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.
Members of the International Ladies' Garment Workers Union, AFL-CIO, picket a Woolworths store in New York City. Members of Union Locals, 23, 40, 62 and 66 are seen carrying signs as they march in front of the F.W. Woolworth store. Some of the signs read: "Woolworth practices discrimination in the South, and We Support Dr. Martin Luther King" (civil rights leader). A New York City uniformed police officer stands on the sidewalk observing the peaceful picketing. Civil Rights leader A. Philip Randolph is seen among the protestors, carrying a picket sign and marching. Passersby seem to ignore the activity.
People protesting the racially biased hiring policies and Jim Crow policies of the White Tower hamburger Company, picket one of its diner restaurants in New York City. African American and white civil rights protestors walk carrying signs. Man holding a banner that reads: 'Freedom Now'. Man holds a sign saying "Hire on ability not Bias." Other signs include, "Dollar spend here support segregation" and "Equality Yes. Bigotry No. Jim Crow must go!" Uniformed Police officers monitor the activity. Baby in a pram. A blind man, with seeing eye dog, pickets, accompanied by a woman. Spectators watch from a barricaded area.