A United States Air Force Lockheed U-2C at Edwards Air Force Base in California, United States. The U-2C aircraft being refueled at the air base. A van pull up. A pilot gets off and climbs up a ladder. He gets into the cockpit of the aircraft. The aircraft taxis along the air base and takes off.
Soviet aircraft and missiles in the Soviet Union. Soviet sailors and a captain inside the control room of a submarine off the coast of the Soviet Union. Soviet R-29 ballistic missile also known as Sawfly being launched by a submerged Soviet submarine. The missile takes off and moves upwards with a fiery flare at its tail section. Another R-29 missile being launched from the submarine.
Soviet aircraft and missiles in the Soviet Union. A Soviet tactical ballistic missile R-11 also known as Scud is being raised to a launch position. Technicians work on the control panel. The missile is launched. The missile moves upwards emitting a fiery flare from the tail. An explosion occurs and a massive pillar of smoke rises.
Test launchings of R-16 intercontinental ballistic missiles from their underground silos. (Missiles are also designated by NATO code name SS-7 "Saddler" or as Soviet GRAU-8k64). Next scene shows detonation of a atomic bomb or nuclear device in water with ships surrounding the blast area. (Possibly from U.S. nuclear test in Operation Crossroads in 1946)
United States Secretary of Navy John H. Chafee arrives on USS Saratoga in the United States. John H Chafee is greeted by Captain Warren H Oniel, Commanding Officer of USS Saratoga. U.S. Navy Vice Admiral David Richardson is greeted by Captain Warren H Oniel. Officials converse with each other and pose for a photograph. Dignitaries don Mae West or life jackets before boarding a U.S. Navy Kaman UH-2C Seasprite helicopter.
United States Secretary of Navy John H. Chafee on USS Saratoga in the United States. Commanding Officer of USS Saratoga Captain Warren H Oniel, U.S. Navy Vice Admiral David Richardson and another dignitary walk on the ship deck. Vice Admiral David Richardson speaks to sailors. John H Chafee dons a Mae West. He gets into a hi-line chair and is hoisted high off the deck. The Secretary of Navy is being hi-lined to a destroyer alongside USS Saratoga. A welcoming committee welcomes John H. Chafee aboard the destroyer.