Opens shows a Strategic Air Command (SAC) B-52 Stratofortress heavy bomber taxiing on an airfield. Views from the side and from above the taxiing aircraft. AGM-28 Hound Dog missiles seen under the wings. View of underside of wings. A gloved hand raises guards on switches and they are activated. From inside an aircraft, two Hound Dog missiles are seen as they drop from it. Scene shifts to a KC-135 aerial refueling tanker aircraft taking off. Views of a B-52 bomber hooking up to refuel from a KC-135 tanker aircraft. Refueling boom is seen slowly extending to connect with the refueling input of the B-52. View of the boom operator lying down in the tail of the KC-135 tanker, maneuvering the boom. View, from his perspective, of the B-52 and refueling boom as they connect and begin refueling. Aerial views of the the two aircraft hooked together and then disconnecting after refueling is complete. Animated world globe is shown depicting Soviet threat. An Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile is seen launching. Views of B-52 bombers in flight.
Film begins showing a U.S. Air Force Convair B-58 Delta wing Hustler bomber taking off. Views of the aircraft maneuvering in flight. An unmanned Snark turbojet missile is seen launching from an inclined position, and then discharging a bomb in flight. An Atlas missile on a launching pad. Closeup shows the Strategic Air Command Logo on its side. An Atlas missile launching. A Thor intermediate range ballistic missile being launched. A Jupiter intermediate range ballistic missile launching in a cloud of smoke. Scene shifts to Airmen of the U.S. Air Force Strategic Air Command performing duties around a parked B-52 bomber. Three crew members climb aboard a B-52 bomber.
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.
Harness racing at Roosevelt Raceway in Westbury, New York. Spectators in the stands to watch the Messenger Stakes. The horses race around the track. Filly Countess Adios jockeyed by Del Miller leads the race. Countess Adios wins the race.
U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower reviews weapons at Fort Benning in Georgia, United States. Civilian officials and military officers review the weapons. President Eisenhower is accompanied by U.S. Army General Omar Bradley. Two hundred pieces of weaponry including tanks, combat rockets and Pershing missiles pass in review. A Redeye missile launcher is demonstrated by a soldier. A mobile train passes in review. A missile is launched. A missile firing helicopter is demonstrated.
Venetian May wins the Kentucky Derby of horse racing. The Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Kentucky, United States. People in the stands to witness the race. The horse race in progress. Venetian May wins the derby.
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