Aftermath of World War 2 in Berlin, Germany. Aerial views of bomb damage caused to the buildings in the city of Berlin including Reichstag and Tiergarden. Damage caused to Potsdamer railroad station (Berlin Potsdamer Bahnhof), Brandenburg Gate and damge to other railroad stations as a result of Allied bombings during World War II. Anhalter railroad station (Berlin Anhalter Bahnhof) and marshaling yards in its vicinity.
President Franklin D Roosevelt during his speech at White House in Washington DC, United States declares America's decision to actively resist Adolf Hitler's expansion and to provide Britain full assistance to check Nazi German expansion. Excerpts from his "We choose human freedom" radio address as America nears direct involvement in World War 2. Roosevelt refuses to accept Adolf Hitler dominated world and promises to use armed forces to repel any attack on American republics. He upholds the freedom of all kind as their objective. President Roosevelt declares National Emergency and emphasizes on the need to strengthen their defense and asks all the Americans to cooperate towards the cause. Audiences clap in appreciation after the speech ends.
Chicago riots following assassination death of civil rights leader Martin Luther King. United States soldiers of 129th Infantry, 2nd Battalion guard the Douglas Park after the riots. Cars drive past the park. African American boys play baseball at the park. Soldiers loaded in military trucks and other armored vehicles on a move.
Major "space race" and defense events of the year 1957. Laika, Soviet space dog prepared for the space flight. Laika takes off in Sputnik 2 in Soviet Union. An animation shows the spacecraft in outer space. In United States, Space Race efforts to launch a small "grapefruit" satellite on Vanguard TV-3 test rocket meet in failure as the rocket explodes at take off on December 6, 1957. View of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France. President Dwight D Eisenhower arrives in Paris, France to talk about the development of missiles with other NATO leaders. The French Prime Minister Felix Gaillard with President Eisenhower. View of Atlas missile SM-65A Serial 12A launched successfully from Cape Canaveral pad LC-14 in Florida, United States, on December 17, 1957.
A training film about planting antisubmarine mines. Scenes aboard the U.S. Army Coast Artillery Mine Planter Vessel, "General J.M. Schofield," in U.S. coastal waters, pre World War 2. Mine number 10 and an anchor are lowered into the water over the side of planter vessel. An animation shows a mine planter's movement while planting a mine in relation to the Distribution Box (DB) boat. A yawl comes and measures the level of submergence of the mine and puts a flag on its top. An animation shows the underwater position of a mine. A man connects various cables to the distribution box. An animation shows the manner in which planter comes back to DB boat and plants mine number 9. Mine number 9 lowered into the water over the side of a mine planter. Cable from figure of eight released over the stern. A yawl comes in and measures the level of submergence of the mine. An animation shows the movement of a reel. Another animation shows the mine planter maneuvering and planting various other mines. A man attaches cables to distribution box. Box covered and pulled up on a hook and then carried to the bow. Distribution box being released into the water over the side of the boat.
The USS Pilot, a U.S. Navy Raven/Auk class Mine Sweeper is seen docked at a pier, and then underway in coastal waters, shortly before World War 2. She is in camouflage paint and displays AM-104 identification on her bow. Some of her armament (20mm and 40mm antiaircraft guns) can be seen. Her crew demonstrates the deployment and retrieval of mine sweeping cable assemblies.
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