A press conference at the White House in Washington DC. U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower seated at a desk in the President's Office at the White House. He addresses reporters about the Little Rock Crisis. He states the duties of the local authorities. He speaks about the functions of the Supreme Court and federal courts and individuals rights and duties. He lays stress on the need to maintain peace and order in the nation.
German rocket pioneer, Gerhard Zucker, attempting to develop postal rockets in the 1930s. Location is Wadden Sea off Cuxhaven, on April 9, 1933, where Zucker follows Nazi Sturmabteilung (also called SA or Stormtroopers) carrying the mail rocket across wet sands. The rocket is set up on a launch stand. Zucker and an assistant ignite the 8 side rockets and the mail rocket takes off. It noses up and loops over backwards, falling to the sand. German Stormtroopers lift up the damaged device. Next, is seen a later, more modern, rocket trial ending in failure. Two German engineers display a model similar to the pulse-jet-powered "buzz bomb" (V-1) employed by the Nazis in World War 2. A brief glimpse of similar American machine on sand flat, as narrator states German acknowledgement of knowledge gleaned from Dr. Robert Goddard's work. A German V-1 flying bomb (aka Doodle Bug) being launched in 1944, during World War 2. View of British houses of Parliament, London, England; an air raid shelter sign in City of Westminster. Londoners waiting out a raid in the shelter. Scenes of fire and destruction during German bombing of London, as narrator speaks about the more advanced German V-2 ballistic missiles employed later in the war. Londoners trudging through debris amongst bombed out buildings. Change of scene to U.S. infantry and armor advancing deep into Germany. Narrator refers to them overrunning rocket bases and other vital war-making facilities, near the end of the war. Glimpse of large number of German prisoners of war. Documents of military surrender being signed by Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel, in Berlin, May 8, 1945. Closeup of Keitel. Scenes of American forces operating in Pacific theater. Aerial view of atomic bomb explosion. Japanese surrender ceremony on September 2, 1945, aboard the battleship USS Missouri. U.S. soldiers and other service personnel return home and greeting loved ones at end of war. Aerial view of Pentagon building and surrounding area in Arlington Virginia near Washington DC. U.S. troops boarding a ship in San Francisco, bound for war again, this time in Korea (1950).
The first Kennedy-Nixon Presidential Debate in Chicago, Illinois. Moderator Howard K. Smith thanks Republican candidate U.S. Vice President Richard M. Nixon and Democratic candidate Senator John F. Kennedy for their opening statements. The Moderator the panel of correspondents: Sander Vanocur from NBC News, Charles Warren from Mutual News, Stuart Novins from CBS News and Bob Fleming from ABC News. Mr Fleming directs his first question to Senator Kennedy. He asks him why does he think that people should vote for him rather than Vice President Nixon. Kennedy answers and tells about his 14 years of experience in the Labor Committee. He compares the programs being advocated by the Democratic party and the Republican party. He states that the Republican leadership has opposed federal aid for education, medical care for the aged and development of country's natural resources in the past few years.
The second Kennedy-Nixon Presidential Debate in Washington DC. Harold R. Levy of Newsday asks Republican candidate U.S. Vice President Richard M. Nixon to mention the measures he would advocate to combat unemployment. Nixon states that to combat unemployment, the U.S. should concentrate on depressed areas and analyze sections of society where unemployment exists. He mentions a program for education, for equal job opportunities and for older citizens. He talks about full utilization of government resources and credit expansion in order to fight unemployment. He mentions measures like development of the private sector of the economy, tax reforms and tax cuts to stimulate more jobs. Democratic candidate Senator John F Kennedy talks about the area redevelopment bill passed by his party. He questions as to why Nixon opposes putting medical care for the aged under Social Security. He says that they should increase the use of surplus foods in backward areas and should not impose a high interest rate policy. He concludes and talks about development of educational aid and effective tax policies programs.
German newspapers and weekly magazines and propaganda in Germany, seen in stacks at a newsstand. Timeframe is before World War 2, during control of NSDAP and the Nazi party. Der Sturmer headline features article about The Jews in history of Berlin ("Die Juden in der Geschichte Berlin"). Door signs read "Droysenstrasse 16," likely on door of apartment residences at Droysenstraße 16, 10629 Berlin, Germany (in the Charlottenburg district). Name tag for "Karl Reimer" seen on another door (possibly a resident in that building?). View of a printed public announcement stating that, because of high treason to the German people, the following persons were executed today: Joachim Klauser; Heinz Kuhnert; Wolfgang Bart. Various pictures depicting "Hitlerjugend -- Hitler Youth"; "Arbeitsdienst -- Labor Service"; "Jungmadels -- Young Girls"'; "Schutzstaffel -- Black Shirts"; and "Kraft Durch Freude -- Strength Through Joy."
Leader of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Marshal Josip Broz Tito in Prague, Czechoslovakia. Marshal Tito talks with his Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Vladimir Clementis in a train. View of Prague Petrovice station. Other men in group talking. A crowd at a station. Marshal Tito at a window of the train acknowledging the throng's greeting. The train moves off. The crowd waves. Marshal Tito at a window. Marshal Tito leaves the train in Prague and is greeted by Czech Prime Minister Zdenek Fierlinger and others. A crowd waving at Prague station. A car pulls away. A huge poster on a building with Tito's picture. The car enters the Prague Castle (Hradčany, 119 08 Prague 1, Czechia). Marshal Tito reviews an honor guard.
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