U.S. Army personnel at the Olympic Games in Rome, Italy. An official bus leaves Poligano Umberto I area. A sign on a building: ' Poligano Umberto I'. Italian soldiers marching past. 50 meters range showing wires with targets which travel back and forth. A pistol target range. An entry board. A sign: "50-Meters Range". Contestants (US Army) walking on Avenue of flags to the 50mm range building. Contestants with their weapons.
U.S. Army personnel at the Olympic Games in Rome, Italy. Contestants (US Army) with their marksmanship weapons. Judges check the weapons of the contestants. The weapons lying on a table. They are weighed. A pistol is weighed on a weighing machine. The weapons are tagged and sealed Two judges inspect a pistol.
Opening scene shows view from cockpit of a jet aircraft approaching to land on deck of the U.S.Navy anti-submarine aircraft carrier, USS Bennington (CVS-20). The aircraft lands and then taxis as directed by crewman toward parking place. (Narrator mentions the Atlantic Alliance, involving 15 Nations.) Slate shows "NATO ANTISUBMARINE." Scenes of Atlantic Ocean waters, some breaking on rocks, some showing whitecaps. Montage of World War II scenes dealing with submarine threat. A submarine periscope visible above the surface. View of a surface vessel, from submarine's periscope. Glimpse from fast-moving boat, of World War II Atlantic convoy underway. Aerial view of convoy of ships in formation underway. Periscope in water and below water view of torpedo being fired. Torpedoes exploding as they strike Allied ships. Underwater view of a submarine. A torpedoed ship sinking with bow pointing skyward.
Film opens with aerial view from overflying aircraft, of the aircraft carrier, USS Independence (CVA-62) underway. Scene shifts to Naval Air Station Oceana, Virginia Beach, Virginia, where a ramp is filled with a variety of aircraft. A pair of Douglas A-4 Skyhawk aircraft are taxiing. View of men in the Control Tower with large radar array in background. Two A-4 Skyhawks approach and one lands as the other goes around. Complete change of scene, to Halifax Nova Scotia, where warships of the Royal Canadian Navy are berthed. In waters off the Grand Banks, the Canadian Navy Aircraft carrier, HMCS Bonaventure (CVL 22) is seen making way at high speed during anti-submarine exercises.
Launching of a Martin Marietta MGM-31 Pershing missile in Cape Canaveral, Florida (Atlantic Missile Range, Pershing Launch Area No. 30, Army Ballistic Missile Agency). Interior of a blockhouse. Technicians at various instrument control panels. The Pershing missile is launched. The technicians work in the blockhouse.
Launching of a Pershing missile in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Technicians look at the launching pad after the firing of the missile. A gantry is pulled back from the missile. The Pershing missile on the launching pad. The technicians at instrument panels during the countdown. The blockhouse window as the Pershing missile is fired.
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