Klaxon horns sound alert signals and U.S. Air Force Strategic Air Command (SAC) flight crews, on alert, stop what they are doing and rush from their quarters to jeeps, that take them to their aircraft. They are seen clambering aboard their bomber aircraft. Closeup of a B-47E-30-LM Stratojet bomber, tail number 52-264, taxiing. Closeup of its wheels. The B-47 taking off from a base in the continental United States. In Alaska, a B-52 bomber taxis on a plowed taxiway in a snowy airfield. Local people watch as two B-52 bombers take off from a SAC base in Africa. Formations of B-52 bomber in flight. View of Air Force personnel inside the SAC headquarters Command and Control Center at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska. Scene shifts to a B-47 bomber flying directly overhead and an Atlas missile being launched. Glimpse of pilot and copilot inside the cockpit of a SAC bomber in flight. A nuclear bomb dropping from an open bomb bay viewed from inside the aircraft. An atomic explosion during one of the tests conducted by the United States, in the Pacific, from 1946 to 1958.
Film opens with still portrait of U.S. Strategic Air (SAC) Commander in Chief, General Thomas S. Power., who is heard saying "Peace is Our Profession." Signs outside SAC headquarters, bearing the same message. Glimpse of entry gate to the headquarters. View of Atlas missile displayed on the headquarters grounds. Closeups of the missile, at top and bottom. Air Force personnel manning phones in SAC Control Center, underground,at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska. Others are seen walking near extremely large wall displays. View of the main Control Center with officers at their respective stations. View of person entering past guards into the underground facility. A briefing officer climbs onto a moving platform that elevates him so he can brief the center personnel, while referring to one of the large wall displays. View of teletype machines receiving messages in the Center. Digital clocks show times in places like Guam and Alaska. The famous "Red Telephone" from which it is possible to launch the entire SAC strike force, all over the world, within seconds after warning of an enemy attack has been received at SAC Headquarters. B-47 bombers taxiing on a base. Closeups of some taxiing. A B-47 bomber taking off and flying high above the camera. Extreme closeup from outside of crew members in cockpit of B-47 in flight. Flight of three B-47s flying in formation.
U.S. Joint Strategic Target Planning staff at SAC (Strategic Air Command) headquarters in Nebraska, United States. Chairman Joint Chief of Staff General Lyman Lemnitzer, USAF Chief of Staff General Curtis LeMay, Chief of Naval Operations Admiral George W Anderson, Jr., U.S. Marine Corps Commandant David M Shoup alight from a U.S. Air Forces VC-135 aircraft at Offutt Air Force Base. The officers being greeted by Commander of SAC General Thomas S Power and Vice Commander Lieutenant General John P McConell. The officers talk and shake hands. The officers leave the air force base in staff cars as SAC elite guards salute.
U.S. Joint Strategic Target Planning staff meets to discuss Project Guard Rail at SAC (Strategic Air Command) headquarters in Nebraska, United States. Joint Strategic Target Planning staff members gathered for a group photo at SAC headquarters. General LeMay seated for the photo. Chairman Joint Chief of Staff General Lyman Lemnitzer, USAF Chief of Staff General Curtis LeMay, Chief of Naval Operations Admiral George W Anderson, Jr., U.S. Marine Corps Commandant David M Shoup arrive at the Offutt Air Force Base in staff cars. A few officers board the flight. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara and Deputy Secretary Roswell Gilpatric arrive in a car. Secretary McNamara shakes hands with an officer and boards the aircraft. The officers shake hands before boarding the flight. General LeMay boards the aircraft.
U.S. Joint Strategic Target Planning staff meets to discuss Project Guard Rail at SAC (Strategic Air Command) headquarters in Nebraska, United States. Chairman Joint Chief of Staff General Lyman Lemnitzer, USAF Chief of Staff General Curtis LeMay, Chief of Naval Operations Admiral George W Anderson, Jr., U.S. Marine Corps Commandant David M Shoup arrive at the Offutt Air Force Base in staff cars. A few officers board the flight. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara and Deputy Secretary Roswell Gilpatric arrive in a car. Secretary McNamara shakes hands with an officer and boards the aircraft. The officers shake hands before boarding the flight.
Several scenes of large map of United States of America. Nebraska is outlined and Omaha (Headquarters location of the U.S. Air Force Strategic Air Command (SAC) is highlighted. An arrow points a bold dot representing city of Omaha in Nebraska,United States.
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