United States army takes over village Tacloban in Philippine. A soldier stands besides a pole. House in the background. Smoke arises behind the house. United States tanks on the road. Tanks on the street of town. Houses besides the road. A soldier walks past tank, soldier watch wreckage of village. Soldiers talk to civilians. United States aircraft in flight. (World War II period).
Aviator Charles Lindberg receives the Langley medal. Lindbergh lands his plane 'Spirit of Saint Louis' at Roosevelt Field. Another plane parked in the field. Lindbergh gets off the plane and stands beside it. A large crowd gathered on the field. The throngs cheer and applaud as Lindbergh is awarded the Langley medal. He expresses his thanks. Aerial view of huge crows all around the air field. Lindbergh emerges from the air field accompanied by officers and officials. He takes his place in a car. Lindbergh talks to an officer.
Views of The Statue of Liberty. Close-up view of face of statue. Camera zooms wide to show whole statue, and then zooms in to show upper area and face of lady liberty.
U.S. cadets on a Cuban gunboat in Miami, Florida. U.S. soldiers march at port. A Cuban gunboat at the port. U.S. cadets and officers embark the boat. Sailors lean on the rails of the boat. Cadets on deck wave. The boat leaves the port.
Views of Manhattan, Brooklyn and other areas of New York City. Tourists in a sight seeing boat in the Hudson river. Buildings and skyline of Manhattan as seen from the boat. A factory with cranes and hoists. Tourist boats in Hudson River pass under the Hell Gate Bridge. Tourists standing on the deck looking at the bridge and building. Crew members of the tourist boat.
Early in Cuban Missile Crisis. Secretary of State, Dean Rusk, Vice President Lyndon Johnson, and other of President John Kennedy's advisors arrive at White House. Americans buying newspapers with headlines about the upcoming speech by the President. President Kennedy addresses citizens of America on television, explaining what has been happening in Cuba. U.S. citizens commenting in different manners on the situation. Civil defense shelters shown. Cuban blockade. Supermarket shelves stripped and queues at check outs. Governor Rossolini and Governor Rockefeller at White House to coordinate state civil defense activities. Comments by the governors to the press, talking about civil defense procedures and instructions for sheltering in place with food, water, geiger counter, radio.
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