A report covering the expansion and modernization of U.S. ICBM force. Site selected for Minuteman II missile launch at Malmstorm Air Force Base in Montana. Car passing through hilly region near Malmstorm AFB. Construction of Minuteman II missile site showing army engineers and men at work. Construction of missile silos. Aerial view of Minuteman base under construction at Grand Forks Air Force Base in North Dakota. Control centers and silos under construction. Building missile capsules at air base. Sign reads 'Site Activation Task Force Ballistics Systems Division Air Force Systems Command - Grand Forks AFB No. Dak.'. Exteriors of building. Officer at charts and desks in conference. Flooding at missile base showing heavy equipment operating. Construction of launching facilities at Vandenberg AFB. Test facilities to flight test integrated Minuteman II launchers and missiles. Aerial view of Minuteman II test site at Vandenberg. Officers working in launch control center.
Titan II Intercontinental Ballistic Missile goes through extensive modernization program. Shows Titan II on trailer truck. U.S. map highlights McConnell, Little Rock, and Davis Monthan Air Force Bases where 54 missile facilities are to be updated. Process is broken down into four projects. Project Top Banana for booster modification. Project RV Update for reentry vehicle improvement. Project Guidance for system modification. Project Yard Fence for launch facility modernization. View of missile facility at McConnell AFB. Updating of missile for space boosters, and modification and updating of launch facilities. Men going into silo. Officer at chart. Engineers working at missile components and circuit boards.
Originating at Fort Ord the U.S. Army Filipino Infantry regiments moved their training to Camp Roberts and Hunter-Liggett, California during World War 2. Different scenes of life in garrison and in the field. Tents are lined up in "tent city." Commander of 1st Filipino Infantry Regiment, Colonel Robert H Offley with members of his staff in front of their Headquarters building. Regimental Band plays on the field at Camp Hunter-Liggett. Mountains are in the background. Headquarters of 2nd Filipino Infantry Regiment at Camp Cooke. Its Commander, Colonel Charles L. Clifford in a jeep. Battalion Commander, Lieutenant Colonel, Jaime Velasquez, formerly on General MacArthur's staff, seen giving a tactical briefing in the field. A sign reads "Guard House, 2nd Filipino Infantry." Soldiers learning to operate radio. Troops indulge in recreational activities such as cipa and yo-yo. Roasting pigs (lechons) for special occasions. Color guard on the field. Select 2nd Filipino Infantry soldiers receive bolo knives. Troops charging with bolos! "ON TO BATAAN!"
Women enjoy the sport of glissading in Mount Rainier National Park in Washington. A group of girls climbs cliffs. Snow capped mountains in the background. Women enjoy the sport of glissading in which they slide down steep slopes of snow.
Strategic Air Command (SAC) Headquarters at Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska. Views of the so-called "Scramble Horn." When sounded, SAC aircrews, standing alert, must immediately respond to their aircraft ready to take off on a mission. The horn, atop wooden beams, near power lines, appears approximately 5 feet in diameter and resembles a power line insulator.
Aerial views of the U.S. Air Force Strategic Air Command Headquarters at Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska. Atlas - the first operational intercontinental ballistic missile, erected in front of the building. USAF written on the missile. Cars parked near the building. Air Force personnel near the missile.
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