Strategic Air Command B-52 parked on ramp at airfield in the United States. A B-47 bomber in flight. A B-52 on takeoff with landing gear still extended. A B-58 Hustler bomber in flight. A KC-97 aerial tanker aircraft in flight. A B-52 refueling from a KC-135 tanker. AGM-28 Hound Dog cruise missile being air-launched by a B-52. Ballistic missiles being launched from Strategic Air Command sites. Radar site. Control tower. A KC-135 taxiing for takeoff. Pilots moving controls in a cockpit. A B-52 taking off. Pilots in cockpit of a B-52. Tail of B-52 number 56-0581 "Spokane, City of Lilac." Airmen engaged in various duties, including avionics, weather, and air traffic control. B-52s taking off sequentially. Logo of the United States Air Force Strategic Air command.
A film titled "The world's telephone workshop". Opening scene shows ceremony on March 10, 1916, with Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone, unveiling a plaque at the invention site of the telephone in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. The plaque, at 109 Court Street, states "Here the Telephone was Born, June 2, 1875" and it notes that it was placed by The Bostonian Society and the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company. Alexander Graham Bell tips his hat to the crowd as they celebrate the unveiling. View of Western Electric Company plant in Chicago as smoke emerges from chimneys. Turbines in coal power plant. Massive group of thousands of American workers gathered together, from all walks of life, who are employed in the telephone industry.
United States army officer explains the method of drafting a cryptographic message to officers at a message center in United States. He provides guidelines for preparing a concise message as a man paraphrases a cryptographic message.
A United States military convoy on a road during WWII. Some footage dramatized. Aerial view of convoy from fighter plane. Smoke screen dispersed by plane next to military convoy. Fast moving tanks drive through smoke screen. A very fast tank takes air as it jumps over large mound and comes crashing to the ground. A tank blasted by howitzers loses its tread in explosion. Major Stewart Doyle talks to officers and notes that "it is the duty of every officer when capture is imminent to destroy all codes, documents, and cypher device settings...." In dramatization, a United States army officer transcribes a radio message onto a piece of paper and hands it to a soldier. The soldier, wearing goggles, gets onto a motorcycle and speeds away. View of German sniper shooting motorcycle messenger speeding down road. German soldier steals message bag. German cryptographic decipher team working. Close up of clock as time changes in montage. German radio officer receives message. Convoy on road. German pilots receive command in office. Allied convoy being attacked by fighter planes. Major Doyle reminds viewers to "know your rules on cryptographic security measures...."
A film titled 'With enemies like you who needs friends' explains scope of enemy effort against United States Air force voice communications. An enactment shows a Soviet agent invited by United States Air Force to tryout for position of defector. The agent receives intelligence information over the phone. Exposes Soviet techniques for intercepting voice communications.
Passengers board a Ford Trimotor plane in Kingman, Arizona, to continue a trip across the United States. Interior view of Trimotor passenger compartment. Plane flies over Colorado River and aerial view of the river is seen. A map shows route from Kingman to Los Angeles. Plane flies over Mojave desert and death valley, and aerial views of each are shown as seen from the aircraft. View of the Trimotor in the air with Mount Wilson observatory behind. Aerial view of Los Angeles. A man at Los Angeles airport announces the arrival of Ford Trimotor over a megaphone. Plane lands and taxis to the terminal. Passengers deplane from the craft and Jack Maddux and Amelia Earhart greet the passengers. Map of United States, a train, a plane and Charles Lindbergh.
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