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JFK in West Berlin / Checkpoint Charlie

by David Coleman

JFK tours Checkpoint Charlie in West Berlin and climbs a viewing platform to look over the Berlin Wall into East Berlin.

Filed Under: Footage Tagged With: Cold War, JFK, West Berlin

JFK in West Berlin / Checkpoint Charlie, Friedrichstrasse, and Speeches

by David Coleman

Silent, color archival footage of parts of JFK’s visit to West Berlin on June 26, 1963, including his tour of Checkpoint Charlie and crowds at some of his speeches in the city.

Filed Under: Footage Tagged With: Berlin, Cold War, JFK

Current Intelligence Weekly Summary 2/1/1963

by David Coleman

A consolidated summary of intelligence compiled by the CIA on February 1, 1963. Topics include the Cuban situation, Soviet economy, Sino-Mongolian relations, the Congo, Togo, Iran, Indonesia-Malaysia relations, South Korea, Italy, Denmark’s Faeroe Islands problem, Brazil’s new Cabinet, Argentina’s financial crisis, the Chinese Navy, and Turkey’s first five-year plan.

Filed Under: Documents Tagged With: Cold War, Cuban Missile Crisis, intelligence, Sino-Indian War

Cold War Aerial Reconnaissance – Eye in the Sky

by David Coleman

A filmed program on the technology of aerial reconnaissance, including the U2 spyplane. Along with footage of the intelligence information they acquire, there are interviews with experts.

Filed Under: Footage Tagged With: Cold War, intelligence, reconnaissance, technology, U2

Aerial Footage of the Berlin Wall

by David Coleman

Aerial footage from a US Air Force helicopter of the Berlin Wall in early 1962, including the Brandenburg Gate and looking over into East Berlin from above West Berlin.

Filed Under: Footage Tagged With: Berlin, Cold War

Recovery of the X-15 Supersonic Experimental Aircraft

by David Coleman

Recovery in at Edwards Air Force Base of the experimental, supersonic rocket-powered aircraft X-15 after landing. The X-15 holds the record to this day for the highest speed ever reached by a manned, powered aircraft.

Filed Under: Footage Tagged With: Cold War, technology, US Air Force

JFK in West Berlin / Speech & Crowds

by David Coleman

Footage of JFK speaking in West Berlin during his visit to the city on the Cold War’s front lines on June 26, 1963.

Filed Under: Footage Tagged With: Berlin, Cold War, JFK

JFK in West Berlin / Brandenburg Gate & Checkpoint Charlie

by David Coleman

During JFK’s visit to West Berlin, he visited the Brandenburg Gate and Checkpoint Charlie, the American-manned crossing point between East Berlin and West Berlin.

Filed Under: Footage Tagged With: Berlin, Cold War, JFK

JFK in West Berlin / Leaving on Air Force One

by David Coleman

JFK leaves West Berlin on Air Force One after his triumphant visit to the embattled city on the front lines of the Cold War.

Filed Under: Footage Tagged With: Air Force One, Berlin, Cold War, JFK, Konrad Adenauer

Cold War Spies: Allen Dulles on the CIA and KGB

by David Coleman

This 1965 filmed television report discusses some of the CIA’s espionage activities of the Cold War. It includes an interview with Allen Dulles, former Director of Central Intelligence.

Filed Under: Footage Tagged With: CIA, Cold War, intelligence

U.S. Military Personnel 1954-2014

by David Coleman

Here are how the numbers of active duty military personnel have fluctuated over the past 60 years through the Vietnam War, Cold War, and wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Filed Under: Miscellaneous Tagged With: Cold War, military, Vietnam War

JFK in West Berlin / Konrad Adenauer & Willy Brandt

by David Coleman

Silent film footage of JFK touring West Berlin with West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer and West Berlin Mayor Willy Brandt.

Filed Under: Footage Tagged With: Berlin, Cold War, JFK, Konrad Adenauer, Willy Brandt

JFK in West Berlin / Brandenburg Gate & Checkpoint Charlie

by David Coleman

Silent film footage of JFK visiting the Brandenburg Gate and Checkpoint Charlie in Berlin, Germany, as well as other parts of his tour of the city.

Filed Under: Footage Tagged With: Berlin, Cold War, JFK

JFK in West Berlin / Checkpoint Charlie & the Berlin Wall

by David Coleman

Footage from JFK’s widely-lauded visit to West Berlin in June 1963, including JFK at Checkpoint Charlie at Berlin Wall and crowd scenes along the motorcade route.

Filed Under: Footage Tagged With: Berlin, Cold War, JFK

JFK’s American University Commencement Address 1963

by David Coleman

On June 10, 1963, President Kennedy delivered the commencement address at American University on the John M. Reeves Athletic Field.

Filed Under: Photos Tagged With: Cold War, JFK

JFK Hosts West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer at the White House 1962

by David Coleman

West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer arrived at the White House for a two-day state visit on November 14, 1962.

Filed Under: Photos Tagged With: Cold War, JFK, Konrad Adenauer, West Germany, White House

Nixon in Moscow 1972

by David Coleman

In May 1972, President Nixon ventured to Moscow to meet with Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev for the Moscow Summit.

Filed Under: Photos Tagged With: arms control, Cold War, detente, Leonid Brezhnev, Nixon, Soviet Union