Workers cutting sugar cane in a field in Cuba, before the takeover by Fidel Castro. View from above of a Cuban city slum at that time. Street scenes and ordinary life in the slums. Children being bathed from buckets of water. Fidel Castro and Ernesto Che Guevara with other revolutionaries in the Sierra Maestra mountains.Later they move through the land amidst cheers of supporters. Raul Castro and Che Guevara attending a public meeting. Fidel Castro harranguing a crowd in the countryside; and later from the balcony of a building in a city. Soviet Leader,Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev with Fidel Castro at the UN and in Harlem in New York City in September 1960. Cubans being executed by Guevera firing squads.
A Junkers Ju-52 aircraft, carrying Adolf Hitler, lands in a grass airfield at Kalinovka, Ukraine, during Operation Barbarossa in World War 2. German soldiers and airmen rush to meet the aircraft, as it arrives. Closeup of Hitler as he steps from the airplane and returns a Nazi salute to officers greeting him. Closeup glimpse of swastika displayed on hood of Mercedes Benz G4 staff car as officer opens door for Hitler., who climbs aboard. View of the staff car driving across the field. German aircraft parked, casually, around its periphery in the background. Closeup of destroyed Soviet artillery tractor and field piece. Hitler's motorcade driving along a tree-lined dirt road. Closeups of destroyed Soviet tank parts along the roadside. German officers and German troops line the roadside and salute as Hitler passes. Hitler arriving and entering the Army Group South headquarters. Inside He is seen at a planning table pouring over a map with Field Marshal Fedor von Bock. Next, Hitler is seen leaving the headquarters building, surrounded by officers and soldiers rendering the Nazi salute. he shakes hands with several of the officers and is next seen boarding the Mercedes G4 staff car, encircled by enthusiastic soldiers. All salute again as the vehicle drives away. Location shifts to Italy, where civilian recruits march on their way to join the army. Helmeted army troops stand in formation on the platform as their train leaves the station. A contingent of Italian army soldiers heading to the Eastern front moves through cheering crowds. They are inspected by an Italian General and others, including a German officer, as they stand in formation on a train platform. Afterwards, some are presented flowers by loved ones. The platform is filled with well-wishers who wave as their train leaves the station. A contingent of Italian troops stands at attention as they prepare to depart to the Eastern front. they receive flowers as they board train and depart. The train station platform is filled with Italian soldiers waving goodbye from windows of railroad train departing station for the war front, as civilians wave from the station platform.
The Kabul International Fair in Kabul, Afghanistan. The USA pavilion at the Kabul International Fair. 'USA' written over the pavilion. U.S. flag outside the pavilion. People walking about in front of the pavilion at the fair. 'Kabul International Fair' written on a board at the entrance to the fair. Flags of different countries, represented at the fair, beside the board. Flags of Czech Republic, France, Germany, India and several other flags beside the board. A few men standing at the entrance to the fair. Several people walking about in the fair. Views of USSR, USA, Turkey, Switzerland, Poland and Pakistan flags at the fair. View of the board at the entrance with the flags. The USSR pavilion at the fair. A vehicle at the entrance to the USSR pavilion. Several people beside the vehicle. An Aeroflot Mi-8 Hip transport helicopter on display just outside the pavilion. Several people around the helicopter. People entering and leaving the USA pavilion.
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev agrees to dismantle Soviet missiles in Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962. U.S. battleships at U.S. Navy Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba. A U.S. Navy band plays. A sign reads 'Hi Honey Dinner's Defrostin' Navy personnel greet their family members who were evacuated during the crisis as they disembark from ships. Americans entering a small church to attend services. Reconnaissance photos show dismantled missiles. Soviet ships carry missiles out of Cuba. Americans walk along streets in the United States.
The fourth presidential election debate held between Democratic nominee Senator John F. Kennedy and Republican nominee U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon in New York, United States on 21st October 1960. News correspondent John Edwards ask Vice President Nixon about the conditions to be met before meeting Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev at Vienna Summit of 1961. Nixon replies that an agenda should be prepared which should delineate those issues on which there is a possibility of some agreement or negotiation. He says that U.S. President should not go to the conference unless they have such an agenda, unless they have some reasonable assurance from Khrushchev that he intends seriously to negotiate on those points. News correspondent Quincy Howe asks Senator Kennedy to comment on the topic. Senator Kennedy says that the U.S. should not go to the summit until there is some reason to believe that a meeting of minds can be obtained on either Berlin, outer space or general disarmament including nuclear testing. He mentions the failure of the conference on May 15th 1960 in Paris, France. He further says it is important that they maintain their determination, that they indicate that they're building their strength, that they are determined to protect their position and that they are determined to protect their commitment.
Delegations from three Allied nations arrive in Washington DC, United States to study post-war security during World War II. Delegates disembark from aircraft and review a parade of troops. Soviet Ambassador to the United States Andrei Gromyko, U.S. Secretary of State Cordell Hull, British Permanent Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs Alexander Cadogan, U.S. Under Secretary of State Edward Stettinius arrive and attend the Dumbarton Oaks Conference. Secretary of State Hull speaks at the conference. Alexander Cadogan speaks.
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