Invited guests sitting in an auditorium at the premier of the movie 'The Chalk Garden' by Ross Hunter. A car arrives and woman from it moves towards the venue. Fans waiting and cheering outside the theater. Ross Hunter greets and welcomes the invited guests. 28 May 1964.
Opening scene shows sign at Fort Monroe, Virginia, Headquarters of the United States Continental Army Command. U.S. Army soldiers come pouring out of their barracks and assemble in formation as non-commissioned officers inspect their personal gear. Inspectors look over closely parked armored vehicles.Troops rush to board CH-47 Helicopter transports. Sign identifying Headquarters United states Strike Command. Views of Exercise Delawar, a United States-Iran joint armed forces combat readiness operation conducted in April 1964 in Iran. (Delawar is a Persian word meaning courageous.) Paratroopers lined up and inspecting their gear as they ready to board through rear door of a transport aircraft.View of Pilot and Copilot in cockpit. Paratroopers jumping from the aircraft. Formation of U.S. Air Force C-130 aircraft dropping paratroopers, with chutes clearly visible as they descend. View of troopers exiting rear cargo door of C-130 aircraft. Ground view of paratroopers landing on Iranian desert. Some set up field artillery pieces, others deploy on foot, and some ride in trucks pulling artillery pieces. Change of scene to North American Air Defense Command (NORAD) Combat Operations Center. Inside, General John Koehler Gerhart, Commander of NORAD, sits at a deck in a control room with several other officers. Next, officers and non-commissioned officers, e.g. a Master Sergeant, who regularly work in the center are seen at their stations. Army Air Defense personnel run from their ready room to man batteries of Nike-Hercules missiles. An air defense radar site, part of the early warning system. Missiles of the Nike-Hercules battery being raised to firing positions.
U.S. Army Sergeant York passes away in the United States on September 2, 1964. Scenes from the life of Sergeant York. Alvin York seen flashing the 'V' for victory sign. York in the front yard of his home. Newspaper headline reads, 'War with Germany.' World War I newly drafted men in civilian clothing marching along with tags pinned to their civilian clothes. World War 1 new recruits undergoing physical examination as they enter the U.S. Army. Soldiers standing in formation learning to drill. Closeup of front of artillery piece as it fires. Trench fighting against the enemy on a World War I battlefield. A soldier hurls an explosive toward no man's land. Soldiers rushing out of trenches going "over the top" to charge the enemy. Sergeant York in uniform during WWI. Later in life, Sergeant York is seen seated in a car with his wife as photographers scramble to take photos. Sergeant York at the White House with his family. York receives a citation from the Gold Star Mothers Club and then gives a short speech.
Dramatization. View of The Virginia Lodge motel at 6027 Richmond Hwy, Alexandria, VA 22303-2101 from roof of building across the highway. An FBI agent observes motel while crouched on roof top. Close up man looking through binoculars. POV through binoculars at motel with parked cars. FBI agent removes binoculars and uses wireless telephone to communicate with another agent in an office, saying, "Eyeball 1 to dugout." FBI agent in office calls to “Eyeball 2”, another agent. View through car windshield of FBI agent talking on remote telephone while observing motel. FBI agent in office on phone. Chief of police answers the telephone from his office. A white panel truck drives in parking lot. FBI agent and chief of police talks to each other on the phone. Mugshots of criminals. Hand pointing to map drawn in chalk on blackboard. Virginia state troopers in meeting before sting operation. A senior police officer says to the gathering, "I want each of you to come up to the board and show me just what you will do from start to finish." Black and white photos of a car parked in front of a motel. A Virginia State Police car, a 4-door 1964 Plymouth Fury, rush into motel parking lot. Policemen hide behind police car. Police car rush to the scene in the motel. Policemen aim their guns hiding behind police cars in the motel parking lot. A man drinks a bottle of wine from his bed. Another man answers telephone call from the police. Man pulls out a handgun to confront surrounding police. View through motel window curtains at police with guns drawn. “They’re all over, it’s finished!” the man shouts at his companion in bed. Policeman pointing gun from behind building. Two men emerge out of motel room, backing out of doorway their hands in the air with their backs turned from the police. Policeman uses megaphone while holding a pistol, saying, "spread your feet apart." Suspects put hands against wall and FBI agents frisk the two arrested men thoroughly. FBI agents handcuff the two men and lead them away. State police enter the motel. Closing credits "The Federal Bureau of Investigation."
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.
Brigadier General Jimmy Stewart, U.S. Air Force Reserve, is helped as he familiarizes himself with pilot's personal equipment, at MacDill Air Force Base in Florida, during his two-week active duty training period, in February, 1964. Aircrew Flight Equipment Specialists fit and adjust his CSU-3/P anti-G cutaway garment, seat harness, flight helmet and oxygen mask. Captain John D. Brown briefs Stewart on the Martin-Baker Mk. H-5 Ejection Seat and emergency procedures and discusses emergency equipment set up on a display board. Stewart sits in the ejection seat as Captain Brown and an equipment specialist discuss it further.