Rooms containing memorabilia related to President Eisenhower. Photographs of the Eisenhowers' son, John, in Army uniform, and his wife Barbara Jean. Photograph of Mamie Eisenhower with son John and his wife Barbara Jean and their children (Mamie' s grandchildren) Dwight David, Barbara Anne, and Susan. World globe on table. Books on shelf. Three paintings on wall. Portrait of Abraham Lincoln. Flags and medals on shelf. Inscription under painting reads: Summer, By Charles H Davis. Numerous official gifts and awards presented to President Eisenhower over the years.
City Police Officers in uniform, twirling their night sticks. A mounted Police Officer. City Police breaking up a disturbance on a city street. A mounted Police Officer collars (arrests) a man.
Film: Seconds For Survival. Actor Raymond Massey introduces film. Very small, 2-person sail boats on a bay. A teletype message is sent to affected East Coast stations, issuing small craft warnings due to approaching storm. Coast Guard station receives the message and dispatches patrol boat to warn boaters in the bay. They intercept the little sail boats and hail them with instructions to return to the harbor. The storm arrives bringing strong winds and waves at the waterfront.
North American Air Defense (NORAD) Headquarters at Ent Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, during the Cold War. NORAD Commander, USAF General Lawrence S. Kuter and Canadian Deputy enter the control room. Airman reads incoming teletype message and updates data on status board. View of a NORAD building. Air Defense controllers viewing radar screens. Two F-102 fighter intercepters are scrambled. They fire air-to-air missiles. A BOMARC missile is fired. Nike missiles are fired.
Cold War missile defense exercise: Military officers confer at NORAD (North American Aerospace Defense Command, Ent Air Force Base in Colorado Springs). Bomarc missile is raised for firing. Civilian officials sound alarms. Civil Defense worker directs people to underground fallout shelters. Nike and Spartan missiles are raised for firing.
Nike and Bomarc missiles readied during missile defense readiness exercise in Cold War. (Simulated) enemy aircraft detected on radar. NORAD F-102 interceptors in flight. NORAD Command Post. NORAD Dew line detects enemy intruders. Information is updated on NORAD Command Post displays at Ent Air Force Base in Colorado Springs. General Lawrence S. Kuter, NORAD Commander, actuates red speaker phone to the White House.
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