'Road To Interdependence' History Of U.S. Foreign Relations Documentary (part 7/10)
Compilation of major World events and Politics as WWII ends and the Cold War between Democracy and Communism as Communists annex a large swath of Europe, NATO is formed in response, war by proxy erupts in China, Korea, Vietnam and Africa, the death of Joseph Stalin, the Space Race begins with Sputnik, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the death of President John F. Kennedy, the Vietnam War, the Fall of Saigon, war in the Middle East and the OPEC oil embargo.
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Russian Soviet Union military parade in Moscow in the late 1960's showing missiles and missile carriers.
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July 20, 1969 America landed the first human on the moon. Shows American Astronaut on the moon.
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Scenes depict America withdrawing troops from Vietnam. Brief scenes of U.S. troops in Cambodia Cambodian Campaign and the resulting demonstrations protesting the Vietnam War. Vietnam War protestor carrying a heavy cross.
Brief scenes of the victims of the My Lai Massacre in South Vietnam. Still image of the Kent State shootings on May 4, 1970. President Nixon discloses that Henry Kissinger had been meeting with North Vietnam negotiators in Paris in an effort to end the war. Images of Henry Kissinger.
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President Richard M. Nixon and First Lady Pat arrival in China in 1972. Brief image of the Chinese Wall. President Nixon with Chinese Premier Zhou.
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Scene of President Nixon and Leonid Brezhnev signing the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty SALT 1 Agreement in Moscow on May 26, 1972.
Scene of West German Chancellor Willy Brandt signing a series of treaties normalizing relations with neighbors to the East. Image of Soviet Party Chief Brezhnev on visit to Washington.