Air Force missile crews in a Minuteman missile silo. An African American crew member seated at a desk. Each launch team must perform the same procedures to prepare and launch any missile. Instructions are encoded and confirmed before any actions are initiated. Each crewman must independently insert a key before launch can take place. Moreover, other crews in other locations are alerted and can stop the other crews launch activity by turning on an inhibit system, in their own location. Controllers operate simultaneously. Tight security measures at the control site as a guard checks identity cards of the controllers. United States Air Force officers at a meeting. They conduct a safety study. A technician undergoes a human reliability program. Tight security measures being implemented. A United States Air Force plane in flight.
The process of selection of doctors at hospitals run by the Veterans Administration under its medical program in the United States. Officers select the doctors for the Veterans Administration at the Veterans Administration Office. An application being discussed at a personal interview. The officers discuss the grade for the applicant ranging from junior grade to chief grade. The officers discuss the location to be assigned to an applicant at a map of United States. A woman types a telegram to be sent to an applicant informing him of his selection and asking for approval. New recruits being greeted by the officers. Veterans Administration doctors being provided various recreational facilities as they play golf. The head of the Veterans Administration General Omar Bradley welcomes the doctors and nurses who have joined the Veterans Administration. He calls the task and opportunity to serve the veterans as a great one. He inspires those under the Veterans Administration to live up to their motto of medical service second to none.
Barrage balloons being released in the United States during World War II. Barrage balloon anchored at a football field in northwest United States. At the North west defense command headquarters areas to be protected are being spotted on a map. Orders for the release of the barrage balloons being sent through telephones to the various Commanders. Barrage Balloons being released from the football field to keep an eye over the Pacific. Barrage balloons in flight.
Ceremonies to mark173rd anniversary of United States Marine Corps, United States. American Freedom Train on tracks. Marine Corps honor guard lined up at a railroad station. The 19th Commandant of U.S. Marine Corps General Clifton B. Cates speaks at his desk.
Life of Japanese-American citizens in WRA (War Relocation Authority) internment center during World War II, United States. Old age Japanese American citizen attend Americanization class at WRA center. Japanese-Americans playing on a field. Spectators look on. Players on a basketball court. Man lifts a barbell. Young boys swim. Japanese-American WACs (Women's Army Corps of United States) talk with a man.
A training film on medical defense against biological warfare in the United States. Aircraft in flight leave vapor trails. Military purposes for using biological warfare shows U.S. Navy ships in a harbor in the United States. A U.S. military training center. An isolated airfield with aircraft on a flight line. U.S. soldiers rush into a pillbox. Affected soldiers enter a hospital. The soldiers at the banks of a lake. Biological warfare agents can be selected from the group of organisms like bacteria, viruses and fungi.
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