Richard Burt, Assistant Secretary for European affairs in the United States. Richard Burt speaks about the June North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) foreign ministers conference of Paris. He speaks about Soviet Union's disagreement about the 1979 decision and to negotiate with them. The other issues to be discussed include development and conditions in Poland.
America's first woman astronaut, Sally Ride, climbs a ladder and sits in cockpit of twin jet aircraft while a man outside explains it to her. Sally Ride in Shuttle simulator. She speaks about her training.and states there is no difference in the training for men and women astronauts. NASA Space Shuttle Discovery on launch pad.
Invention of electric incandescent lamp by Thomas Edison in United States. Dramatization:Men in laboratory trying experiment with metal filament. Glowing bulb filament. Young man at piano. Man thinking and spotting spool of thread. Young man talks to assistants. On October 21 1879 the invention of the incandescent lamp light bulb. Men leaving. Man compares arc lamp and incandescent lamp. Thomas Edison lying down on table.
A U.S. Navy film 'I'm a civilian here myself' depicts rehabilitation of sailors in the United States. Sketches of a cartoon depict what a civilian is and also that the sailors were once civilians. Robert Benchley introduces himself. He talks about how to make a civilian out of a sailor and about a separation center where sailors would be taught how to return to civilian life. He says there is a civilian in every sailor. The film shows scenes of a separation center. Boys relax around a swimming pool and a few women near by.
From the civil defense film "Duck and Cover" in the United States. Animation: Burt the turtle walks along a path carrying a flower in his hand. A monkey holding a burning cracker leans from a tree. The cracker bursts. A burnt tree. The turtle covers himself. Children sit in a classroom and a professor teaches ways to protect themselves during a nuclear attack. The children hide under the benches.
USS Akron, helium filled zeppelin dirigible (ZRS-4) approaches USS Patoka, fleet oiler in the United States. Aerial view of USS Akron. USS Patoka in the sea. USS Akron tilts. It approaches USS Patoka.
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