Sign reads: "JOB, Tactical Briefing Cordon Bleu." Marshal Alphonse juin of France, Commander-in-Chief Allied Forces Central Europe, walks from staff car, followed by several other French officers. German officers assembled in a field. A civilian official converses with a French General in the field. Marshal Juin, relaxed with cigarette in his mouth, smiles and jokes with German soldiers.
Building of the U.S. Army headquarters, Kaiserslautern Sub Area. A guard stands outside the building. A sign: 'Billeting Office'. A woman stands at the reception desk. A sign on the receptioncounter reads: : 'Admittance prohibited to all personnel in civilian clothing not displaying government ration card and identification card." Woman carrying a child enters and shows cards. Her Army Sergeant husband, carrying groceries, behind her does not because he is in uniform. Views of multistory housing apartment buildings and the grounds around them. Cars parked outside the buildings. A man rides a bicycle on a path. A woman walks with her child.
A film shows training and alert drills for the Martin TM-61A Matador First Tactical Missile Squadron in Europe. A view of a city in Germany. People walk on a narrow street in Bitburg, Germany. A silhouette of Matador nose section in launch position. The tactical missile TM-61A on zero-length launcher. The TM-61A nose section in launch position. The launch of TM-61A in flight showing booster separation. The missile in flight. The missile taking terminal dive. A ground nuclear bomb blast. Smoke and fire rise due to the nuclear bomb blast.
United States 10th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing, Spangdahlem Air Base in Germany. United States Air Force Operations officer and Commanding officer in Squadron headquarters. Officers seated in chairs. They talk on phone and work on papers kept on table in front.
United States Air Force 10th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing, Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany. Reconnaissance pilots being briefed in a briefing room. Two U.S. officers brief them with the help of a map hung on a wall. Pilots seated in chairs as they listen. Pilot stands by the side of a podium with one hand kept on it. Officers and pilots move outside the room. Officer points to the map and speaks. Pilots seated in chairs as they take notes.
United States 10th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing, Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany. U.S. Air Force officers and airmen in Squadron intelligence room. Officer sits on chair in a room and works on a paper kept on the table. Airman hands him a photo canister. The officer places contents on a photo interpreters table. Photo interpreters make measurements and place the materials back in container.