A film showing the Wright Brothers who created history in the field of aviation. Orville Wright smiles. Wilbur Wright and two Frenchmen on an airfield in France. Rows and rows of aircraft parked on a large airfield. Junker type aircraft stationary. Rows and rows of small Italian aircraft. Russian four-engine bombers pass over Moscow, Soviet Union. A formation of early bombers. A formation of early model U.S. aircraft.
General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev arrives in Paris, France. French President Charles de Gaulle arrives with other officials at an airport to greet him. An airplane arrives at the airport. Khrushchev along with other officials disembarking from the airplane. He arrives for pre-summit talks with President de Gaulle. Soldiers standing in formation at the airport. Building in the background. Cameramen recording the event. Dignitaries seated in a car passing along a street. People gather along the sides of the street. People cheer. The dignitaries place wreaths at the memorial of unknown soldiers of France.
Image of Yuri Andropov, the sixth paramount leader of the Soviet Union during the Cold War. A US Air Force C5-A Galaxy lands in an airbase. Air man signals to the aircraft. A BGM-109G Ground Launched Cruise Missile is unloaded from the C5-A Galaxy’s front. Close up to a soldier’s arm badge, a airborne paratrooper insignia. The BGM-109G Ground Launched Cruise Missile slowly drives to a hangar. Colonel John Bacs, 501st Tactical Missile Wing, speaks about the NATO operational capability in Europe of the BGM-109G Ground Launched Cruise Missile on schedule at Royal Air Force Greenham Common. Soldiers working on BGM-109G Ground Launched Cruise Missile in a hanger. A soldier, wearing glasses, drives a BGM-109G Ground Launched Cruise Missile to a launch site. Sergeant Ginnie Baird speaks about the mobility of the BGM-109G Ground Launched Cruise Missile. Two camouflaged soldiers set up a pole and net. A net partly covering a BGM-109G Ground Launched Cruise Missile in the forest as a camouflage. Senior Airman Thomas Snell speaks about the training and exchange of best practices with the Royal Air Force. A Royal Air Force soldier adjusts a Ground Surveillance Radar (GSR) and asks about its range with an African-American Air Force soldier, wearing sunglasses.
British Royal Navy sailors point to brass sign on the HMS Swiftsure while docking in Shanghai, China. Brass letters reading “SWIFTSURE”. View of HMS Swiftsure with British Navy flag. British Royal Navy sailor polish the brass letters “SWIFTSURE”. British Royal Navy officers salute as British Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser greets Dr. Weiching Williams Yen (also known as Yan Huiqing), former Premier of the Republic of China and the first Chinese ambassador to the Soviet Union, onboard the HMS Swiftsure. Dr. Weiching Williams Yen socializes with Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser and another British Navy officer. Dr. Weiching Williams Yen poses with Admiral Sir Fraser and unnamed British Navy officer. Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser speaks with Times correspondent, Waldo Drake, onboard.
French Forces of the Interior (FFI) fighters and Free French 2nd Armored Division soldiers’ parade after liberation of Paris in World War 2. Crowds of French citizens gather on the sidewalk to watch victory parade. French people holding banners reading “Vive De Gaulle” and “Libération” (“Long live De Gaulle” and “Liberation” in English). French people cheering. Soldiers marching with the French tricolor flag along the Avenue des Champs-Élysées. The Arc de Triomphe (Place Charles de Gaulle, 75008 Paris, France) is seen on the background. Soldiers marching in front of a building displaying flags of Allied nations- the United States, Soviet Union, United Kingdom and France. FFI fighters (men and women) marching, some with rifles and banners, down a road. Banner reads “FFI”. Another Free French placard reads “2e. Section Libération”. FFI men and women in casual clothing marching along the Avenue des Champs-Élysées. FFI fighters march with rifles on their shoulders along Boulevard du Montparnasse, passing by Le Sélect brasserie, a notable meeting place for French intelligentsia. Staff car and a group of half-tracks along the Avenue des Champs-Élysées. Soldiers with a gun sit on top of a tank during a parade. Soldiers and FFI fighters celebrate their victory by raising the “Victory Sign” on top of a moving military vehicle during the parade. French 2nd Armored Division M4 Sherman tank “St. Anne d’ Auray” moves during the parade. Soldiers on top of a moving vehicle. Crowds running along the Avenue des Champs-Élysées. French people running on the sidewalk of Place de la Madeleine, near the Madelios menswear department store.
A factory under construction in Iran as seen from a passing vehicle. Factory estates in the Iranian desert. View of the Hajiqabul–Astara–Abadan pipeline that supplies natural gas to the Soviet Union. The Esfahan Steel Company steelworks in Isfahan, Iran. Molten metal flowing into a ladle. Flames in furnace. Molten copper bubbling. A worker pulls out and inspects a copper sheet.
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