President Harry S. Truman in Germany for the Potsdam Conference during World War 2. President Truman, Admiral William D. Leahy and Secretary of State James F. Byrnes in official car in Berlin. The Secret Service stand on running boards of President Truman's car. A man takes photographs of President Truman. President Truman’s car drives past the camera. In next scene, the USS Augusta, a Northampton class cruiser, arrives at Port of Brussels (Place des Armateurs 6, 1000 Bruxelles, Belgium) in Belgium. The USS Augusta is being towed by two tugboats. Belgian crowds waving at the ship. Sailors on the deck of the USS Augusta. President Truman and General Dwight D. Eisenhower review the Honor Guards in Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany. President Truman and Eisenhower talking. President Truman and Admiral Leahy boards Douglas VC-54C (2107451) also called "Sacred Cow," the first U.S. Presidential aircraft (later termed Air Force One), at Frankfurt airport. Airplane taxiing on the runway.
Sign at 700 Park Avenue (700 Park Ave, New York, NY 10021, USA) reads “700 Park Avenue Luxury Cooperative Apartments 6-7-9 Rooms Occupancy Summer 1960”. Camera pans to show building under construction. Two men talking near a doorway. A construction worker shoveling cement into hoppers. A man stands on scaffolding holding a tree branch. A man directs a crane to put a cement hopper down as cars pass. Hopper is raised as view of crane operator in cab is seen. A man pushes a wheel barrow full of cement. Cement hopper in air lifted by crane. A man with sunglasses looks up into the sky. A construction worker with hard hat at work.
Pedestrians on Park Avenue in New York City. Sign on 540 Park Avenue at E 61 St reads, “This property will be DEMOLISHED On this site will be erected a new luxury… AIR CONDITIONED multi story RESIDENTIAL BUILDING Plot 100 x 248 Riker & Co. 562-5’ Ave. New York 36, N.Y.”. Camera pans to view of 530 Park Avenue. Point of view through car window traveling down Park Avenue towards the New York Central Building (now Helmsley Building) Two women cross Park Avenue. View of skyscraper at 345 Park Avenue and E 52 St.
Soviet Air Forces bi-winged aircraft flying in a star-shaped formation. Stalin talks with Russian pilots. “Russia is strong, he warns,” says the narrator. A group of Russian bombers in flight over the Red Square in Moscow. Soviet paratroopers jumping from Russian planes before WW2.
Dwight D. Eisenhower accepts the nomination of the Republican Party during the 1952 Republican National Convention. Attendees hold signs bearing the names of American states at the Republican Party's Convention held at the International Amphitheater (4220 South Halsted Street; Chicago, Illinois 60609; United States) in Chicago, Illinois. Eisenhower raises his arms in front of the audience and accepts the nomination, saying, “I pick up this task therefore in the spirit of deep obligation, mindful of its burdens and of its decisive importance, I accept your summons- I will lead this crusade.” Richard Nixon, Patricia Nixon, Mamie Eisenhower and crowds clapping as Nixon enthusiastically holds Eisenhower's arm in the air in victory.
Demonstration of the biggest amphibious helicopter prototype in Stratford, Connecticut. United States Navy officials view a Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King, a twin-engine anti-submarine warfare (ASW) helicopter. Crowds gathered to watch the maiden test flight of the Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King, the biggest amphibious helicopter in the world at the time of its release. United States Air Force personnel watch the helicopter takes off. Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King in flight. Two military officials and civilian men watching the demonstration. The amphibious helicopter lands in lake. The Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King prototype sails in the water. The helicopter taking off from the lake.
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