Film opens with view of building at Vandenburg Air Force Base, California. Sign on it reads: "1967 SAC Missile Combat Competition." Two Air Policemen stand at building entry next to two American flags. Inside the building, SAC missile crews line up to register. Participants are two combat crews and one target alignment team from each of the six Minuteman and two Titan II Wings. Next, Missile Wing Commanders drew envelopes from the Blanchard Perpetual Trophy Cup, to determine their specific exercise times. Closeup of Wing Commanders seated during the drawing. Closeup of the Blanchard Trophy. Views of Wing Commanders selecting envelopes from the Trophy. Scene shifts to outdoors, where a blue van is parked and a target alignment team of the 308th Strategic Missile Wing, Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, is setting up and performing their "aiming" task. Next, a Titan II launch crew from the 308th Wing is seen in white coveralls inside a launch control training facility, working with consoles and computers. scene shifts to competition headquarters, where results are being posted on a large display board. Meanwhile, a Minuteman missile crew, from the 351st Stratgic Missile Wing, Whiteman AFB, Missouri, is seen performing actions in the training facility. A member receives a problem via telephone, and the crew works to solve it. More views of crews at work and scores being posted. View of auditorium where the award ceremony is being conducted on April 7th. General Joseph Nazzaro, CINCSAC, goes to the podium, as the audience rises and applauds. He makes a few congratulatory remarks to all participants and sits back down, as a Colonel prepares to announce the awards. Closeup of Wing Commanders and others in the audience. Three airmen from the 308th Wing pose with awards for best maintenance and best Titan maintenance. 390th Wing members pose with awards for best Titan crew. More awards are presented concluding with the top awards.
The first public showing of an X-15 rocket powered aircraft at the NAA (North American Aviation) facility in Los Angeles, California. Various military, U.S. and foreign officers sit in bleachers. U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon gives a speech. The X-15 being towed out from a hangar by a tug. Vice President Nixon stands beside the nose of the X-15. He shakes hands with personnel and talks while looking at the X-15.
The first public showing of an X-15 rocket powered aircraft at the NAA (North American Aviation) facility in Los Angeles, California. Various personnel sit in bleachers. A motion picture camera in action on top of a stand. U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon speaks. The X-15 being towed out from a hangar by a tug. The Vice President looks at the X-15 parked in front of the reviewing stand.
The first public showing of an X-15 rocket powered aircraft at the NAA (North American Aviation) facility in Los Angeles, California. Motion picture cameramen take pictures. Various personnel sit down. U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon speaks. The X-15 is towed out of a hangar by a tug. The Vice President shakes hands and talks to personnel while looking at the parked X-15.
USS San Francisco (CA-38) returns to San Francisco, California. The ship returns from the Battle of Solomons through the Golden Gate. Sailors wave from the deck of the ship. U.S. Navy Admiral E. J. King presents the Congressional Medal of Honor to a 31-year old commander of the cruiser. (World War II period).
The annual award of the President's Committee on Employment of Physically Handicapped is presented to M. J. Blumberg in Beverly Hills, California. Interiors of a room shows U.S. Admiral R. Mcentire presenting a plaque to M. J. Blumberg of Universal-International Pictures for the film 'Bright Victory'.
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