Crowd milling about in Kronstadt, West of Saint Petersburg,Russia, as group of Russian sailors, soldiers and civilians, marches in their midst carrying a Sign reading "Peace, Freedom, and Bread." On March 7, 1921, The Bolshevik government sends 60,000 troops under command of Mikhail Tukhachevsky to quell the disturbance. They are seen marching in the streets. Next scene shows women looking amongst the fallen for their relatives. View of Leon Trotsky (Commander of the Red Army) walking with some of his staff. View of human remains. Brief view of Lenin. Trotsky writing at his desk. Narrator mentions the State Security Agency called "Cheka," being replaced by the Joint State Political Directorate (AKA OGPU). Narrator calls it the Political Police. Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov is seen walking with a group of Soviet workers and politicians ostensibly charged with overseeing the OGPU. Another scene shows Molotov conversing with Joseph Stalin (Iosif Vissarionovich Stalin). Mikhail Ivanovich Kalinin stands to Stalin's left. views of Stalin. Lev Kamenev, a leader in Moscow City politics. Russian families on a train platform preparing to travel in box cars (to Siberia?). farmers harvesting grain in Russia. A woman shopkeeper cuts a loaf of bread in pieces and weighs them on a scale for sale to a customer. American foodstuffs provided as aid to Russia. Some of the American food being unloaded at a pier. American Relief Administration Chief, Herbert Hoover, standing at a port. Food being distributed to Russian citizens, and to children. Newspaper of March 14, 1923, announces the Lenin suffers a stroke. In January, 1924, a newspaper headline announces that "Lenin is dead." Lenin seen in coffin. Funeral cortege, including principal Soviet leaders, carries the coffin outdoors in falling snow. Spectators watch and others follow in the solemn funeral march. Narrator states that "Stalin,Zinoviev, and Kamenev force Trotsky into exile." Soviet citizens are seen at hard labor under new "Five year plans."
The first Kennedy-Nixon Presidential Debate in Chicago, Illinois. Charles Warren from Mutual News asks Democratic candidate Senator John F Kennedy about the need of assistance by the federal government for farm surpluses. Kennedy answers and states that the federal government supports farmers, as farmers cannot control their market because they lack bargaining power. He states that the overall economy depends on the agricultural economy. He talks about the interdependency of agriculture with other sectors. He further talks about farm policy, support price mechanism and tax load from the Treasury for the farmer. He says the policy for balancing effective supply and demand can only be carried out through governmental action. Republican candidate U.S. Vice President Richard M. Nixon presents his views and states that he disagrees with Kennedy that the farmers need more governmental control. He blames that the farmer is in problem because of the government which asks the farmer to produce surplus to meet emergency. He tells about holding up of farm income by paying the farmer in kind and indemnifying the farmer.
United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower tours the United Kingdom. President Eisenhower gets off a United States Military Air Transport Service (MATS) aircraft at London Airport, present day London Heathrow Airport (Longford TW6, United Kingdom). Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Harold Macmillan and other officers receives Eisenhower at the airport. A large crowd of British civilians waves at the President. Honor guards lined. President tours the city in a motorcade. Civilians stand on either side of the streets to greet him. View of Balmoral Castle (Balmoral Estates, Ballater AB35 5TB, UK). Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret receives President Eisenhower and Prime Minister Macmillan.
President Dwight D Eisenhower awards Medals of Honor for heroism in the Korean War at a ceremony in front of the White House. Citations are read by a Naval Officer. Sgt Alford Lee McLaughlin, United States Marine Corps, stands by the President. President Eisenhower awards him the Medal of Honor and congratulates him. Secretary of Defense, Charles E Wilson and others watch. Private First Class, Robert Ernest Simanek, 2nd Batallion 5th Marine, United States Marine Corps (retired) stands near the President. Naval officer reads the citation. Lt George H O'Brien Jr., United States Marine Corps stands near the President. Naval officer reads the citation. The President awards him the medal and congratulates him. Lt Raymond G Murhpy, United States Marine Corps, is awarded the medal.
Mercury Astronaut team at NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) press conference in Washington DC. Walter Bonney, NASA Information Director who presides at the conference, introduces the seven astronauts. Name plates on the desk reads Lt Malcom S Carpenter, Captain Leroy G Cooper Junior, United States Air Force; Lt Colonel John H Glenn, United States Marine Corps; Captain Virgil I Grissom, United States Air Force; Lt Commander Walter M. Schirra, United States Nations; Lt Commander Alan B Shepard and Captain Donald K Slayton, USAF. These astronauts take their place on stage for the conference. Reporters take notes and interview them during the conference.
Mercury Astronaut team at NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) press conference in Washington DC. Astronauts named Lt Malcom S Carpenter, Captain Leroy G Cooper Junior, United States Air Force; Lt Colonel John H Glenn, United States Marine Corps; Captain Virgil I Grissom, United States Air Force; Lt Commander Walter M Schirra, United States Nations; Lt Commander Alan B Shepard and Captain Donald K Slayton, USAF take their place on stage for the conference. NASA logo on a curtain in the background. Photographers take pictures. Astronauts stand with a model spacecraft in their hands.
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