Clip shows assorted social-political events in 1960s America.

On a TV, JFK introduces himself at a presidential debate, and asks if he is speaking with the right tone of voice. Then Nixon appears on the TV. A crew prepares the TV studio for the debate's broadcast.

JFK delivers a speech, saying that civility is not a sign of weakness.

Jackie Onassis tells a reporter that she basically has no plan.

At a club, teens dance and do the so-called "twist" as Chubby Checker’s song “The Twist” plays. 

At a UN meeting, US Ambassador Adlai Stevenson confronts Soviet Ambassador Valerian Zorin about missile bases in Cuba. 

Police holdback crowds of youth. The Beatles hold a rambunctious press conferences. Ringo mocks a few of the reporters.

A rocket disintegrates in mid-flight. In a speech, perhaps to the US Congress, JFK states that the US should commit itself to landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to earth. A montage of space images following, including images of rockets, astronauts, planets, technology, and a still of Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Martin Luther King introduces himself to reporters as pastor of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church, and says that he and the negroes have decided to not ride the buses in Montgomery, Alabama, until they receive some justice. A bus and bus station in Montgomery are shown.

Nixon concedes that he has lost the election. He tells reporters that they’ll miss him because they won’t have him, Nixon, to kick around any more.

Guards stand near the Berlin Wall while soldiers fortify it with barbed wire and cement. In a VoiceOver, JFK says that he takes pride in the words, “Ich bin ein Berliner.” JFK exits Air Force One with Jackie Onassis. Both are given a hearty welcome by, presumably, Berliners and the press before they leave in an open-top vehicle.