German forces evacuating German civilians from the Eastern Front during World War 2. Baltic Sea convoy officers assist in the evacuation of German civilians from the eastern front, where they are threatened by advancing Soviet forces. German civilian refugees, mostly women, board a ship. Girls talk aboard and a mother feeds her child on the ship. Convoy of warships escorting transports back to Germany.
Swearing in of John Fitzgerald Kennedy as 35th President of United States and his subsequent tour to various European nations, United States. Kennedy swearing in as President during a ceremony and a large crowd gathers. Crowd applauds as he takes oath. Other dignitaries stand near him. Kennedy shakes hands with the former Prime Minister Dwight D Eisenhower. Kennedy during his visit to France meets with President Charles de Gaulle. Kennedy during meeting with Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev. President Kennedy disembarks from Air Force One plane in Britain greeted and escorted by British Chiefs of Military Staff.
Soviet and American achievements in space travel in the year 1961, during the so called "space race". Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin returns after his historic trip in space and NASA launches its Mercury Freedom 7 spaceship for sub orbital flight by Astronaut Alan Shepard. A news paper reports about the success of Russian space mission as the Yuri Gagarin returns after a space trip. A large crowd gathered cheers for Gagarin. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) workers work on Mercury-Redstone 3 spacecraft "Freedom 7" for carrying out sub-orbital flight, manned by Alan Shepard. Scene shows launch of the Mercury MR-3 mission on May 5, 1961. View of Commander Shepard in capsule during flight. Helicopter lifting Alan Shepard to safety after the successful flight. Commander Shephard shown beside the spaceship capsule on deck of aircraft carrier after recovery. View of flight preparations for Mercury-Redstone 4 (MR-4). Liftoff of MR-4 on July 21, 1961, commanded by Astronaut Captain Gus Grissom. NASA scientists in Mission control room. Helicopter rescues astronaut Grissom from sea after safe splashdown of MR-4. View of bridge of ship USS Randolph (USS-15) during recovery effort. Astronaut Grissom walking on the deck of the aircraft carrier after recovery.
White Russian refugees making their way through heavy snows in Siberia during Russian Civil War period. They are escorted by several White Russian Guards on horseback. Change of scene shows some Bolshevik prisoners walking through snow, on a snowy day. Wooden sleds and gear towed by horses accompany the prisoners. Anachronistic brief glimpse of the giant Soviet Tupolev ANT-20 airplane in flight overhead, circa 1934. The name Maxim Gorky is written (in Russian) on the wings of the plane. (Russian Civil War and World War I time frame.)
Former Soviet leader Leon Trotsky, in exile in Mexico City, Mexico. His study room at his house in Mexico City where death attempt on Leon Trotsky was made. Things in the room and the study table disturbed by the attempt. The killer Ramón Mercader lay injured at a hospital in San Francisco, California.
Former Soviet leader Leon Trotsky, in exile in Mexico City, Mexico. Dignitaries sit at a hospital after Trotsky is admitted to hospital, when an attempt on his life was made. A large group of people talks together standing in a group. Leon Trotsky in bed succumbs to death. A medic releases his body of bandages. Press photographers take photos of dead body of Trotsky.
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