A United Nations Security Council session held in Lake Success, New York during the Cold War. Chinese Representative speaks. Soviet Union's representative on the United Nations Security Council Andrei Gromyko speaks. U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Warren Austin and other delegates seated. The delegates who accept the proposal of Argentina are asked to raise hands.
A United Nations Security Council session held in Lake Success, New York during the Cold War. Representatives of different nations are seated. U.S. Ambassador to the UN Warren Austin and Britain's representative to the UN Alexander Cadogan seated next to each other. Warren Austin states that the Soviet Union has turned the good people of Czechoslovakia into slaves. He says that the system of democracy in Czechoslovakia is threatened, and the freedom of holding and acquiring property has been destroyed. He further states that the Security Council should consider the charges laid upon the Soviet Union which are charges of indirect aggression in Czechoslovakia.
A United Nations Security Council session held in Lake Success, New York during the Cold War. Representatives of different nations are seated. U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Warren Austin speaks that the pending matter is the draft resolution (document S/704) introduced by the representative of the United States at the 275th meeting of the Security Council calling for a truce in Palestine. He states that the objective of this resolution is to save human life. The resolution is adopted by 9 votes in favor with 2 abstentions.
A film based on events held in different nations prior to the Cuban Missile Crisis of October 16, 1962 when the United States and the Soviet Union confronted each other with nuclear destruction. A Columbus Day Parade in the United States prior to the Cuban Missile Crisis shows girls dancing along a street and a band playing. A crowd lining up a street. Flags of the U.S. held by marching men. A crowd cheers at a baseball game between the Yankees and the San Francisco Giants. A little girl in calipers becomes the poster girl for March of Dimes (polio charity). The First Lady of the United States Jackie Kennedy with children of foreign diplomats. Fireworks in Uganda celebrating independence. A torchlight vigil held in Vatican.
Events held in the United States during the Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962 when the United States and the Soviet Union confronted each other with nuclear destruction. A sign reads 'Shooter'. Seattle fair closes. A poster regarding the sale of elephants. A girl walks with a baby elephant. U.S. President John F. Kennedy resumes pre-election touring. He boards an aircraft. President Kennedy and Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko talk to each other. President Kennedy in the back of a limousine with advisors. Reconnaissance photographs showing Russian Beagle bombers and missiles in Cuba. A map depicts the range of Russian missiles.
Victims of a Nazi concentration camp in Germany during World War II. Corpses lying on the ground at the concentration camp. A U.S. officer interrogates a camp prisoner. Charred bodies of victims. A human leg sticks out of a lime pit and bloody water.
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