Convair B-36 Peacemaker in flight with Thule Air Force Base visible on ground. The Aircraft taxis out of hangar. Pilots seated inside locker room relax at Thule Air Force Base, Greenland.
Opening scenes show interior of a U.S. Air Force C-124 Globemaster aircraft, Model A, filled with U.S. Army Airborne troops seated in its cargo compartment. Closeup of one trooper reading a magazine. Closeup of two smiling for the camera. Views of troopers napping and reading. Troopers looking out a window. A trooper wearing life vest checking his rifle. Brief view of radio operator at his station in the aircraft. View from behind the flight engineer at his station as he makes engine adjustments. The pilot in left seat of the cockpit. Closeup of throttles and mixture controls in cockpit. Navigator looking over charts. View of cockpit from just behind it. Flight engineer, again, at controls. Aircraft radios. Navigator plotting course using Weems plotter. View of running engine from cockpit. View of number 4 engine from cockpit. Views of Greenland Icecap from cockpit. Extended aerial views of C-124 in flight. It has wingtip heaters but no radome in the nose. "Troop Carrier, United States Air Force" is painted on its fuselage. C-124 aircraft parked on the ramp at Thule Air Base, Greenland. One has tail number 1092. A C-124 taking off.
U.S. Air Force aircrews prepare for NEAC (Northeast Air Command) Rocket Meet show at Thule Air Base, Greenland. Airmen load 2.75 rockets into F-89D Scorpion wingtip firing pod. Pilot and crew members don helmets and board the aircraft. Aircraft F-89D Scorpion in flight. Aircraft lands at Thule Air Base.
Interior of a hangar number 8 at Thule Air Force Base, Greenland. Air Force mechanics perform general maintenance work on Convair B-36 aircraft of the Strategic Air Command (SAC) 6th Bomb Wing, home-based at Walker Air Force Base, Roswell, New Mexico. The mechanics pull an auxiliary heater up on to the wing and start it.
Board reads 'Headquarters Air Base Group' at Thule Air Force Base in Greenland. Air Force personnel seated inside INT Auditorium for New Year celebration. Sergeant plays harmonica. Colonel, Mr Talbott and General LeMay give a brief speech. The Colonel on stage, presents two ivory tusks to Arthur Godfrey. Arthur Godfrey pours a cup of coffee on stage. Soldiers take pictures.
Board of 'Ritz Jhule Building number 122' at Thule Air Force Base in Greenland. Secretory Talbott gives speech on stage. Air Force Personnel seated on ground watch the show in ENT Auditorium. Airmen take pictures and applaud. General LeMay gives a brief speech on stage. Arthur Godfrey speaks to air Force Personnel and entertains them by playing guitar. Jeanette Davis sings on stage. Colonel Bernt Balchen gives a brief speech. Troops in winter clothing exit the auditorium and head toward the Gymnasium.
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