The Star of Abilene, the first operational United States Rockwell B-1B Lancer supersonic heavy bomber, serial number 83-0065, lands at Dyess Airforce Base for the first time. Aerial view of Dyess Airforce Base, with the B1-B along with other planes and a large crowd. United States Air Force Colonel Alan Rogers, Commander of the 96th Bomb Wing, speaks before a podium displaying the 96th Bomb Wing insignia, noting that the B1-B is "a dream that triggers the beginning of a new era."
Helicopter carrying Canadian Prime Minister Lester Pearson approaches the White House lawn, the Washington Monument can be seen in the background. United States President Lyndon B. Johnson welcomes Prime Minister Lester Pearson on the White House lawn. Prime Minister Lester Pearson and President Lyndon B. Johnson, with Canadian Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Paul Martin and United States Secretary of States Dean Rusk sign a treaty on power and flood control development between United States and Canada. Prime Minister Lester Pearson and President Lyndon B. Johnson, with Canadian Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Paul Martin and United States Secretary of States Dean Rusk shake hands after signing treaty. Photographers, one with a 16mm motion picture camera, take photos of the treaty signing. President Lyndon B. Johnson and Prime Minister Lester Pearson sign an agreement creating the Roosevelt Campobello International Park off the coast of New Brunswick, Canada. Maryon Pearson, the wife of Prime Minister Lester Pearson, is seen talking with United States and Canadian officials, behind Prime Minister Pearson and President Johnson.
A factory where tanks and other military vehicles are manufactured during World War II. A tank track is laid out on the factory floor. Tank wheels move through tracks. Men install a gun in tank turret. Many bulldozers and trucks parked in an American port. Rows of tanks parked outside. A man drives a tracked bulldozer while parking it. United States soldiers driving hundreds of Jeeps and M3A1 Scout Cars in open fields.
Evergreen coniferous trees in the United States. A man cutting a tall tree with a large chainsaw. The tree falls to the ground. A Caterpillar 651 Wheel Tractor Scraper moving. A worker adjusts a Tops table saw in front of a wooden frame being built on a construction site. A man planting an evergreen tree in his yard.
Strategic Air Command (SAC) Reflex Action Alert flight crew members, responding to on alert, run across icy ramp to man their B-47 aircraft at the Loring Air Force Base in Maine, United States. Crew is seen preparing to board and launch. Heater hoses are attached to the aircraft. Pilot talks to crew chief, who then attends to ground auxiliary power unit and communicates with aircrew using mike and headset. Sun is setting.Snow plowed from alert area and runway. Three responding crew members slip and slide as they run over ice. A flight line guard, carrying a carbine and wearing fur lined parka, checks their passes and lets them continue. Aircraft in flight seen in background.
Shows scientist working on the 'Transit' satellite (new navigational system for airmen and mariners of the World) in orbit at Cape Canaveral in Florida. Thor-Able-Star rocket launched to place the satellite in orbit.
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