Board reads 'Tyndall Norad Control Center 678th Air Defense GP' in Florida. View of a radar antenna at the Aerospace Defense Command base. A U.S. Air Force F-106 Delta Dart aircraft takes off from runway. Pilot coordinates with the officials in control room through communication system. Pilot seated in cockpit of the aircraft. Woman Air Force controller speaks over mouthpiece and operates controls in the control room.
Animated representation of signals sent to communications satellite Telstar 1 from the ground station at Andover, Minnesota. Telstar communication satellite at a ground station in Andover. Technicians checking the satellite before launch. View of Telstar rotating within a lit box as the sapphire coated solar cells on its surface are explained by narrator: Solar energy collected by the solar panel cells powers the sattelite's operation. View of the satellite with the equipment that receives data and amplifies and retransmits the data. Telstar prepared to be launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida. Telstar satellite aboard a Thor-Delta rocket takes off from Cape Canaveral. Officers at the station tracking the satellite. The rocket with the satellite on its path. Animation shows signals sent from from the station to the satellite. Officers tracking the path of the satellite Telstar. The first picture sent by the satellite are of the dome of the station at Andover with the U.S. flag beside the dome of the station. Animation shows future network of satellites that will someday encircle the globe.
U.S. Navy ship USS Upshur in Beirut, Lebanon during the Lebanon Crisis. A U.S. Army officer and a press man goes up a gangway to USS Upshur at a dock. View of the lines securing the ship to the dock. American soldiers of the Delta Force lined beside the rail of the ship. The U.S. flag on a pole beside the rail. The soldiers standing in a row at the rail.
After discovering mass grave in Hue. Grieving women and shrine at meeting point for hundreds of grave. Mourners near coffins. Coffins prepared for procession. Incense and flowers burn on coffin. Bamboo sticks tied with coffin. Women cry. Mourners in coolie hats. Coffins carried by men. Funeral procession moves ahead. Procession on its way to cemetery. Mourners wear coolie hats in procession. Procession extends for miles. Procession arrives at cemetery. Shrine in cemetery. Civilians and military authorities at cemetery. Burial begins.
Speaking after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Walter Edward Fauntroy pastor of the New Bethel Baptist Church in Washington, D.C makes an appeal for mourners to honor him in silence and in the spirit of non-violence. He appeals to people to remain in their homes and to pray for a spreading of the spirit of this great man. He adds that those who respond violently in their grief, do Dr. King and his memory, dishonor. Next, a front loader is seen clearing smoking debris from riots, looting, and destruction that occurred in major cities of the U.S. during protests after the death of Martin Luther King, Jr. A fire truck on a city street sprays water on a burning building. Street sweepers clean a city street. View of cars parked in front of one of several churches set up as emergency centers in Atlanta. Inside the church, tables are seen filled with all manner of food, clothing, and other necessities to help persons in need. Views of people availing themselves of the needed item. Workers outside bringing supplies to the emergency centers. View inside an emergency center of people helping those in need. Closeup of two Catholic Nuns providing meals to those in need. Children seated at tables eating meals. U.S. President Lyndon Johnson broadcasts an appeal for citizens to reject violence and calls for unity and understanding. He states that he has just conveyed his and Mrs. Johnson's sympathy to Mrs. King. Glimpse of American flag at half staff on the White House. Still photo of Martin Luther King.
Governor Ronald Reagan and noisy supporters at Republican National Convention in Miami Beach, Florida. One banner reads: Reagan President. Reagan begins to speak to the Convention.