Summary

John F. Kennedy during speech – Kennedy and Nixon campaigning – Kennedy with wife Jackie. Richard Nixon and wife Pat – Kennedy, wife and child – TV debate with Kennedy and Nixon. Voting – Nixon with family after he lost – John F. Kennedy is sworn in – Kennedy speech to large crowd. Kennedy 'Meets the people' – Kennedy at his desk – Castro during angry speech – Eisenhower. US oil refinery in Cuba – President Kennedy with advisors – landing craft onto beach. Cuban refugees arrive in USA – Cuban soldiers being trained – US carrier – fighters take off. Destroyed Cuban aircraft – US carrier – Castro – landing craft on beach – Cuban invaders now prisoners. Cuban invaders return the USA – Castro surrounded by his soldiers. Communist leaders on 'the' balcony in Red Square – building of the Berlin Wall – Brandenburger Gate. East Germans leave for the west via the Brandenburger Gate – signs of communist propaganda. Parade in Red Square – Soviet rocket is launched – US rocket – NASA logo – CU as rocket separate. Earth seen from space – Soviet Cosmonauts, Yuri Gagarin – Soviet rocket is launched – Gagarin waving. 10:05:09:00 - Soviet space centre – rocket launch – Kennedy speaks about the space race - inside NASA. Rocket launch, part of Project Mercury – CU of the Moon – test pilots – Astronauts around model. Blindfolded in flight simulator – G-force test – weightless testing – further testing during 'Mercury'. Rocket launch – astronaut Alan Shepherd – returning – the Moon – Kennedy disembark aircraft. Kennedy during the speech in which he undertakes that a man will land on Moon within the decade. John Glenn is launched into space – view of Earth from spacecraft. Baseball game – Micky Mantle with team mates – further baseball game, this from 1962. Scenes from 'The Apartment' – scenes from 'West Side Story' – inside movie theatre. Marylin Monroe's funeral – Marilyn Monroe – still of Marilyn as baby – newspaper headlines. 10:09:02:00 - Marilyn Monroe and Clark Gable in 'The Misfits' – Kruschev with Jackie Kennedy – scenes with Jackie. President Kennedy and wife – Kennedy announces the presence of missile sites in Cuba – still of sites. Fidel Castro meets Nikita Kruschev – parade of supplied Soviet weapons in Havana – U-2 spy-plane. Still of Kennedy and advisors – military parade in Havana – still of Kennedy and advisors. US carrier – US Navy vessels – Kruschev during speech – nuclear explosion. Red Square – nuclear test ban treaty signed in Moscow by USA, UK and the Soviet Union.