The role of USAF bombers, submarines and Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles (ICBM) in maintaining world peace especially in the Mediterranean, Vietnam and Berlin during the Cold War. View of formation of United States Air Force Boeing B-52 Stratofortress bomber aircraft flying overhead in a blue sky. View from low flying aircraft of a U.S. Navy Polaris submarine cruising in ocean waters. A USAF Intercontinental Ballistic Missile being raised slowly upward from a silo into a launch-ready position. View from ground of large number of American paratrooper soldiers dropping from sky and landing on a field, including wide views and close-up views of parachutes and paratroopers landing. A U.S. Army paratrooper organizes his parachute and equipment immediately after landing. Aerial view of U.S. Navy warships cruising in the Mediterranean Sea. View from inside a U.S. Army helicopter in flight in Vietnam. Soldiers observe terrain out open door. Sign "You are leaving the American Sector" seen at Checkpoint Charlie of the Berlin Wall separating West Berlin and East Berlin. American and Soviet soldiers seen on each side of the checkpoint. An American tank parked at the checkpoint. (Vietnam War period).
Film opens showing logo of the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. Glimpse of several U.S. warships, ostensibly disarmed after World War II, berthed together. View on deck of one, from under triple guns. Aircraft being destroyed in explosions after the war. A troop transport ship returning American servicemen back home at the end of World War 2. Views of the deck jammed with servicemen waving to loved ones who are waving back to them from a dock. Bernard Baruch giving a speech at the first session of the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission, at Hunter College, New York In presenting a proposal for International control over the spread and development of nuclear weapons and technology, He begins: "We are here to make a choice between the quick and the dead." (The proposal was rejected by the Soviet Union.) View of the United Nations building in Manhattan, New York City. Delegates at a UN session in the building. Boys and girls in a typical U.S. school class room. Younger children being weighed and measured in school. The teacher smiling and watching as happy children leave the school building at the end of school day. Another view, from across the East River, of the UN building in New York, with other Manhattan skyscrapers and buildings behind it on a sunny day. Flags of the United Nations on display outside the UN building. Views of the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, DC. President Lyndon Johnson addressing a joint session of Congress on November 27, 1963. Behind him are seated President pro tempore of the U.S. Senate, Carl Hayden, and Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, John William McCormack. A submarine traveling on the surface of the water. An American B-52 Strategic bomber in flight. An American Atlas ICBM descending into a launch silo slowly. View of the missile as it goes down into silo and as silo cover slowly moves into place to cover nuclear missile. A sunset view over ocean water.
United States President John F Kennedy steps down from Air Force One aircraft at airport in Billings, Montana and meets American citizens gathered there. He meets two Native American Indian men in ceremonial dress. He shakes hands with a group of Boy Scouts and with people gathered for his arrival. Scenes show several gatherings of crowds greeting the President, including at a college academic graduation ceremony.
Dulles and Johnson with James E Webb, Special Assistant to Secretary of State, Major General Parks, Chairman of Information, Department of Army. Dulles and Johnson shaking hands with Webb and General Parks. The two men walking up the ramp of plane. They turn around as Dulles waves his hat. General Parks, Mrs. Earl Johnson and Mrs. Pace waving goodbye.
Public service announcement for patriotic citizens encouraging fuel conservation during World War 2 in the United States. Scenes of a ship burning in sea. A man operates a machine and people see the work going on. Scenes of pipelines. A man comes out of a building and meets a man in dungarees. A big ship comes to a port. Scenes of tanker and oil depots. A man takes fuel pipe to an aircraft. Men working on boilers converting oil heating to coal heating to conserve fuel. Smoke coming out from a chimney. A man adding insulation in a home attic to conserve energy. A needle in a temperature meter indicates hot water temperature and narrator encourages limiting use of hot water. A man inserts nails on a door. A man applying caulk sealant as weather stripping. A man washes his face and shaves over a home sink. An early model automatic clothes washing machine in use. A thermometer on a wall. A man and woman dress and get ready, adding more clothing to stay warm so they do not need to heat too much. Scene of various home radiators and hands near controls of radiators. A man lights fire. A man turns off a knob.
Views of The Great Atlantic Hurricane lashing at northeast United States areas (after having already hit the North Carolina Outer Banks), and views of the aftermath and early cleanup following the storm. Regions shown include Atlantic City, Long Island (where it came ashore as a category 3 hurricane on September 15, 1944), New York City suburbs, and parts of New England. High surf flooding boardwalks and coastal cities. Trees bent over and snapped in high winds. People walking with difficulty in the high winds. Streets of towns submerged in water. Coastal docks destroyed and large boats scattered high onto shore areas. Trees, poles, and wires downed over roads and homes. Entire homes moved off of their foundations and placed down the street. The "Great Atlantic Hurricane" was the first example of a named hurricane by the Miami Hurricane Warning Office, which later became the National Hurricane Center. The name was meant to reflect the hurricane's size and intensity.
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