Dwight D. Eisenhower cooking pancakes on a stove and then pouring coffee for guests at Byers Peak Ranch in Fraser, Colorado while on vacation. Owned by a friend, is was also called his 'Cold War retreat' ranch. The guests are likely curious press, encouraged to visit so that the public would see his holidays as "working vacations." Major John Eisenhower, the son of Ike Eisenhower, leaves for Korea to serve in the United States Army during the Korean War. John Eisenhower kissing his mother, Mamie. Mamie Eisenhower and a grandparent, probably his grandmother Elivera Doud, wave goodbye. Eisenhower speaks while seated at a table, saying, "A soldier learns as a nation must learn that integrity backed by strength is the only sure way to lasting peace. Our country's destiny, to my mind, is to serve mankind through leadership in the arts of peace. If we believe in our own system, if we allow no taint of false doctrine to confuse it, if we practice what we preach, if we provide upright leadership, we can help to show the world the folly of war. With all the strength I can command and the devotion I hold for my country, I pledge myself to this objective."
Personnel from the Ordinance Department handling and packing bombs during World War 2. An Ordinance Department personnel fits the tail into a 100 lbs. explosive bomb. Nose plug of a bomb. Animation depicting fragmentation, demolition, chemical (except phosphorus) and chemical phosphorus bombs. A hand points to the table of contents of the Ordinance Department Training Regulation. Pen underlines “Quantity-distance tables”. A scene depicting the ideal distances between military establishments, inhabited buildings, railways, public highways and fuzing area for bombs.
A man assembles a fragmentation bomb used by the United States during World War 2. Man assembles bomb by hand. The man unscrews the screw in the bomb body. Man fastens the parachute container over the fragmentation bomb. The adaptor is screwed and tightened. The man puts down the fragmentation bomb. Man uses a screwdriver to tighten bolt to complete rear assembly. Man proceeds to fuze the bomb. Man removes closure plug, inserts and tightens the M104 fuze.
United States President John F. Kennedy attends the United States Air Force Academy Commencement on June 5, 1963. President Kennedy arriving by motorcade at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado. President Kennedy stands on the presidential 1961 Lincoln Continental. Crowds cheering for the arrival of President Kennedy. Air Force graduates stand at attention. President Kennedy sits after waving at crowds from the moving vehicle. Secret Service men prepares podium. President Kennedy walking to the stage. President Kennedy shake hands with Air Force officials as the ceremony starts. Superintendent of the United States Air Force Academy General Robert H. Warren gives a speech to Air Force graduates. and Secretary of the Air Force Eugene M. Zuckert deliver his remarks.
United States Cold War anti-communist propaganda film. Slate reads “IDEOLOGY”. A cartoon depicting a large hand clenching into a fist- symbol of communist threat. The large communist fist wrecking buildings of institutions such as churches and government. The communist fist hits a scared working-class man with a wooden stick. A communist book with words such as “Enemy”, “Line of Attack”, “Direct Reserves” and “Distribution of force” written over it.
State Department Foreign Service officer and Soviet and East European affairs specialist Boris Hansen Klosson narrates Cold War propaganda film. Slate reads “LEADERSHIP”. A cartoon of men standing beside flags with communist symbols. “Spurred on by the prospects of acquiring unchecked power, these men shun compromise and conciliation” Boris H. Klosson says. A cartoon of a communist pushing down a pillar with labels such as “National Loyalty”, “Emotional Ties” and “Human Ties”. The pillar breaks down into pieces. Another cartoon shows a man holding a flag with the Communist symbol and word “LEADERSHIP”.
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