At the end of the harness racing season in Yonkers Raceway, a moving car carries mobile starting gate with harness racers aligned across the track behind it. The gate folds up and the starter car speeds away allowing the race to get underway. Spectators in the stands are seen dressed warmly on this cold, damp December day. The horses, and drivers in sulkies,race around the water-covered track. Narrator comments that horses were meant to run, not swim.
Klaxon horns sound alert signals and U.S. Air Force Strategic Air Command (SAC) flight crews, on alert, stop what they are doing and rush from their quarters to jeeps, that take them to their aircraft. They are seen clambering aboard their bomber aircraft. Closeup of a B-47E-30-LM Stratojet bomber, tail number 52-264, taxiing. Closeup of its wheels. The B-47 taking off from a base in the continental United States. In Alaska, a B-52 bomber taxis on a plowed taxiway in a snowy airfield. Local people watch as two B-52 bombers take off from a SAC base in Africa. Formations of B-52 bomber in flight. View of Air Force personnel inside the SAC headquarters Command and Control Center at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska. Scene shifts to a B-47 bomber flying directly overhead and an Atlas missile being launched. Glimpse of pilot and copilot inside the cockpit of a SAC bomber in flight. A nuclear bomb dropping from an open bomb bay viewed from inside the aircraft. An atomic explosion during one of the tests conducted by the United States, in the Pacific, from 1946 to 1958.
Major sports events of the year 1958. A man waves a flag and the Indianapolis 500 miles race begins. In the very first lap driver Pat O' Connor dies in a 13 car pile up. Large crowd gather to watch the race. Jimmy Bryan finishes first as a man waves a checkered flag.
Scenes of Tornadoes in the U.S. during a Super Outbreak in early April 1974, when a series of tornadoes struck numerous states including Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, and New York; and the Canadian province of Ontario. A man receives a call at a radio station during tornado in United States. He goes to door and see outside. He comes back and gives warning on radio. Message received at local emergency center. A man announces warning. A helicopter flies and relays report of tornado sightings from flying helicopter. A man talks on phone giving sighting reports. A meter indicates wind speed. View of tornado bearing down on Louisville Kentucky downtown buildings after having hit state fairgrounds. A cameraman takes video. A man talks at National Warning System. A man points location of tornado on a map. Various departments having meetings. Police jeep on road. Scenes of Tornado. People carry dead ones on stretcher and in hands.
United States Air Force personnel explains the flying geography of AC-130 aircraft with the help of model and diagram in Indiana, United States. He also explains the impact of wind on aircraft position and travel. He talks about the positioning of the gunners in AC-130 during a fight. Seated behind the pilot is the gunner firing the Vulcan. View of shells after the gun is fired. 6.72 mm mini guns. View of triple AAAs. The Illuminator operator takes position for firing the 40mm truck killers.
U.S. General Curtis LeMay in the United States. U.S. Air Force KC-135 aircraft in flight during its nonstop flight to South America piloted by General LeMay. Aerial views of the harbor in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. A statue of Christ the Redeemer at Rio de Janeiro. The KC-135 aircraft lands at the Andrews Air Force base and General LeMay debarks from the aircraft and speaks to the press after a successful nonstop flight from Honolulu, Hawaii in April 1958.
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