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Elements of the North American Air Defense (NORAD) system and U.S. Strategic Air Command in operation
Command and control center in headquarters of NORAD (North American Air Defense), at Ent Air Force Base, Colorado Springs, Colorado. NORAD Commander, General Laurence S. Kuter, USAF, and NORAD Deputy Commander, Canadian Air Marshal Roy Slemon, Chief of the Canadian Air Staff, step into the Center, to observe activities. Based on teletype messages, U.S. airman marks aircraft positions on plexiglass overlay of NORAD area map. Staff of the center phone information to other elements of NORAD. View of concrete SAGE combat center with staff at large radar monitors. USAF Convair F-102 Delta Dagger aircraft take off on an interception exercise. They are seen at altitude, firing air-to-air munitions, under command of the SAGE combat center. A CIM-10 Bomarc surface-to-air missile is raised at a NORAD site and then launched. View inside the underground Command Control Center of the U.S. Strategic Air Command (SAC) at Offutt Air Force Base, near Omaha, Nebraska. Officers oversee the operation. B-47, B-52, and B-58 bombers are seen taking off. A SAC Major General at desk with a "Red Phone" connecting all SAC elements and the White House (shown). Control room of a ballistic missile center. View of SM-65 Atlas intercontinetal ballistic missile on launch pad and then launching. Civil defense officials man phones of national warning system, from NORAD headquarters. The system's links to North American cities shown on map. City street scenes.
The Atlas missile at the U.S. Air Force Strategic Air Command Headquarters in Nebraska.
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.
Missile squadron training at Vandenberg AFB and Strategic Air Command headquarters in Offutt AFB, Nebraska.
Coverage of missile squadron training at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Airmen leaving building. B-52 Stratofortress banking left. Atlas D missile launch and climb at Vandenberg AFB. Airmen in classroom with Convair instructor at desk. Car entering main gate at Vandenberg AFB. Missile launch crew entering blockhouse. Launch crew at consoles with view of countdown clock. Atlas engine ignition and lift-off. Instructors congratulating launch crew after successful firing. Airmen arriving in theater by bus, leaving bus and entering theater. Screen in theater showing Titan engine ignition and explosion on pad. Screen showing fueling operations at launch site. Students in classroom and USAF instructor at wall chart. USAF support personnel including supply men, switchboard operator, AP, cook, and office workers. Staff car driving to coffin shelter. Colonel gets out and looks around. Snow covered geodesic radome. DEW line station. Airman writing data on plotting board. Entrance to Offutt AFB. SAC (Strategic Air Command) headquarters building in background. SAC Command Post showing officers talking, watching weather map on TV monitor, and talking on red phone. High-speed printer. Control room showing airman at radarscope, wall clock, USAF Major on red phone, tape recorder unit operating, wall charts with weather and target data being presented. B-52 Stratofortress taking off and in flight. Atlas D being raised to launch position in coffin shelter. Major talking into red phone. Launch control team at consoles in launch control center. Team member pushing 'start' button. Atlas engine ignition, lift-off and climb. Colonel sitting in staff car, then getting out. USAF team inspecting silo launch facility under construction. Mobile check out vans drive past. Aerial view of silo facility under construction. Atlas erect in coffin launcher. Silo facility under construction. Titan missile on launch pad. View of Minuteman missile lift-off. Railroad train in mountains capable of carrying missiles. View of railroad tracks looking down from a moving train. Close up view of Missile man badge on officer's uniform pocket. Atlas missile launched.
Central Command and Control of the U.S. Air Force Strategic Air Command from its headquarters Command Post
Film opens with views of the Ballistic Missile Early Warning System (BMEWS) radar installation at Thule, Greenland. View of two airmen walking underneath one of the huge antennas. Scene shifts to the U.S. Air Force Strategic Air Command (SAC) Command Post at Offutt Air Force Base, in Nebraska, where data from the BMEWS system is displayed on its monitors. The SAC Senior Controller, a Colonel, is seen on the "gray phone," via which he can communicate directly with various SAC entities. More views of BMEWS radar facilities. Back at the SAC Command Post, the camera focuses on the Operations Officer Controller, a Major, occupying number 4 controller position. He is seen talking on the gray phone. He presses a button labeled "Pease" (for Pease Air Force Force Base). View of his assistant (A master Sergeant). Next a flight of F-105 Thunderchief aircraft are seen closeup in formation with a SAC KC-135 tanker, from which one is receiving inflight refueling. View further away of the four F-105s and their tanker. Back at the Command Post, a Captain and a master Sergeant are keeping track of logistics affecting SAC worldwide. View of ordnance being transported on a SAC flightline. An officer and NCO on phones, and airmen on duty at switchboards of the SAC worldwide communications network encompassing ground lines of telephone, teletype, plus low frequency, high frequency, and ultra high frequency radio links. Switch board operator plugging in lines on the board. Camera pans over the controllers' positions at the command post. The Senior Controller (Colonel) asks the Operations Officer Controller (Major) to do a maintenance test of the primary alert system, whereupon, the Major lifts the red phone, and announces a test of all stations. Aerial view of SAC B-52 bombers parked on hardstands at an alert facility. Inside the alert area, SAC crew members are seen in their billets, where they stand 15 minute ground alert. One is playing a guitar, while the other is reading a manual. A partially open Minuteman missile silo, and a Titan II Intercontinental Ballistic missile (ICBM) silo opening with its missile being raised. A missile control crew inside the complex. More views of the SAC command and control center, at Offutt Air Force Base.
"Scramble horn," at Offut AFB, that sounds when SAC alert aircrews must rush to their aircraft.
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.
Officers being briefed by Lieutenant Colonel Roland Rodgers during the official activation of IBM 7090 EDP System, Offutt AFB.
Ribbon cutting ceremonies which officially activate the IBM 7090 Electronic Data Processing System, SAC (Strategic Air Command) Headquarters, Offutt AFB, Nebraska. Department Director of Operations SAC Major General Keith K. Compton, Commander AWS (Air Weather Service), MATS (Military Air Transport Service) Brigadier General Norman L. Peterson and Chief of Swedish Military Weather Service Colonel Oscar Herrlin enter the computer area. They are briefed by Chief of Computer Programming Lieutenant Colonel Roland Rodgers at the center. Airmen in teletypewriter room
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