United States General Dwight D. Eisenhower's homecoming to his hometown of Abilene, Kansas. Crowds cheer to welcome Eisenhower at the train station. Eisenhower and his wife Mamie descend from a train. Crowds surround the Eisenhowers as they walk away from train. Dwight Eisenhower speaks in Abilene as he announces his campaign for President, saying, "Ladies and Gentlemen - I believe we can have peace with honor - reasonable security with national solvency. I believe in the future of the United States of America".
Dwight D. Eisenhower cooking pancakes on a stove and then pouring coffee for guests at Byers Peak Ranch in Fraser, Colorado while on vacation. Owned by a friend, is was also called his 'Cold War retreat' ranch. The guests are likely curious press, encouraged to visit so that the public would see his holidays as "working vacations." Major John Eisenhower, the son of Ike Eisenhower, leaves for Korea to serve in the United States Army during the Korean War. John Eisenhower kissing his mother, Mamie. Mamie Eisenhower and a grandparent, probably his grandmother Elivera Doud, wave goodbye. Eisenhower speaks while seated at a table, saying, "A soldier learns as a nation must learn that integrity backed by strength is the only sure way to lasting peace. Our country's destiny, to my mind, is to serve mankind through leadership in the arts of peace. If we believe in our own system, if we allow no taint of false doctrine to confuse it, if we practice what we preach, if we provide upright leadership, we can help to show the world the folly of war. With all the strength I can command and the devotion I hold for my country, I pledge myself to this objective."
Nevada testing ground. Operation Tumbler-Snapper U.S. Army soldiers in trenches crouch down and cover their ears as they prepare for an atomic bomb detonation blast. Flash on horizon as bomb is detonated in nuclear test. Men emerge from trenches and point while mushroom cloud from explosion rises before them. View of blast wave with heavy dust approaching camera position. Dust cloud from blast hits men while many still have their heads above ground level. A soldier covers his mouth as dust from blast wave hits him.
View of May Day Parade in Warsaw during the Cold War. Warsaw written in Russian (Varshava). Polish women raise their arms with clenched fists in May Day Parade. President of the People’s Republic of Poland, Dr. Boleslaw Bierut, raise his hands greeting Polish citizens in May Day Parade. Prime Minister Joseph Cyrankiewcz, beside President Boleslaw Bierut, claps during May Day Parade in Warsaw. Polish Military official in May Day Parade. Polish citizens during May Day Parade in Warsaw.
May Day Parade in Bucharest, likely in Aviatorilor Boulevard, full of participants and decorated with posters of Lenin and Stalin during the Cold War. Women clap their hands in the air as they march in unison during the May Day Parade. Female communist party members wave flowers as they march with large poster of Lenin and Stalin. Officials of the Romanian Communist Party on review stand. President Petru Groza waves at crowd from review stand of May Day Parade. Romanian citizens carrying posters of Lenin and Stalin participate in May Day Parade.
May Day Paraders carry large banners of Soviet and Bulgarian Communist leaders during May Day Parade in Sofia, Bulgaria. Bulgarian students carry a large poster of Georgi Dimitrov, the first Communist Prime Minister of Bulgaria. Students wave small flower bouquets as they carry Dimitrov’s poster during the May Day Parade. Prime Minister and General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Bulgarian Communist Party Valko Chervenkov on review stand with other Bulgarian officials. Bulgarian officials wave at crowd. Bulgarians clap their hands and cheer during May Day Parade. Chinese delegates, likely from the People’s Republic of China, clap alongside Bulgarians during May Day Parade in Sofia.