta, Georgia. Different golfers playing a round of golf including Jack Nicklaus. Crowd watching and clapping. Jack Nicklaus drives ball to the hole and wins the tournament.
Models wear fashionable hats by Parisian designers in the United States. Women wearing different kinds of hats for 1963 Spring collection are shown. Wide brimmed and flowery hats are shown, including the Cartwheel Hat, Cloche Hat, Pillbox Hat. A woman wearing a Pillbox Hat smokes a cigarette. Fashion models wearing bonnets.
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