A film about achievements and role of African Americans in the United States. A newspaper headlines about African American athletes at the Berlin Olympics of 1936. Spectators in a stadium. Athletes at a start line for a 100 meter race. Judge fires starting gun and race is underway. African American athletes Jesse Owens and Ralph Metcalfe of the U.S. win gold and silver medals. German and Japanese participants jump over in a High Jump event. African American athlete Cooper Johnson sets a new Olympic record in the event.
A film about the United States President Richard Nixon's visit to Asia and Europe. President Nixon walks past civilians in Moscow as he arrives for the Moscow Summit. American and Soviet flags fly from poles. Soviet troops march as President Nixon and Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet Union Nikloi Podgorny review the parade. Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko also attends the parade. St. Basil’s Cathedral at the Red Square in Moscow. Interiors of the Kremlin with paintings on the walls. President Nixon meets the Soviet delegation at the Catherine Hall of the Kremlin. President Nixon with General Secretary of the Communist Party Leonid Brezhnev. A sign in a hotel reads 'Communication center'. Newsmen at typewriters and telephones as they send news about the summit meeting. Russian women buy groceries and produce in the market.
Soldiers parade in Korea. Korean soldiers march to mark the turning of three new Korean Army Corps to the Army of the Republic of Korea. U.S. and Korean flags fly from a pole. U.S. General of the 8th Army Maxwell Taylor speaks in Korean. Korean President Syngman Rhee speaks in English during his address.
A motorcycle policemen leads a parade of new (1926 models) Ford motor vehicles, on a race track. A long line of Ford cars, trucks, and buses follow slowly on the race track. A man in one of the first vehicles is speaking toward the the camera and spectators, with a large megaphone.
U.S. Coast Guard sailors in England along with women soldiers in uniform, during liberty ashore. They play a game of lawn bowling and the look at swans in a lake. Scenes of sailors loading boxes of rations onto ships. Several soldiers lie, chat, read books and walk on the deck area of landing crafts. An officer looks through a telescope mounted on the ship towards the carrier ships heading towards the beach. Troops loading LCVP crafts and being ferried out to waiting transports. LCI crafts loaded with Infantry soldiers, engineers, and medical corpsmen waiting to move out. Actor dramatization of troops hearing the news that the real invasion is to begin. (World War II period).
Aerial view of the newly completed Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel. Several cars and motor vehicles parked near a man made island of the complex. A ship underway in the bay. Buses lined up at toll plaza to cross bridge following dedication. Opening ceremony of the new bridge and tunnel. A TrailWays bus passes through the toll booth area. POV through windshield of a car as it enters the tunnel and bridge complex. Sign seen, 'Tunnel 1/2 mile.' As the car enters a tunnel sign above reads, 'Thimble Shoal Channel Tunnel.'
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