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Exchange of cultures and collaboration in science and arts between the Soviet Union and the United States

The Moscow summit between the U.S. and USSR in Moscow, Russia. Wyeth family artwork being packed in boxes for a visit to the Soviet Union. Various paintings being packed up. In exchange, some Russian paintings and artwork seen that will be displayed in America. General Secretary of the Communist Party of Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev visits the United States during Glasnost efforts amid Perestroika reforms. People on the streets in what appears to be New York or possibly Washington DC are surprised when he exits his motorcade to shake hands directly with American citizens gathered on the sidewalks.The U.S. Secretary of State George Shultz and his wife visiting Soviet Georgia and being greeted by Soviet citizens. Gorbachev and U.S. President Ronald Reagan side by side at a summit in Washington DC. They stand together on the White House lawn as a band plays. Animation depicts the sharing of cultures between the two nations and the exchange of magazines. View of American rock star Billy Joel and his band performing at a concert in the Soviet Union on New Year's eve. A Moiseyev Dance Company folk troupe from Russia performing a dance in the United States. Cultural exchange between the two countries includes views of a piano performance by Vladimir Horowitz in Moscow and a ballet performance in the United States by the Bolshoi Ballet. Several Russian school children pose for pictures on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC. Soviet teenage children enjoy a elevated ropes course in an outdoor program. People sit in an amphitheater with officials at a Chautaqua Talk in 1987. A group of Soviet citizens view a touring "Information USA" exhibit in the Soviet Union that presents American culture. They view the program on an array of television monitors. A young Russian boy speaks in Russian about his interest in learning about American culture. People watch a science exhibition. Astronauts of the USA (NASA) and Soviet Union in a spacecraft. The astronauts open a connecting hatch and shake hands (possibly on a space station). Narrator describes collaboration of the two nations to monitor and study the depleting ozone layer of the earth and how to protect it. A man is shown sunbathing. Officials of the America and the Soviet Union sign an agreement relating to sharing information about safety of nuclear power plants. Soviet representatives and George Shultz, the U.S. secretary of State, inaugurate a new communication system that communicates nuclear dangers between the two countries. A woman in the communication room. Food grain pouring from a harvester, part of what is supplied to the Soviets. Soviet Union tanks and soldiers in Afghanistan. Soviet soldiers walking on a street in Afghanistan in front of a shop. Arrested American journalist Nicholas Daniloff disembarks an aircraft after his release. View of the exterior of the American Embassy in Russia. U.S. marine Sgt. Clayton J. Lonetree being escorted under guard after having been accused of collaborating in a Soviet spy mission at the U.S. embassy in Moscow. Scene inside a Voice of America radio broadcast studio. Sign indicates it is broadcasting in Russian. Close up of meter moving on a radio instrument during the broadcast. Dancers from the Dance Theatre of Harlem performing before their visit to the Soviet Union. A group of Soviet citizens including men, women and children walking outdoors. Mikhail Gorbachev with U.S. President Ronald Reagan at a ceremony on the White House grounds on December 8, 1987.

Date: 1987
Duration: 5 min 13 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675032115
Local community collects and distributes gifts of appreciation to firefighters during 1987 battle against forest fire.

In 1987, while wildfires were burning over 90,000 acres in four separate areas, covering much of the Salmon River region in California, citizens of the town, Forks of the Salmon, set up a program to make life easier for the firefighters who had arrived from all over the USA. A woman works amongst many packages in a Community Relations office. She explains that they set up a compassion center for firefighters to make them feel more at home.They received more than 4 tons of contributions. She packs up chocolate chip cookies to be given to firefighters. She shows a box full of books donated to them.She is busy placing all manner of donated food items into boxes to be distributed to firefighters who are actively at work battling the 1987 forest fire. Camera shows a large envelope containing thankyou notes to firefighters. The woman expresses the community's appreciation for all they are doing.

Date: 1987, September
Duration: 57 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675075628
Firefighters take a break together at a firefighters camp in California, during battle against a forest fire in 1987.

Scene opens with music playing and a large sign displayed reading: "2:oo AM, Band, Forks of Salmon Fire Camp." (Forks of Salmon is an unincorporated community of Siskiyou County in northern California, USA.) A band (named 2:00 AM) is playing and several people are dancing. Announcer states that the band members lost their home in the (still uncontained) fire, last Monday (August 31, 1987). A firefighter member of a Rocky Mountain team from Colorado, Wyoming, and South Dakota, wearing yellow shirt and red cap, expresses appreciation for welcome by Californians.

Date: 1987, September
Duration: 1 min 8 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675075627
U.S.and Soviet efforts at disarmament during Reagan-Gorbachev era

Film opens with U.S.President Ronald Reagan commenting about mistrust between America and the Soviet Union. View of President Ronald Reagan and Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev signing the arms control agreement banning the use of intermediate-range nuclear missiles, at the White House in Washington, DC on December 8, 1987. A Soviet RT-2PM Topol mobile ICBM moving on its carrier vehicle. A U.S. intermediate range missile being launched. Another view of U.S.President Reagan and Soviet General Secretary signing the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF Treaty) on December 8, 1987, to become effective on June 1, 1988. Views of ICBMs being test launched from silos. A Soviet Tupolev Tu-95 strategic bomber in flight, seen from the side and from underneath. A U.S. Navy heavy cruiser, armed with cruise missiles. Closeup of a cruise missile rising from the ship and firing across it toward a target. Illustration of a seaborne missile fired from a warship. General Secretary Gorbachev in a group, including his wife, Raisa, visiting a Soviet Navy submarine. Major General William F. Burns, Head of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (in civilian clothes), is seen raising doubt about the feasibility of the Soviet suggestion to use scientific methods for checking from a distance about arms control compliance. Artist conception of satellites being shot down in space. Secretary of State, George Schultz and his wife, Helena Maria, descending steps from an airplane upon landing at Moscow, in the Soviet Union to confer with Soviet leaders in Moscow on Nov. 4, 1985, in preparations for the meeting between President Reagan and Mikhail S. Gorbachev, the Soviet leader, later in the month in Geneva, on November 19th and 20th. Negotiating teams assembling in a meeting room in Moscow. Secretary Schultz and Soviet Foreign Minister, Eduard A. Shevardnadze conversing. William F. Burns, saying, " I think we are well on the road to achieving a useful, good, and balanced treaty." Views of civilians killed by chemical weapons in the Iran-Iraq war. Soldiers in protective gear associated with chemical weapons. One soldier decontaminating a tank using a water hose. Tanks moving in Europe. U.S. troops firing an antiaircraft gun. Scenes of World War II showing conventional arms being used on tanks and from landing craft. Afghan fighters carrying a wounded comrade. Glimpse of soldiers in a trench firing a mortar and one firing a machine gun, during the Iran-Iraq war. An armored personnel carrier moving across a muddy field. More views of Reagan and Gorbachev signing the INF treaty in 1987. A U.S. spokesman noting that the USSR has not changed the offensive nature of its force structure and deployment patterns.

Date: 1987, December 8
Duration: 4 min 1 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675032113
Homeowner describes how his house was saved by firefighters during a 1987 forest fire in California

A homeowner affected by a 1987 California forest fire, describes his experience. He is seen in a firefighting command post, with maps on the wall behind him and many voices conversing in the background. He states that when he was able to return to his home, it was still standing, although everything around it was burned. He is thankful and has nothing but highest praise for the efforts of the fire-fighting crews.

Date: 1987
Duration: 1 min 19 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675075633
California State Department of Forestry coping with forest fires in 1987

Interior of Fire Fire Command Center of the California State Department of Forestry. Staff in khaki uniforms with Department of Forestry patches on their shirt sleeves. They operate various stations in the center. One sits at a position above which are seen a map and sign reading: "Airtankers." Another control station is devoted to handcrews. Another maintaining status of fire engines. An official stands near a helicopter coordination station listening to a report that no more helicopters are available. The staff discuss resources needed to deal with ongoing forest fire.

Date: 1987
Duration: 1 min 24 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675075622
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