City Police Officers in uniform, twirling their night sticks. A mounted Police Officer. City Police breaking up a disturbance on a city street. A mounted Police Officer collars (arrests) a man.
Aerial view of the Atlas Oil Refinery in United States. View of a number of storage tanks of crude oil.
About 25 cyclists gather loosely at starting point of race, on stone street with trolley tracks in it. They ride downhill on a concrete highway, escorted by motorcycle police and several automobiles. At the finish line in the city, spectators line both sides of the course, set along edge of a main street. A trolley car sits in center of street, and cars fill the opposite lane from the race. (The cars have no rear license plates.) The motorcycle police lead two finalists to the finish line, racing neck-to-neck. A trophy is presented to the winner.
Film: Seconds For Survival. Actor Raymond Massey introduces film. Very small, 2-person sail boats on a bay. A teletype message is sent to affected East Coast stations, issuing small craft warnings due to approaching storm. Coast Guard station receives the message and dispatches patrol boat to warn boaters in the bay. They intercept the little sail boats and hail them with instructions to return to the harbor. The storm arrives bringing strong winds and waves at the waterfront.
Dramatization of Fire Emergency in a house in the United States. Family members relaxing in their home. Mother and her son in living room, with mother sewing and boy laying on floor reading newspaper in front of fireplace. Man smoking types a document in the study. He carelessly allows a smoldering cigarette to fall from an ash tray into some papers. Woman embroidering in the living room, smells smoke and phones the fire department. Firemen arrive in a white fire truck and extinguish the blaze.
Actor Raymond Massey introducing the subject of North American Air Defense, which is a joint enterprise of Canada and the United States. A map of the United States, Canada and the Arctic. Animation shows radar sites comprising the Dew Line, Mid Canada Line and Pine Tree Line in Canada, as well as coastal and ship borne sites around the United States. Internal U.S. sites tied to the automated SAGE system (Semi Automatic Ground Environment) are shown. SAGE is a computerized control system for tracking and intercepting enemy bombers. The headquarters of NORAD (North American Air Defense) is shown, at Cheyenne Mountain, Colorado. Mr. Massey points out models of new antiaircraft missiles displayed on his desk. Animation shows how these can be fired from the ships at sea.
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