A large welcoming crowd gathered at Glacier Park International airport in Kalispell, Montana, United States. They welcome U.S. President Richard Nixon and First Lady Patricia Nixon during their visit. A number of police officers and security detail are seen at the airport. The President confers with other elected officials present, including Mike Mansfield, the Majority Leader of the Senate, Montana Governor Forrest Anderson, Congressman Dick Shoup, and Congressman John Melcher. A large sign with the label "Kalispell Neon" says "Welcome to the Big Sky Country President Nixon." The President and members of his party proceed toward a waiting military helicopter and board while the crowd looks on.
United States Forest Service reveals mechanized 'Mountain cat' snow plow. It speeds through and clears the roads and highways of Montana Roads.
Views of The Great Atlantic Hurricane lashing at northeast United States areas (after having already hit the North Carolina Outer Banks), and views of the aftermath and early cleanup following the storm. Regions shown include Atlantic City, Long Island (where it came ashore as a category 3 hurricane on September 15, 1944), New York City suburbs, and parts of New England. High surf flooding boardwalks and coastal cities. Trees bent over and snapped in high winds. People walking with difficulty in the high winds. Streets of towns submerged in water. Coastal docks destroyed and large boats scattered high onto shore areas. Trees, poles, and wires downed over roads and homes. Entire homes moved off of their foundations and placed down the street. The "Great Atlantic Hurricane" was the first example of a named hurricane by the Miami Hurricane Warning Office, which later became the National Hurricane Center. The name was meant to reflect the hurricane's size and intensity.
View from a Helicopter flying over fields of grain in Montana, United States. Shadow of the helicopter is seen moving below. Cattle grazing on the range are startled by the chopper. Views of U.S. Minuteman intercontinental missile installations in the vicinity of Great Falls, in 1964. Colonel Rex Dowtin, Commander of the U.S. 341st Strategic Missile Wing, is seen in cockpit of the helicopter. Views from the helicopter as it flies over the steel-covered underground missile silos. Snow-capped mountains in background. Colonel Dowtin and another crew member inside the helicopter.
Minuteman Missile at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana. United States Air Force officers operate consoles in Minuteman control room. Officer seated on chair, looks at a screen in front of him. Another officer gets up and checks instrument.
Documentary titled 'The Inside Story of Your Telephone'. Describes raw materials used in telephone manufacturing. Dynamite crew places dynamite at a copper mine in Montana, United States. Miners shovel the blasted ore onto ore cars. Ore is loaded into converters. Slag is poured off. Stacked bars of pure electrolytic copper. Picture of a telephone made of copper.
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