Elevated views of large buildings of Chicago and ground nearby. Buses and 1960s cars on busy roads, streets, and highways in West Chicago area. A streetcar or trolley goes by on the road. Its connecting electric rod can be seen above it. Pedestrians walk on roads and sidewalks in the Little Italy neighborhood of Chicago. Shops in the area. Three women walk on sidewalk in front of a pizzeria. Old men on streets. A residential housing area, and the Notre Dame de Chicago Roman Catholic Church (1335 W Harrison St, Chicago, IL 60607, United States) nearby. High rise apartment buildings and housing projects. City of Chicago workers, of the Department of Urban Renewal, work to clean debris from an area and load it on a truck. A huge building under construction.
Film opens with camera panning closeup over the exterior of St. Michael's Church, at 1633 North Cleveland Avenue, in Old Town, Chicago. Then, neighborhood views are seen from an open convertible car. Momentary glimpse, from above, of driver in the car. More neighborhood scenes and a pillar identifying Crilly Court. Views of various buildings in the neighborhood. A white standard poodle dog is seen looking out the open window of a car. A woman walks a black standard poodle dog along a commercial district sidewalk. Closeup of the poodle. Closeup glimpse of a woman and a man riding together on a motorcycle. A young man riding a motorcycle. Closeups of many people walking on the sidewalks and sitting on front steps of buildings, some dressed conservatively, and some with counter culture and hippie fashions. A commercial area of Old Town jammed with numerous small eateries close to one another. A man riding a bicycle in the midst of heavy traffic. Closeups of pedestrians walking on the sidewalks, and young people sitting on the sidewalk, next to buildings. A man stripped to the waist taking a cigarette (possibly a marijuana joint). He lights it. Scene shifts to a shop where women try on various wigs. Many people in typical 1960s fashions. Another street scene showing various eating places, including Paul Bunyan, at 1355 North Wells Street. Large umbrella light at entrance to Piper's Alley. Customers visiting various small shops and galleries, in Piper's Alley. An African American boy having his portrait drawn by a street artist. His mother watching. Glimpse of the boy's portrait.
Scenes of downtown Seattle, Washington. Pedestrians cross streets near Pike and 4th Ave. 1960s cars and vehicular traffic, including an orange 1966 Ford Mustang and a white Ford Thunderbird is seen. Pedestrians including office workers seen on sidewalks at street crossing. Buildings seen include the Equitable Building, Florsheim Shoes, Rivkins Jewelers, and Pay n Save. Elevated monorail train is seen near Pine Street.
Documentary "One Week in October." Aerial views of Russian missiles in Cuba. Columbus day parade with marching bands, Boy Scouts, troops. Brief excerpt from 1962 World Series Baseball game with New York Yankees pitcher Ralph Terry delivering to Willie Mays of the San Francisco Giants, who hits a ball to the deep left corner that is caught. March of Dimes annual poster girl. Jackie Kennedy with children of foreign diplomats. Fireworks in Uganda celebrating its independence. View of Vatican Palace and a candlelight vigil. President John Kennedy with Ahmed Ben Bella, Premier of Algeria. Ben Bella is then seen with Cuban leader Castro who receives him in Cuba. U.S. moon rocket launch. Scientists in America reviewing designs for fallout shelters during Cold War, and visiting banks, stores, and municipal buildings and garages to assess them for worthiness as bomb fallout shelters. Views of various types of fallout shelters. Food, water drums, medical and sanitation supplies bound for civic fallout shelters are seen rolling off of assembly lines and being boxed. Radiological monitoring equipment on an assembly line. A woman packages a geiger counter into a box. Then the fallout shelter supplies are seen transported by rail to defense department warehouses for distribution by local authorities to Community Fallout Shelters. View of moving train seen from above and from sideview. View of new fallout shelter signs being mounted at fallout shelters. Forklifts working at Naval Supply Center Oakland in California to arrange supplies for shelters. View of American Legion meeting where former President Harry Truman makes a speech. Former President Eisenhower gives a speech in Connecticut endorsing some candidates. Air Force helicopter flies overhead and then seen landing on White House lawn. Beaches of Cuba. Marches in Cuba. Historic view of soldiers marching beside monument to Battleship Maine in Havana. Crane atop monument as a wing is cut off; scenes of destruction of monument to Battleship Maine in Havana. Fidel Castro and Che Guevara marching into Havana in 1959 with cheering throngs after succeeding in revolt against Batista. Fidel Castro and Soviet leader Khrushchev greeting one another at United Nations in 1961. Soviet deputy premier Anastas Mikoyin greeted by Castro and crowd at Havana airport in 1960. Trade agreement between Cuba and Havana signed. Soviet Russian cargo ships on way to Havana. Cuban refugees in small boats being rescued by U.S. Coast Guard. Views of military specialists examining films of aerial views of suspected missile installations in Cuba. U.S. military mobilization for possible war. Strategic Air Command begins dispersing aircraft to possible needed locations. B-52 Stratofortress aircraft takes off. Badge on plane: "Anywhere. Anytime." Destroyer USS Strong, DD-758, making way in heavy seas. An American Aircraft Carrier underway in the distance. Polaris submarine on surface. Officers of STRAC or Strategic Army Corps seen meeting after being assigned to the new command of U.S. Forces Atlantic. Alerted U.S Army units on training exercise to maintain combat readiness. American Army troops load into rear of transport plane . C-124 Globemaster taking off. Then a C-119 shortly after takeoff flying overhead. Then a MATS C-124 again is seen overhead. 1st Armored division tanks being loaded onto rail for transport from Fort Hood Texas to Fort Stewart Georgia.
Crowd outside assembly building where International Woman's Year conference is held. View of conference emblem. Women gathered up and talking. Various views of women arriving by cars (1960's and 1970's era cars and automobiles) for the conference and walking up the steps of assembly building.
Pedestrians walking in streets of Mexico. POV Point of view shots from hand held camera, walking, with views of men and women walking through an arched corridor. Shoe shine boys work on shoes of patrons seated along the corridor. Views of the Zócalo or Plaza de la Constitución, the Palacio National (National Palace of Mexico), and the Catedral Metropolitana de la Asunción de María (Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral) across the plaza. 1960's and 1970's car traffic on road and pedestrians crossing road. Streets signs near traffic signal is shown. Sign for street "20 de Noviembre" is seen. Cars waiting at traffic signal. View of a guard holding a sign for the International Woman's Year conference. View of another guard standing near a bus stop opposite a large building marked 'Conference Mundial Internacional De La." (...Mujer). Below it is a sign advertising Mexican National Savings Bonds, "Bonos del Ahorra Nacional".