A film titled 'One Week In October' based on the Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962 when the United States and the Soviet Union confronted each other with nuclear destruction. A U.S. reconnaissance photograph of Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba. The second photograph shows Cuban land after the removal of the nuclear missiles. Soviet ballistic missiles on a launch pad in Cuba.
Events held in the United States during the Cuban Missile Crisis of October, 1962, during the Cold War, when the United States and the Soviet Union confronted each other with nuclear destruction. Top advisors of U.S. President John Kennedy arrive at the White House. Americans buy newspapers. President Kennedy makes a TV announcement about the crisis and what has been happening. He states that a strict quarantine on all offensive military equipment under shipment to Cuba is being initiated to halt offensive buildup of nuclear arms. He says that all ships of any kind bound for Cuba from whatever nation and port , if found to contain cargoes of offensive weapons, will be turned back. This quarantine will be extended, if needed, to other types of cargo and carriers. He further states that it shall be the policy of the United States to regard any nuclear missile launched from Cuba against any nation in the Western Hemisphere as an attack on the United States, requiring a full retaliatory response upon the Soviet Union. Exteriors of the White House. An electronic billboard flashing news. Americans being interviewed by newsmen along a street.
Armored fighting vehicles of the U.S. 6th Armored Division move up a road in Germany during World War 2. Vehicles including trucks, jeeps, M8 armored cars, half tracks and tanks advancing on the road. 15th armored regiment tanks in column. Large white tactical numbers synonymous with the 6th Armored Division displayed. Smoke rises from fire in the background. A T34 rocket launcher mounted on an M4 medium tank beside the road. A M4(105) tank of HQ company rounds a corner throwing up dust. A tank with a rocket launcher moves along the road. Jeeps loaded with medics move up with the armored spearhead (heading to their assembly area prior to the Rhine crossing the following day).
American Army officers speak with local German policemen in a town in Germany near the end of World War 2, in Europe. German homes on fire on outskirts of town. U.S. Sherman tanks moving at high speed along road beside a river. German firemen fighting fires with hoses. Charred remains of a burning German aircraft. (Unrelated brief glimpse of corpse at Concentration Camp.)
Foreign ministers of western nations arrive in Berlin, Germany for peace talks with Russian Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov. U.S. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles is interviewed by newsmen upon his arrival in Berlin. President of SFR (Socialist Federal Republic) of Yugoslavia Josip Broz Tito arrives by a train. British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden deplanes followed by his staff. Flags of the United Nations fly. Exteriors of Allied Control Council building in Western Berlin. Interiors of the building.
Hollywood actor Jimmy Stewart accepts an U.S. Air Force Association Award in Washington DC, United States. National Director of the Air Force Association General Carl A. Spaatz presents a citation of honor to Jimmy Stewart, star of the movie 'Glenn Miller Story', who accepts on behalf of Universal International Pictures.
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