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U.S. Army Anti-aircraft batteries respond to threat from unknown aircraft sighted near Alaska and the Eastern seaboard.
U.S. Army Air Defense elements respond to threats from an unidentified (possibly hostile) aircraft detected, near Alaska and over the Eastern Seaboard of the United States. Closeup of a rotating radar antenna. High altitude contrails (vapor condensation trails) seen overhead. Two U.S. Army technicians tracking aircraft and making notes in an anti-aircraft operations center. Two soldiers in a control center at positions labeled "Intelligence Teller" and "AAA Opns Off" respectively. A Lieutenant joins them and directs one to push an alert button. Soldiers respond from their barracks and take up positions at a large tracking map table. They move markers to positions corresponding to incoming reports. A Colonel joins the Lieutenant, already at the control center, and takes up a position labeled, "Deputy Defense CO," (Deputy Defense Commanding Officer). In the background, reports can be heard coming into the control center about five aircraft at 18 thousand feet. Two soldiers plot information on vertical plexiglass display, showing radial lines and distances. . A sign above the boards reads, "Early Warning Op." More reports in the background refer to three aircraft. The Lieutenant has now moved to the position of "AAA Opns Off." View of a soldier markiing grease pencil entries of aircraft sighting reports, on a plexiglass display, at his work station. More views of information being reflected by soldiers moving markers on the map plotting table and the large vertical display. Closeup of the aircraft position markers being moved on the plotting table. A Battery Attack light flashes on another display. The Lieutenant wearing a headset, announces to all units the change of readiness condition to "battle attack." (He also states, "this is not an exercise," and adds "alert all batteries.") An alarm bell rings at an aircraft battery. Soldiers are awakened in their quarters and scramble to their respective guns in a 120 mm Gun M1 anti-aircraft battery. Each gun crew reports being ready, as they raise their gun barrels. More views of aircraft positions being plotted. One appears to reflect a threat to New York City. Computers record data necessary to aim anti-aircraft batteries. Range and azimuth data being displayed. Gunners load shells and propellant charges into their weapons. Gunners looking up and awaiting further instructions. View of all battery guns pointed skywards. Apartment houses in the background. Changing firing and wind azimuth plus fuze information being displayed. A radar antenna turning at the battery location. Narrator states that the aircraft near Alaska has disappeared over the Pacific and the Eastern Seaboard sightings turn out to be commercial aircraft forced off course by strong winds. View of a Lockheed Constellation flying through some clouds, and then landing at an airfield. Alert lights go out in the Anti-aircraft control center, returning to normal status. View of soldiers manning their positions in the center begin wrapping up their activities. One lights a pipe.
Aerial view of Wheelus Field and Tripoli Harbor in Tripoli, Libya.
Aerial view of the city of Tripoli in Libya. Wheelus beach in Tripoli. Several people on the beach. Buildings and trees in the far background. Views of Tripoli Harbor. Tripoli-Wheelus Field area. Ships underway in Tripoli Harbor.
Examples of middle-class United States American lifestyle in early 1970s.
Shows early 1970s era construction activities, economic growth, retail shopping, and American fashions and goods of the 1970s. As a contrast to the modern way of life, a farmer is seen using teams of horses to plow his land. Views of middle-class suburban living in the U.S.A. New, modern houses and cars in the suburbs. Construction workers building new homes. Modern farm machinery being employed. Panels being placed on a new car in a factory production line or assembly line. A long freight train moving goods. U.S. consumer retail stores selling a variety of products, and pedestrians in 1970s fashions shopping on town and city streets for various goods including ice cream, lawn mowers and hardware, custom framing, fast food (McDonalds restaurant shown), an "organic food" cafe or store, barbecue grills, outdoor lounge chairs, and antiques, among others. Shipping containers being loaded on a ship for export abroad. Various construction sites ranging from those for suburban neighborhood homes to those for high rise buildings. Construction of the Dunhill Condominiums in progress in Atlanta Georgia. A 1970 Ford Falcon car in a neighborhood of new homes in the suburbs. Sink and bath tub fixtures in a typical kitchen and bathroom. Families at a high school graduation. African American students on a college campus. White students walking on campus of a college or university. Families shopping for high price goods: View of a hand starting a phonograph record player, a man examining a Ford Pinto car in a new car show room, views of home appliances, washers, dryers, stoves, ovens, televisions for sale in a show room, and window air conditioner units. Private pleasure boats operating near a large ferry boat. More views of carpenters and other construction workers and building tradesmen working at construction sites. People at work compiling statistics in the U.S. Bureau of the Census.
Glimpses of industrial and commercial activities in the United States
Miners arriving above ground on a rail car. Open coal cars filled with coal. A steel furnace. A commuter railroad train. A man operating a tracked crane at a city construction site. Workers and equipment at a road and tunnel project. Home builders starting on foundation of a new house in the suburbs, with view of a new suburban neighborhood being built in background. Views of various construction activities: a mobile home; a high rise building; a residential house. Factory workers on an automobile assembly line are seen assembling engine, transmission and other parts to chassis. Salesman showing a car to prospective woman customer a a new car dealership. Bushel baskets of vegetables, fruits, and assorted produce at a sidewalk market. Several shoppers seen on Connecticut Avenue, in Washington, DC. Businesses seen include: The Camalier & Buckley shop, Raleigh's haberdashery and the Mayflower hotel (in the background). New automobiles stored in a yard, including many station wagons, and a sedan car being offloaded from a truck. Man doing major bodywork repairs on a car. Doormen in red uniforms assist patrons in taxis at a hotel or apartment building.
Various American activities enumerated and tracked by Census Bureau
Pedestrians walking in a city where Cranes and high rise buildings are under construction. Sign announces sidewalk temporarily closed. Children playing in a school yard. Temporary additional classrooms at a school. A college campus. Aerial view of large scale development and construction activity in a Southern State. A large boring machine working. A construction machine at a tunnel entrance. A BART (Bay Area Rapid transit) train in San Francisco.
Former Vice President Richard Nixon is nominated for the election of the Governor of California in the United States..
Former U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon in California, United States.. Aerial view of the city. Nixon gets off a car with his wife and enters a building. He poses in front of cameramen. He casts his vote for the Republican nomination for Governor of California. His opponent Edmund Gerald "Pat" Brown Sr. arrives with his wife. Cameramen take their photographs
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