Narrator, actor Raymond Massey, sitting at a desk, covered with models of intercepter missiles, discusses the role played by the American Telephone and Telegraph Company and its subsidiaries, Bell telephone, and Western Electric, in creating the communications undergirding the North American Air Defense System. Scene shifts to arctic and view of a Dew Line site in the snow. A Pacific Western DC-3 airplane lands on snow runway, and a ship moves through icy waters, both carrying personnel and equipment for construction of the polar early warning system. A tractor hauls cargo for the project over snowy terrain. Supplies being air-dropped from a commercial C-82 Packet aircraft. Aerial view of a depot filled with supples for the DEW line project. Carpenters and other construction workers employed on the project in severe cold and windy conditions. A man making his way toward a wooden building, during a blizzard. Men installing tall steel towers at a DEW line site on a sunny day in summer. Exterior panels being placed on the geodesic dome covering a DEW line radar antenna.
The steamer Mark Twain underway on the Mississippi river in the United States. The stern wheel of a steamboat operates. The steamer Mark Twain underway on the river. A man aboard the steam ship, smoking cigar. Smoke rise from the ship stacks. The bell on the steamer. A man at the controls of the steamer.
The Freedom bell of West Berlin is seen ringing. The Brandenburg Gate from behind barbed wires. The Berlin Wall crossing and blocking Bernauer Straße. It appears to be under construction with wooden forms in places. It is covered with obstacles and barbed wire. Anti-tank obstacles inside the inner and outer walls of the Berlin Wall. The Church of the Reconciliation, next to the Berlin wall on Beinauer Street. Berlin street sign “Potsdamer Platz”. Anti-tank barriers behind barbed wires in Potsdamer Platz, Berlin. A small sign reads “Ida Siekmann”, the first casualty at the Berlin Wall. Bricked up windows of a building in Bernauer Straße 48. United States flag atop a flagpole in the US Army checkpoint, popularly known as Checkpoint Charlie, in West Berlin. A sign board outside a building reads: 'US Army Check Point'. Checkpoint Charlie seen from above. U.S. soldiers aboard a jeep passing on the street. Memorial services held by West Berlin mayor Wiily Brandt for the people who died attempting to cross the wall in Bernauer Straße. People march to protest against the Berlin wall and carry a cross with the words 'Wir Klagen An' which mean 'We Accuse' in English. Crowd gathered at the wall throwing rocks in protest.
A film 'This Is My Home' shows the life of a farmer and his family under democratic rule in the Philippines. Nipa huts in a rural settlement (called a “barrio”) in the Philippines. A hand made nipa hut (known as a “bahay kubo”) by the Philippine farmer. A Filipino woman, wearing a traditional Baro’t Saya attire, walks around in the house to check her sleeping husband, two sons, and a daughter. The woman opens her sliding Capiz shell-framed window before preparing breakfast for her family. The man wakes up. A white rooster crows. The farmer smokes a cigarette, pets his white rooster before taking his buffalo to a field. The farmer places a yoke on the buffalo, giving it a bath. He plows the field with the help of his buffalo. Another farmer helps him. Both the farmers stand to pray as church bells ring in the evening. The Philippine family eats a meal together at the end of the day.
Demonstrations along the Berlin Wall in Berlin, Germany. The Freedom Bell rings in the Rathaus Schöneberg, the city hall of West Berlin. View of the Berlin Wall. The Brandenburg Gate is behind the Berlin Wall. Street sign of Potsdamer Platz. The American flag flutters from a pole over a United States check post. U.S. soldiers drive past the Berlin Wall in an army jeep. A mayor and officials hold memorial services for those who died trying to escape from East Berlin. The West Germans march along a road. Police officials try to control the mob.
Documentary film shows the controversies regarding UFO (Unidentified Flying Objects) in the United States. Man takes a flight wearing Bell Rocket Belt which depicts an Identified Flying Object. View of an UFO also known as Flying Saucer which depicts an Unidentified Flying Object. Test flight of VZ-9-AV Avrocar (Flying Saucer) in Canada. Scientist gives his views on the Flying Saucers stating that they are not unidentified objects.
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