keywords: cold war, berlin airlift, berlin wall, korean war, cuban missle crisis, vietnam war, moon landing, nuclear disarmanent |
The film opens with footage of German cities in ruins, surrender of German troops, and the plight of the German people (clip of burning German flag). There are scenes of the poorest nations, poverty, and famine. The ending is a collage of different human faces from around the world and the statement -
"We are all passengers on spaceship earth".
Notable People: President Roosevelt FDR, Winston Churchill, Stalin, President Truman, Senator Joseph McCarthy, Russian Premier Khrushchev, Fidel Castro, President John F. Kennedy, JFK, President Lyndon B. Johnson, President Richard Nixon, President Gerald Ford, Secretary of State Henry Kissinger.
Notable Events:
The victorious American and Russian armies meet at the Elba River. Meeting of world leaders at the Yalta Conference and the Potsdam Conference. First atomic bomb explosion at Alamagordo, New Mexico West Berlin blockade, The Marshall Plan, Cuban Missile Crisis. In 1949 Mao Tse-Tung defeats Chiang Kai-Shek. His government flees to Taiwan. North Korea invades South Korea in 1950. Korean war scenes.
Russia launches first space satellite, American astronauts landing on the moon in 1969. Killing of four (4) Kent State demonstrators protesting the Vietnam War. Return of American P.O.W’s from Vietnam. Nixon visits China and Russia. New Panama Canal treaty. Scenes of Panama Canal.
Middle East oil embargo and gas shortage in U. S. Out of gas sign at gas (service) station.
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