U.S. Navy battleship USS Nevada underway in the Pacific Ocean towards Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II. Smoke rises from the coast of Iwo Jima due to artillery fire. Invasion fleet off the coast of Iwo Jima. U.S. Navy battleship USS Nevada underway in the Pacific Ocean. A lookout aboard the ship uses binoculars. A sailor aboard the ship with anti-flash paint on his face. The muzzles of a dual mount 5 inch guns. The 5 inch 38s turret guns fire. A Japanese aircraft in flight crashes to the water after being hit by U.S. ship anti-aircraft fire. Invasion fleet off the shore. A pile of expended casings. Close views of a Marine opening a pack of K rations and eating it.
United States President John F. Kennedy arrives at the Homestead Air Force Base in Florida, United States, during Cuban Missile Crisis. VC-137C No 26000 plane lands at the runway strip. President Kennedy followed by General Farris Bryant and U.S. Army General Maxwell D. Taylor alight from the plane. The dignitaries greeted welcome by General Thomas Power, General Walter C. Sweeney and civilian dignitaries. President then shakes hands with officers in receiving line. President gets into a convertible and talks to other officers.
United States Army Material Command headquarters in Fort Belvoir, United States. Technicians manufacture military equipment at a plant. Personnel work on Univac automatic data processing computer system. Researchers and scientists conduct research and development work in labs to come out with advanced military equipment. (This film also shows a CH-37 helicopter and a CH-54 helicopter, as well as an early MGM-52 Lance missile.)
JCS Strike Command Exercise Bold Shot at Eglin Air Base in Florida, United States. United States Air Force Convair C-131 aircraft, equipped with belly radome, takes off from the runway during the exercise.
Bold Shot exercise at Elgin Air Base in Florida, United States. United States Air Force F-105B aircraft comes in for landing and makes go-around, flying low over the runway. It comes back around and lands deploying a drogue parachute . Plane taxis past a building and wooded area. Parachute detaches from the tail and drops on the ground. Plane turns and taxis on parallel taxiway..
Headquarters of the United States Department of Defense at the Pentagon in Virginia, United States. An officer at a desk as he speaks to a man. The name plate on the desk reads 'Mr. Reilly DOD' . An officer at a desk as he sorts out papers. The name plate on the desk reads 'Lt. Col. G.M. Gibbs, USAF Strategic'. An officer speaks over a phone. The name plate on the desk reads 'Col M.E. Jessup, USA Command Center Operation Chief'.
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