Opens shows a Strategic Air Command (SAC) B-52 Stratofortress heavy bomber taxiing on an airfield. Views from the side and from above the taxiing aircraft. AGM-28 Hound Dog missiles seen under the wings. View of underside of wings. A gloved hand raises guards on switches and they are activated. From inside an aircraft, two Hound Dog missiles are seen as they drop from it. Scene shifts to a KC-135 aerial refueling tanker aircraft taking off. Views of a B-52 bomber hooking up to refuel from a KC-135 tanker aircraft. Refueling boom is seen slowly extending to connect with the refueling input of the B-52. View of the boom operator lying down in the tail of the KC-135 tanker, maneuvering the boom. View, from his perspective, of the B-52 and refueling boom as they connect and begin refueling. Aerial views of the the two aircraft hooked together and then disconnecting after refueling is complete. Animated world globe is shown depicting Soviet threat. An Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile is seen launching. Views of B-52 bombers in flight.
Hughes H-4 Hercules flying boat,is prepared fot maiden flight. Barrier is removed by engine driven cable and lines are cast off. Crew boards. Crowd assembles to watch. Howard Hughes goes aboard. and access ladder is removed. The flying boat is towed out of its berth.
A map of the USA. View of Greyhound touring bus as it travels through countryside. Wide, sweeping view of part of the Smoky Mountain range and surroundings. Group of young men and women dancing a square dance. View of the rear of the Greyhound passenger bus as it travels down a road.
View of the Grand Canyons at the Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona, USA. Heavy cloud covers above the canyons. Panoramic, wide sweeping views of the Grand canyon area and nearby mountains and valleys. A group on mules moving on a path in the canyon and passing into a stone tunnel.
Soldiers pose sitting crosslegged in a clearing at Camp Meade, Maryland. Several automobiles are parked at edge of the clearing. A woman sits on front seat of one and a child stands on its running board, as an officer stands next to them. The troops wave their hats for the camera, as it pans around the clearing.
Groups of mounted artillerymen pulling horse-drawn field pieces, enter a training field at Camp Meade, Maryland. Scene shifts to shallow hillside where artillery unit guidons are set into the ground and artillerymen are seated on the grass. Gunners fire pedestal-mounted antiaircraft machine guns. M1917 tanks sitting in a field.
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