Che Guevara talks with his fellows. The United Nations office at New York. Brief shot of Fidel Castro greeting Soviet leader Khrushchev in New York City in 1960. Cuban man holds rifle. Cubans receive Red Chinese arms including Chinese submachine guns. Cuban soldiers receiving instruction in use of the submachine gun. Fidel Castro talks with his men. Cuban rebels soldiers on the alert by an Anti Aircraft gun (AA Gun). Cuban soldier traverse AA gun. Cuban women in a line with weapons, including one carrying a sub machine gun with a round ammunition drum mounted beneath it. Fidel Castro speaking.
POV view through windshield driving east on I-278 / Gowanus Expressway. from Bay Ridge to the Gowanus Canal. Expressway starts below grade then becomes elevated over Third Avenue near junction with Shore (Belt) Parkway. Good views of 1960's NYSDPW urban freeway signage.
Driver's POV view from car traveling eastbound on Interstate 278 in Brooklyn. Start at crest of Bridge over the Gowanus Canal, good view of Lower Manhattan, pass through "The Trench" section in Carroll Gardens and Cobble Hill, cantilevered roadways beneath "The Promenade" in Brooklyn Heights, ending just short of the Brooklyn Bridge exit. Good views of original 1950's and 1960's freeway signing and highway lighting hardware.
In the 1960s, the Budd Company produced the Pioneer III electric m.u. coach for intercity travel. Here a prototype Pioneer III rail passenger car is seen, pushed by a Rail Diesel Car (RDC) as the locomotive power. People seated inside the train demonstrate size and comfort. (Mid-1950s automobiles seen parked at station where train arrives.) Engineers inspect the disc brake parts of the truck and a ventilator. The train is then pulled in the opposite direction by the RDC. Close up views of the train wheels near the tracks.
U.S. Navy ship USS Constellation (CV-64) in New York, United States. Aerial views of the USS Constellation ship on fire at dry dock in the Brooklyn Navy yard on December 19, 1960. Smoke rises from the fire. Narrator notes that the fire killed 50 shipyard workers and caused damage worth millions. Veiw of the reconstructed USS Constellation following the fire, in preparation for its commissioning ceremony. Widows and relatives of the workers who died in the fire are among guests at the commissioning ceremony for the ship. U.S. Navy officers on stage at ceremony, including the ship Captain Thomas Walker. Seen in the audience among the guests is NASA astronaut Alan Shepard and his wife.
U.S. President John F Kennedy receives Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and his daughter Ms. Indira Gandhi at Newport airport, Rhode Island. American ambassador to India John Galbraith, Indian students from Brown University and the press are also present. Military honor guard holding flags stands with airport terminal in background. Scene changes to Washington DC. Daytime view of exterior of U.S. Capitol building under a bright blue sky. Wide view of Washington Monument and reflecting pool. Scene in a park with yellow and orange colored autumn leaves on trees and ground, and adults and children walking in the park, wearing typical early 1960s fashions. Wide view of tidal basin and Jefferson Memorial in the distance. Arrival of President and Mrs. Kennedy accompany the visiting Prime Minister and his daughter on Air Force One aircraft as it arrives in Washington DC. Military honor guard holds flags and military band members play music, including the U.S. Army Herald Trumpets fanfare ensemble. The arriving officials are received by Vice President and Mrs. Lyndon B Johnson, Secretary of State and Mrs. Dean Rusk, and other dignitaries. President Kennedy speaks at a podium with microphone and welcomes the Prime Minister on his third visit to the U.S. Prime Minister Nehru then speaks and expresses gratitude for the welcome and for the friendship expressed by the President. View of Air Force helicopter taking off to fly the guests and the President to the White House after the ceremony.