Scenes of American airlift techniques for mass troop and equipment movement during the Cold War. Map shows plan for movement of a full combat ready division (16,000 men) to Europe. Various USAF MATS (Military Air Transport Service) aircraft seen: Low aerial view of long line of C-130 aircraft parked on airfield. U.S. soldiers boarding long line of USAF airplanes. View of a Boeing C-135 Stratolifter taking off. Scenes of American soldiers reading and playing cards during air travel. Aerial view of three F-105 fighter aircraft in flight. U.S. Army soldiers exiting C-124 aircraft through large rear doors and loading trucks with equipment. A long convoy of U.S. tanks and armored equipment and troop carrier vehicles on European roads as soldier directs movement of the same.
Flags of America, England and others wave in breeze. Fighter aircraft fly high overhead in sky. A NATO warship in sea. Combined NATO forces march together carrying various flags. Intercontinental Ballistic Missile or rocket ready for launch with emblem of U.S. Air Force on side. A B-52 high in sky with contrails behind. Crowd of American men, women and children in 1960's fashions looking upward at the sky. Night view of New York city. Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France, seen with early 1960's cars passing by. Scene of the elaborately tiled library building with tile murals by Juan O'Gorman, at the University of Mexico in Mexico City (Biblioteca Central at the Ciudad Universitaria Campus of the National Autonomous University of Mexico - UNAM). College students seated outside the library building. Farmer with two oxen yoked doing work. Men shoveling and moving material in wheel barrows perhaps in Latin America. Scene of a fair in India tents, vendors, and a small Ferris wheel ride. American children going round and round on a hand powered playground carousel.
Aerial side view of formation of USAF B-52 Stratofortress bombers in flight in a blue sky. Dusk or dawn view of the White House in Washington DC and trees bare of leaves. Closer view of a single light on in one window of the White House while all else is dark. President Johnson seated at his desk reviewing paperwork. Close side view of President Johnson at work. American children spin on a playground carousel ride. Views from an outdoor market in Latin America or South America. Scenes of Bangkok, Thailand, boats with wares for sale seen in river, Wat Arun Temple. Low aerial views of a Polaris Submarine cruising at water surface. Crew of U.S. Navy Polaris submarine seen inside the submarine, including crew working in control room, and crew relaxing in a galley while one crew member plays a guitar. Crewman reading in his bunk while others play a game of chess. A line of submarine bunks. Crewman in engine room of Polaris submarine, passing by tubes of Polaris Missiles. Narrator indicates there will be 41 such submarines carrying over 600 such missiles, in movement at all times. (Mutual Assured Destruction). Sunset over waters of ocean. Children in Honduras walking to school. Honduran children in a classroom while teacher speaks. The Honduran children read books and listen to the teacher's instruction.
Scenes of Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles Titan, Atlas and Minuteman. Underground storage covered with an automatically operated door which opens. Scene of loaded Minuteman missile.
Ground crewman manually pulls prop blades through as minature low wing monoplane, "Delgado Flash," made by Delgado Trades School, New Orleans, Louisiana, prepares for flight. Plane takes off, piloted by Clarence McArthur and is clocked at 207.02 mph, a new speed record, for planes in its class. Clarence lands the plane and kisses a girl. In separate clip, armament factory workers elevate the barrel of a 16 inch Sea Coast Gun in Watertown, Massachusetts. A man looks at a 2000 pound shell meant for the gun. (Shortly before outbreak of World War 2).
President John F Kennedy in the Oval office of the White House in Washington DC. President Kennedy meets with government officials. President Kennedy and wife Jacqueline Kennedy with their children Caroline and John F Kennedy Jr. on a balcony of the White House viewing the Pipes and Drums of the Black Watch Regiment of Scotland. Still images of President Kennedy's children playing in the White House. The President with his wife and daughter step down from a plane. President Kennedy sitting with his wife and daughter and other guests in a golf cart driven by President Kennedy. President Kennedy walks across high windswept grass on the grounds of the family's Hyannis Port home (Kennedy Compound) in Cape Cod, Massachusetts. He sits in a boat. Kennedy and Jacqueline, together with their small children enter a building. John Kennedy Jr. has a difficult time managing the steps as he is new to walking. John Kennedy Jr. playing with other children and wearing a basket over his head while walking. President Kennedy wades into the sea, surrounded by a crowd (still image).
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