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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Many launches of Titan and Bomarc missiles are seen. Nike Ajax and Nike Hercules missiles are launched against various drone target aircraft and destroy them. Multiple different launch scenes and drone target hits shown in succession.