An office building, a sign in front of building 'Headquarters 6th Bomb Wing (H)'. Other official building, sign on same 'Base Operations' other sign depicting "47th Air Division".
A truck hauling crew to Convair B-36 "Peacemaker" strategic bomber. The crew unload supply from truck and carries it to plane. The Convair B-36 is seen in the background. Crew prepares for preflight inspection. Brigadier General Cosgrove and Lieutenant Colonel Lyle Walker in discussion near planes. Men inspect each other’s parachutes. General Cosgrove inspects the crew. Double row of B-36s, plane taxiing and then takes off from Walker Air Force Base. Master Sergeant Richard Cline seated in greenhouse of Convair B-36 in flight.
USAF Protective Equipment Specialist and pilot come out of a building at Laughlin Air Force Base in Texas. Sign outside the building reads: "Category 2 Restricted Area." Both men then leave in a USAF (United States Air Force) Divco truck. U-2 being serviced on flight line. Flight surgeon giving pilot preflight physical. Airman checking helmet and MC-3A partial pressure suit. Pilot climbing into the cockpit of the airplane. Crew Chiefs briefing Pilot on Form 781 Aircraft write-ups.
A USAF (United States Air Force) pilot inside the cockpit of a U-2 Aircraft parked at Laughlin Air Force Base in Texas. A technician checking pressure suit and hooking up oxygen bottle. Pilot checks some documents then strapped into U-2 cockpit.
A USAF (United States Air Force) pilot inside the cockpit of a U-2 Aircraft parked at Laughlin Air Force Base in Texas. Technicians doing pre-flight inspections. U-2 taxies, takes off and gains high altitude. An official car departs from the runway. C-123 Provider, an American military transport aircraft parked near the hangar building.
First day of the San Francisco Conference of United Nations (United Nations Conference on International Organization). Representatives from 46 nations attended the conference, some can be seen entering the hall. Representatives seated inside the hall. Conference is officially opened by Secretary of States Edward Stettinius. President Harry S. Truman gives a speech.
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