Actor Raymond Massey introducing the subject of North American Air Defense, which is a joint enterprise of Canada and the United States. A map of the United States, Canada and the Arctic. Animation shows radar sites comprising the Dew Line, Mid Canada Line and Pine Tree Line in Canada, as well as coastal and ship borne sites around the United States. Internal U.S. sites tied to the automated SAGE system (Semi Automatic Ground Environment) are shown. SAGE is a computerized control system for tracking and intercepting enemy bombers. The headquarters of NORAD (North American Air Defense) is shown, at Cheyenne Mountain, Colorado. Mr. Massey points out models of new antiaircraft missiles displayed on his desk. Animation shows how these can be fired from the ships at sea.
Dramatization of Cold War defense exercise: The White House in Washington DC. Duty officer in NORAD Headquarters Command Center war room at Ent Air Force Base in Colorado Springs speaks on telephone. Orders transmitted to SAC Missile control centers. Close-up view of a small black box control with label "Warning circuit - Hand off" with lights and two switches between settings, "War" and "Key" and the other says "GRP" and "Key". A silo containing a Titan Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) is opened. The missile is launched. Civilian officials in White House monitor the situation. Civilian police officers are notified. Early 1960s view of pedestrians and traffic on busy streets and sidewalks of New York City. People on city streets going about their business. A NYC Transit Authority Mack bus goes by, with slogan on its side "Ride The Surface Way".
Mayor Carl Burton Stokes, African American political leader in Cleveland, at the time of his election as Mayor of Cleveland on November 7, 1967. Views of his campaign headquarters and posters in it that read 'Stokes For Progress'. Men and women wearing Stokes hats. The crowd cheers at his mayoral victory. Newly elected Mayor Stokes addresses the crowd from microphone and receives constant applause and cheering. Audio of new Mayor Stokes speaking to supporters in his victory speech while scenes are shown of African American and white men and women citizens of Cleveland walking on streets of the city in typical late 1960's and early 1970's fashions. Scene includes pedestrians young and old walking and boarding a city bus. Mayor Stokes seen exiting a building and walking in Cleveland. Meeting in progress in Cleveland City Council chamber. Views of various City Council members including a number of African American council members. Mayor Stokes seated with U.S. President Richard Nixon and other big city mayors discussing the urban crisis.
United States planes and soldiers are rushed to Vietnam, responding to the Gulf of Tonkin crisis. U.S. Destroyer Maddox seen underway in the gulf of North Vietnam following reported skirmish with North Vietnamese torpedo boats (the "Maddox Incident.") Narrator indicates U.S. war planes from two carriers avenged the unwarranted Red communist assault with 64 sorties against North Vietnam. An airman boards a U.S. aircraft. Night view of the White House in Washington DC. President Lyndon Johnson addresses the American people in a midnight speech on August 4, 1964 describing U.S. actions in response to the Gulf of Tonkin incident. Scenes of South Vietnamese women and children evacuees looking exhausted and scared beside nearby American helicopters. The President's speech continues, including, "We Americans know, although others appear to forget, the risks of spreading conflict. We still seek no wider war." View of the United Nations building in New York and flags of various nations at the UN building. Ambassador Adlai Stevenson is seen making his report of the Gulf of Tonkin attacks to the UN Security Council and affirms U.S. position that it wants the people in Vietnam to be free of North Vietnamese intervention and agression. United States military advisors and U.S. Army soldiers board helicopters. A gunner aims at a target on the ground. Vietnamese troops accompany U.S. soldiers. South Vietnamese forces exit a helicopter and wade through water and rice paddies. U.S. soldiers advance in trucks with artillery. A Douglas TBD Devastator aircraft takes off armed with a torpedo. Another one lands at an airfield. A TBD plane, armed with a torpedo, taxis with wings folded. several TBD aircraft parked on a flight line. The President concludes his remarks referring to "firmness in the right" being indispensible for peace. (Vietnam War period).
Display of Autumn hats in Germany. German designers showcases their fall hat designs. Models display various designs of hats. They depict simplicity as the new trend.
Disturbances and conflicting views about war versus isolationist approach in the United States prior to World War II. Officials speak about lend lease and officials with anti-war involvement stance advocate protectionism. Speakers include Senator Gerald P. Nye. and Senator Burton K. Wheeler. Wendell Willkie speak advocating a unified approach. Senator Joshua B. Lee of Oklahoma speaks. United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt addresses the Congress and delivers his war message. Pacifist student protestors on street in front of the White House with anti-war banners that read 'Peace Mobilization'. Counter demonstrators also picket, including a man with a sign, "We Americans Protest Communists Picketing the White House." Vehicles drive past in front of the White House. A group of women anti-war protestors are seen seated at an event, and together they pull down black veils in front of their faces. German Bund officials (German-American Bund) are seen meeting at an outdoor rally, and then again at Madison Square Garden in New York City in 1939. A band plays and the leader Fritz Julius Kuhn gives a brief speech during which a protestor leaps the stage and is beaten down by Bund members. Workers on streets protesting for various labor rights. They march and picket on a street. Demonstrators for other causes in American society in the early 1940s, including a woman demonstrator who carries a sign advocating civil rights or equal rights that says "Did Lincoln Free the Slaves?" Clip ends with scenes of violence at various labor strikes, including scabs (strike-breakers) being attacked, beaten, and hit by strikers, and authorities directing water hoses on strikers to repel them away from a building gate.
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