Paris Air Show. Ground crew of the U.S. Air Force Aerial Demonstration Team waits and directs arriving F-4E aircraft as they taxi to parking spaces on ramp, at Le Bourget Airport, Paris, France. Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Swalm, Thunderbird leader leaves F-4E and greets other Thunderbird pilots, who run to join him on the tarmac. Thunderbird ground crewmen make post flight inspections.
Presidential election of 1960. Candidates for Presidential election race, John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon. Kennedy being welcomed during his campaign. Confetti being poured as people cheer the Kennedy couple (then Senator John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy) in a parade in New York City on October 19, 1960 during the Presidential campaign. Voters putting on Kennedy campaign buttons and showing Kennedy signs. Kennedy at the Democratic Convention in Los Angles along with his sister and mother after being declared the Presidential candidate. Kennedy as Senator as he attends Senate committee meetings, including one with Robert Kennedy speaking by his side. Kennedy with his running mate for Vice President, Lyndon B. Johnson. Democratic Party's election campaign in Berlin, West Germany. Kennedy with wife Jacqueline Kennedy and daughter Caroline Kennedy, seated on a couch together. Republican party candidate Richard Nixon at Republican convention after being declared the party's Presidential candidate. Nixon with his running mate Henry Cabot Lodge, with both men talking to President Dwight Eisenhower. Nixon being welcomed in Poland by cheering crowds and he visits the Warsaw ghetto. He is seen climbing in and out of a window of the ghetto. Vice President Richard Nixon with Russian premier Khrushchev preparing for the so-called Kitchen Debates. View of the kitchen debate set. Nixon campaigns extensively and receive enthusiastic crowds in various cities. Both the candidates sum up giving reasons for choosing them as the next President. Kennedy says that he aims at making America a stronger country. Whereas Nixon speaks about the experience gained by him under President Eisenhower. He emphasizes maintaining peace without surrendering. Nixon and Kennedy after giving the reasons for their election. They shake hands as photographers take pictures.
The United States 355th Tactical Fighter Wing at Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base in Thailand during the Vietnam War. A U.S. Air Force pilot wearing orange scarf, climbs ladder to cockpit of an F-105D aircraft, followed by the crew chief, who stands on upper part of the ladder. View of pilot doing preflight check of switches in the cockpit. Closeup of him donning his helmet and oxygen mask. A shoulder patch on his flight suit reads: "Vietnam, 100 Missions F-105." Scene shifts to another pilot doing a walk-around preflight inspection on his aircraft. He climbs ladder to his cockpit. Next scene shows pilots seated in a briefing room. Several converse. Closeup of one pilot with 333rd Fighter Squadron (Lancers) patch on his flight suit. Insignia of the 333rd and 44th fighter squadrons are displayed on the back wall of the briefing room. Closeup from side of seated pilots. One smokes a cigarette. Briefing officer is seen at a podium.
American air to air missile Sparrow III seen in the United States during testing operations. United States F9F Drone aircraft in flight as a Sparrow III strikes the plane. Smoke rises and aircraft descends. Plane plunges downward and falls into the sea. Water splashes as the aircraft strikes the surface.
Film opens showing Al Trace with his orchestra, singing a song entitled, "Let's All Back the Attack." As he sings in the background, scenes of American military operations in the Pacific theater are shown. U.S. troops jump from Landing craft during an amphibious assault in the Pacific during World War II. Troops leave the USS LCI(L)-343 (Landing Craft Infantry, Large) via side ramps during an amphibious landing. U.S. Marines carrying a wounded Marine on a stretcher during Battle of Tarawa. American Marines hunkered down next to a landing vehicle tracked (LVT). They attend to wounded on the sand and carry some out toward landing craft for evacuation. View from flight deck of a U.S. aircraft under attack by Japanese Kamikaze aircraft. Black flak clouds near a low-flying Japanese plane. Sailor ducking as he runs across the flight deck. Deck crews scrambling on the flight deck as a Japanese Mitsubishi A6M "Zero" passes dangerously close and its wing falls off. Glimpse of a Grumman F6F Hellcat fighter on the carrier flight deck. Glimpse of the ship's antiaircraft guns. The Zero crashes in the water with a huge explosion. Scene shifts back to Al Trace and orchestra continuing their song. Closing scene exhorts audience to buy an extra war bond today.
United States Task Force underway in the Pacific Theater. F6F aircraft parked on flight deck with sun setting in the background. United States sailors walk around on the deck. Two sailors wearing helmets watch the sunset.