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Dramatization of North American Air Defense (NORAD) operations involving U.S. and Canadian military.

Air Defense displays in NORAD (North American Air Defense) Command Post, Ent Air Force Base in Colorado Springs. Airmen updating the displays. NORAD commander, General Lawrence S. Kuter and his Canadian Deputy, are in the Control Room. General Kuter uses telephone. Technicians in radar warning site detect two target missile returns on their scope. U.S. ship at sea detects target returns on its radar. EC-121 aircraft aloft detects radar returns. All this information is reported and consolidated at NORAD command post. Views of hands closeup on typewriter and teletype machines. View of vintage punch tape or ticker tape moving through a machine to be read. Close-up views of hand reaching for phones with choice of yellow phone, black phone, or red phone. Canadian and American officers report. General Kuter and Canadian deputy consult.

Date: 1962
Duration: 1 min 48 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675044163
Dramatization of Strategic War events. North American Air Defense (NORAD) and U.S. Strategic Air Command (SAC) assets deploy

Cold war exercise dramatization showing actions by NORAD (North American Air Defense) control room (war room) staff in Ent Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, and Strategic Air Command (SAC) in missile defense response to enemy attack. A Navy ship's captain reports enemy detected on radar. NORAD pilots run to Royal Canadian interceptor aircraft and take off. NORAD Commander, U.S. Air Force General Lawrence S. Kuter and his Canadian Deputy seen in NORAD Command Post. They phone another 4-star general who picks up a red phone to call the White House. SAC bombers are seen in flight. U.S. Air Defense F-102 interceptors are scrambled.

Date: 1962
Duration: 50 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675044164
Dramatization of Strategic war. Defensive missiles are deployed. Population directed to shelters.

Cold War missile defense exercise: Military officers confer at NORAD (North American Aerospace Defense Command, Ent Air Force Base in Colorado Springs). Bomarc missile is raised for firing. Civilian officials sound alarms. Civil Defense worker directs people to underground fallout shelters. Nike and Spartan missiles are raised for firing.

Date: 1962
Duration: 31 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675044165
Dramatization of Strategic war. NORAD (North American Air Defense) responds to threat and informs White House

Nike and Bomarc missiles readied during missile defense readiness exercise in Cold War. (Simulated) enemy aircraft detected on radar. NORAD F-102 interceptors in flight. NORAD Command Post. NORAD Dew line detects enemy intruders. Information is updated on NORAD Command Post displays at Ent Air Force Base in Colorado Springs. General Lawrence S. Kuter, NORAD Commander, actuates red speaker phone to the White House.

Date: 1962
Duration: 60 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675044166
Strategic Air Command (SAC) aircraft, on alert, are dispatched.

SAC (Strategic Air Command) alert air crews respond to Klaxon horn and run from building to their B-47 bombers. View of feet of running United States Air Force crews as they scramble for a mission during Cold War timeframe. Pilots run to their aircraft. The B-47s take off. B-52s on alert, are also dispatched and take off. A B-52 soars overhead at low altitude during takeoff. Another B-52 is seen as it taxis and prepares for takeoff.

Date: 1962
Duration: 43 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675044167
Activity in NORAD Command Post during Cold War missile defense exercise; Titan missile launched.

Cold War missile defense exercise for readiness (dramatized). Feverish activity inside Command Post of NORAD (North American Air Defense) in Ent Air Force Base in Colorado Springs. Orders issued to utilize Titan missiles. Red light blinking. Views of control panels with various buttons and keys, and hands on controls for missile launch. A Titan missile is launched.

Date: 1962
Duration: 20 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675044168