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Presidents of U.S. and Tunisia in a motorcade pass military band,review troops and arrive at El Aouina Airport in Tunis,Tunisia.
U.S. and Tunisian Presidents in a motorcade arrive at El Aouina Airport in Tunis,Tunisia. Palace guards lined up on both sides of thoroughfare. U.S. President Dwight D Eisenhower and Tunisian President Habib Bourguiba in the official car. The car makes a turn in the center of town. The Presidents seated in the rear seat of the sedan car. The car passes military band. President Eisenhower stands in the rear seat. Presidents standing in the car review Tunisian troops. Tunisian military band play outside hangar type building. President Eisenhower and President Bourguiba walk along a red carpet at El Aouina Airport to the speakers' stand. The Presidents mount steps up to the speakers' platform. A crowd of dignitaries and Tunisian military personnel surrounding the platform. A large field in the background. The Presidents face each other on the speakers' stand. A man jots down notes. President Eisenhower speaks into the microphone.
U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower addresses civilians,military personnel and officials at El Aouina Airport in Tunis,Tunisia.
U.S. President Eisenhower addresses a gathering at El Aouina Airport in Tunis, Tunisia. United States President Dwight D Eisenhower speaks into the microphone. The crowd applauds. A large crowd of civilians and military personnel in the background. Officials stand in the foreground. The crowd waves American and Tunisian flags. Buildings in the background. Crowds gathered outside buildings. American flags flutter in wind on top of buildings. People on building roofs. President Eisenhower and Tunisian President Habib Bourguiba on speakers' stand. A large crowd in the background. President Eisenhower addresses the crowd. The crowd applauds as the President completes his speech. The Presidents walk down the steps. Tunisian girls greet and present bouquet to President Eisenhower. The President shakes hand with the girls. The official sedan parked near the speakers' stand. The Presidents step into the car. A large crowd in the background. President Eisenhower removes his hat and waves to the crowd. The President prepares to leave the area.
Safety techniques and measures used by the people in the United States.
A film titled 'Seconds for Survival' depicts the techniques used by people in case of emergency for their safety in the United States. American actor Raymond Hart Massey talks about the safety techniques. Men aboard sailing boats underway at sea. Warning about an upcoming storm in the sea arises on a teletypewriter. Sailors aboard a motorboat warns the people about the storm. Everybody is safe because of the quick warning and actions. Men and women working in a bank. A man arrives at the counter and shows a pistol to the employee during a bank robbery. He asks him to give all the money. The employee presses the button of a silent alarm to call the police. The man comes out of the bank with the money. The police arrives in time and captures the criminal.
Firemen direct water on a fire and control it in a house in the United States.
Safety in everyday life in the United States. Exterior of a house in upscale suburb in the United States. Man, woman and their child inside the house. Housewife sitting in chair sewing, and a boy child lying on the rug in a room, reading. A man working in office in another room. He carelessly throws a cigarette in an ash tray and comes out of the room. He sits with his family. The other room catches fire because of the burning cigarette. The woman calls the fire department. Firemen arrive and fire fighters extinguish the fire with water from fire hoses.
Description of North American Air Defense system components and operation
Actor Raymond Massey talks about the nation's need for defense against possible air attack. He walks to a large wall map depicting North America and discusses joint efforts of Canada and the United States to establish an effective air defense system for North America. On the map, lines of radar stations are shown: The DEW line;Mid Canada line; and the Pine Tree line. Other radar installations are highlighted along East and West coasts on land, on towers in the ocean, on picket ships and on picket aircraft. Sites of the SAGE (Semi-Automatic Ground Environment) network of radars, computer systems, and aircraft command and control equipment are depicted on the U.S. part of the map. The headquarters of NORAD (North American Air Defense Command) at Colorado Springs, Colorado is highlighted. Massey points to models of intercepter missiles and long range bombers, on his desk, and discusses their employment. He then speaks of an intricate communications system to tie everything together. This is depicted on the animated map. Views of men laying telephone cable. Underground view of telephone cables. View of telephone microwave tower. Telephone poles and lines along a rural road. A mother and child telephoning the father long distance. Office workers using telephones. Teletype machines and television communications. A ship laying telephone cable at sea.Map depicts lines of communication provided by undersea cables. views of emergency supplies and equipment available in times of disaster. Downed power lines being repaired. Men at a large emergency diesel generator. Underground communication cables being installed by team of tracked vehicles. Remote lines of communication away from possible targets are depicted.
Construction of the DEW Line system of early warning radar sites
Narrator, actor Raymond Massey, sitting at a desk, covered with models of intercepter missiles, discusses the role played by the American Telephone and Telegraph Company and its subsidiaries, Bell telephone, and Western Electric, in creating the communications undergirding the North American Air Defense System. Scene shifts to arctic and view of a Dew Line site in the snow. A Pacific Western DC-3 airplane lands on snow runway, and a ship moves through icy waters, both carrying personnel and equipment for construction of the polar early warning system. A tractor hauls cargo for the project over snowy terrain. Supplies being air-dropped from a commercial C-82 Packet aircraft. Aerial view of a depot filled with supples for the DEW line project. Carpenters and other construction workers employed on the project in severe cold and windy conditions. A man making his way toward a wooden building, during a blizzard. Men installing tall steel towers at a DEW line site on a sunny day in summer. Exterior panels being placed on the geodesic dome covering a DEW line radar antenna.
