A typhoon ravages Japan. Destruction and homes in the flooded areas in the wake of the typhoon (Super Typhoon Tess). Typhoon Tess struck the Central Honshū Island in Japan. People wade through flood with their belongings. A man rows a boat in the flood. Men row a wooden board.
Scenes of U.S. Strategic Air Command Minuteman Missile Security Police at work in missile bases at Malmstrom AFB, Great Falls. Montans, Minot AFB, North Dakota, Elsworth AFB, Rapid City, South Dakota, Francis E. Warren AFB. Cheyenne, Wyoming, and Whiteman AFB, Missouri. An armed Air Force Security policeman walks past a parked B-52 bomber. Air Force film "Missile Guardians, SAC's Minutemen Security Police." Animated description of Missile Control Facilities. Missile Combat Officer opens 8 ton blast resistant door of facility. Interior of Launch Center with Officer at duty station. Safe (Red) containing missile launch keys. View of missile location, showing fence and intrusion detection radar antenna. Access cover, above missile, with seismic alarm system and combination lock. Security Police Controller in his office. Security alert team is summoned to respond to intrusion alarm. (Note: Narrated by Kemal Amen "Casey" Kasem)
A report covering the expansion and modernization of U.S. ICBM force, Norton AFB. Minuteman II missile on trailer truck. ICBM crew working around Minuteman II. Minuteman II erected. Test launch of Minuteman II at Cape Kennedy space center in 1964. Missile base under construction at Malmstorm AFB in Montana. Deactivation of first generation Titan I and Atlas D missiles, updating of Atlas for space boosters. Shrouded missile on trailer truck. Animated map of U.S. showing 14 air bases from where Titan I and Atlas D missiles are transferred to Norton AFB in California. Map shows Minuteman I turnover to SAC (Strategic Air Command) at Warren AFB in Wyoming. Minuteman I transfer ceremonies attended by military, state, and local dignitaries. Major General J. L. McCoy speaking at microphone. Minuteman control center building at Norton AFB. General McCoy with other officers discussing in conference. Officers on field looking over drawings for building new missile launch site.
Centennial celebration of the Commodore Perry expedition in Kurihama, Japan. Flags of the United States and Japan. Many children wave Japanese and American flags. Japanese and American officials visit the Guoku-Sen-Ji temple. Admiral Robert Briscoe, commander of U.S. naval forces in the Far East, places wreaths at the tombs of five American sailors. People gather outside Perry museum in the park. View of bay. Two American warships can be seen in the distance. Black Ship pageant in the town. Japanese people in kimonos.Japanese culture and traditions are shown. Japanese women perform a traditional dance.
Medical aid being provided to U.S. soldiers during the Korean War. Helicopters with special containers on their sides to be used for evacuation. An injured soldier being carried in a container on the side of the helicopter. The helicopter takes off. An injured soldier being brought to a medical station aboard a light liaison airplane. Men carry soldier on stretcher into an evacuation airplane. Cover over ramp into aircraft reads'374th troop carrier wing, Hospital Evacuation'. The aircraft will evacuate the wounded to Japan. In Japan, Japanese civilians are seen carrying wounded U.S. soldiers from a C-47 aircraft ,on a stretcher into an ambulance. View of ambulance interior,shows tiers of litters. Ambulance arrives at Tokyo Army Hospital. View of the hospital building. The wounded soldiers being carried into the hospital for treatment.
Operation Little Switch repatriation effort, in which released prisoners of war (POW) from the Korean War are taken from Panmunjom, Korea to Japan, and then to the U.S. Cars carrying released sick and injured prisoners in litters drive towards U.S. Air Force Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter parked at Haneda Army Airbase at Haneda Airport in Tokyo, Japan. Ambulance car backs up towards the aircraft. The U.S. soldiers in stretchers are taken aboard C-97 aircraft by U.S. military medical staff. Men stand in the background and under a wing of the aircraft. An Army General stands by.