A film shows training and alert drills for the Martin TM-61A Matador First Tactical Missile Squadron in Europe. The missile squadron training installation at Wheelus Air Base in Tripoli, Libya. Cars move on a road. The tactical missile TM-61A on mobile zero-length launcher in clearing in Germany. An airman checks out the wing spoiler and tail assembly. The TM-61A in launch position. USAF (United States Air Force) T-33 Shooting Star swooping in low over missile.
A film shows training and alert drills for the Martin TM-61A Matador First Tactical Missile Squadron in Germany. Animation depicts alert from the 12th Air Force to squadron. The missile squadron installation in Germany. Cars move on a road. A combat officer sending out order. An officer checks the flight status board. An alert shows switchboard lines being plugged in. Target folder is pulled out from a safe and teletype machines in operation. The TM-61A being raised on zero-length launcher. Airmen with rifles running past van. A dish-shaped radar antenna atop van.
A film shows training and alert drills for the Martin TM-61A Matador First Tactical Missile Squadron in Europe. A Matador convoy moving along a road. Warhead on trailer being hooked up to a truck at storage area and moving out. A Captain and a Colonel behind sand bags using a field communication system. A loudspeaker. An airman signaling his arm in circular motion. A zero-length launcher in the background. The Captain and the Colonel talk into field telephone behind sand bag revetment. A hand flipping switch on engine control box. The missile in launch position. A hand flipping switch on the control box. Sand bag revetment of TM-61A on launcher. A small box with hand flipping switches. TM-61A in launch position. The missile installation squadron in Germany. A dish-shaped antenna atop a van. Airmen with rifles in thicket. An officer picking up telephone, launching, hanging up the phone and relaxing. Major General Robert M. Lee, Commander of 12th Air Force in office.
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.
Activities of communists in Haiphong, Vietnam. Building with a flag flying from staff on top. "Tram" sign on building. MP (Military Police) barricade across a road. Soldiers marching single file down roadway. Building with picture of Chiang Kai-Shek on the front. Communist soldiers and motorcade seen. Bridge across Haley Canal. Photographer in the foreground. U.S. Army personnel walk down. Communist troops at bridge in the background. Canal and view of an opposite shore. Junks in canal. Small buildings along a canal. Communist flag flying over one building. Bridge over canal, communist troops waiting to cross.
Communist troops in Haiphong, Vietnam. Truck loads of communist troops waiting to occupy Haiphong. Civilians in streets. Group of cars beside a road. Military vehicles in motion. Empty streets, communist troops on a sidewalk. Communist trucks carrying troops as they drive down a street. Communists riding bicycles and driving jeeps. A truck driving down street. Red flag flying from a balcony. Communist troops marching down a street. Red vehicles parked on a street. Communist soldiers on sidewalk. View of motorcade. Red troops march down a street of Haiphong.