The Freedom bell of West Berlin is seen ringing. The Brandenburg Gate from behind barbed wires. The Berlin Wall crossing and blocking Bernauer Straße. It appears to be under construction with wooden forms in places. It is covered with obstacles and barbed wire. Anti-tank obstacles inside the inner and outer walls of the Berlin Wall. The Church of the Reconciliation, next to the Berlin wall on Beinauer Street. Berlin street sign “Potsdamer Platz”. Anti-tank barriers behind barbed wires in Potsdamer Platz, Berlin. A small sign reads “Ida Siekmann”, the first casualty at the Berlin Wall. Bricked up windows of a building in Bernauer Straße 48. United States flag atop a flagpole in the US Army checkpoint, popularly known as Checkpoint Charlie, in West Berlin. A sign board outside a building reads: 'US Army Check Point'. Checkpoint Charlie seen from above. U.S. soldiers aboard a jeep passing on the street. Memorial services held by West Berlin mayor Wiily Brandt for the people who died attempting to cross the wall in Bernauer Straße. People march to protest against the Berlin wall and carry a cross with the words 'Wir Klagen An' which mean 'We Accuse' in English. Crowd gathered at the wall throwing rocks in protest.
U.S. President John F. Kennedy arrives aboard a ship in Washington D.C., United States. He visits the Coast Guard training ship 'Eagle'. He meets the cadets aboard the ship. President shakes hands with the cadets. He stands with an official and discusses with him.
Activities of the British soldiers in Egypt in October 1942 during World War II. Wrecked German equipment and ammunition on the field. Wrecked German trucks, armored military vehicles, artillery, and airplanes on the airfield at El Daba. German and Italian prisoners of war stand on the ground. Officials discuss amongst themselves. British soldiers aboard tanks as they pass on the street. British flag being hoisted. Soldiers aboard a truck passing on the street. Houses in the area. Wrecked German vehicle on the street. Destroyed buildings. British and American airplanes fly in formation overhead. British and United States Army military truck convoy passes on the street and in desert terrain. Tanks lined up on the street.
Russian cosmonaut Alexey Arkhipovich Leonov enters space capsule of Voskhod-2 rocket in the Soviet Union. The spacecraft launch as it leaves the launching pad. Animation (only) depicts the activities of the cosmonaut and the co-pilot, and Cosmonaut Leonov on first manned spacewalk with the help of a life line attached to the spacecraft. No actual spacewalk images are shown. Narrator alludes to 1960's "space race" between astronauts of the United States and the Soviet Union, saying, "If this spectacular accomplishment is all that is claimed, Russia has moved ahead of the U.S. once more in the race for the moon."
Drag Racing Championship held in California, United States. A large crowd gathers to watch. Racing vehicles parked on the ground. Driver Don Garlits is seen in his car: Wynn's Jammer. He makes a run at 206 miles per hour. View of drag chute deploying and stopping his car. Driver Mike Snively is seen donning his protective mask. Two cars race side by side on the strip. Brief glimpse from behind staff in the control booth, where Ray Francisco,is at the mike, with his wife,Bernie,beside him, as they mark elapsed time (ET) and speed of each racer. Snively narrowly beats Garlits to become day's winner and is seen accepting the winner's trophy and being kissed by a young woman presenting it.
The first Polar expedition, led by United States Navy Lieutenant Commander, Richard Evelyn Byrd (an attempt to fly an airplane over the North Pole). The first image seen is a Still photograph of U.S. Navy commodore Robert E. Peary, credited with reaching the North Pole, in 1909. He is seen in fur arctic gear. Next, Lieutenant Commander Richard E. Byrd, USN, is seen standing beside his expedition's Fokker F-VII Tri-motor monoplane, the "Josephine Ford." Byrd is dressed in a fur arctic parka similar to the one Peary was wearing. Next, the expedition's Pilot, Floyd Bennett, also poses beside the airplane, wearing his parka. They are preparing to attempt a flight over the North Pole, in 1926.
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