Safe use of nuclear weapons by the ( USAF ) United States Air Force. At the Directorate of Nuclear Safety at Kirtland Air Base in New Mexico officers at a meeting. The officers conduct detailed nuclear analysis and survey to achieve nuclear safety standards. An officer at a blackboard. Two officers at a desk as another comes in. The officers look at papers and try to identify and correct conditions that pose a nuclear hazard. The officers of Nuclear Weapons System Safety Group in a meeting. They look at a chart. The officers under the wing of an aircraft as they check pre operational safety standards. An officer climbs into the cockpit of the aircraft. A commander and the Nuclear Safety officer walk towards the aircraft with a building in the background. A nuclear weapon or nuclear bomb is attached under the wing of an aircraft. The commander climbs into the cockpit and the Nuclear Safety officer also climbs up as they look at the control panel of the plane.
Test site on Prairie at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. United States Air Force and civilian personnel work on monitor consoles, typing data and operating scanner remote controls. USAF official speaks over microphone with headphone.
Woman operates video monitor and computer controls at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. Play, stop, power and other knobs on the video tape and monitor controls. Woman turns the knobs. She writes on a note pad. Woman speaks over headset microphone. She types data into an early model computer with an integrated keyboard and small monitor in a single unit.
Early computers and tape data systems at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. Woman opens clear cabinet and tends to data tape reels. She sits in a chair and writes on a note pad. The woman turns knobs and types on a typewriter. Typewritten data on paper. Some equipment has visible identification sticker that says "M.I.T. Lincoln Lab - Gov't property".
United States Air Force Captain puts tape into computer at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. He speaks over telephone. Captain dials numbers on telephone. He enters building along with a group of civilians.
Telescope domes at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. The telescopic dome doors open. The telescope and camera track satellites in deep space.