A U.S. Navy film about delivery of nuclear weapons in the United States. The film is titled 'Special Weapon Mission by A7 AB Carrier Aircraft'. A light attack Tactical Aircraft in flight at low level. A board at a door reads 'U.S. Pacific Fleet Air Intelligence Support Center -FAISC-'. A sailor enters the gate. A pilot works out the mission plan. He is given two targets and information regarding his mission. The pilot prepares headings, selects initial points, and decides the method of delivery and escape maneuver. He opens a book about methods of delivery. Animation depicts methods of weapon delivery followed by demonstrations by practice weapons. The Run in, Pull up and Release methods explained. Delivery method Retarded Lay Down gives the maximum protection. The second method Retarded Loft gives the fastest escape. Low Angle Loft, Medium Angle Loft, 65 Degree Angle Loft, 90 degree Loft and Over Shoulder Loft. The pilot decides on Wing Allowances. He selects navigation and other preparations. A briefing about weather and navigation. B-43 weapons are loaded in the aircraft at the hangar deck. The pilot checks in and adjusts settings for the nuclear bomb release. He adjusts monitor and control sets, electric settings, and depresses gun side.
Soviet Army armor and weapons during maneuvers. An M-50 (57 mm) anti-aircraft gun tracks an aerial target. M-38 (122 mm) howitzers fire. Soviet Army gun crews and fire controllers in action. Mobile BM-21 rocket launchers fire rockets. BMP-1S (Armored Personnel Carriers) and T-55 tanks move along a field. ZSU-23s (23 mm self propelled anti-aircraft machine gun) move along the field. Helicopters in flight. T-62 and T-55 tanks parked. Crews leave the tanks and prepare vehicles for CBW (Chemical and Biological Weapons) attack. A T-55 tank moves on a dirt road and passes through CBW agents.
A documentary on occurrence of a tornado in the United States. Damage caused by the tornado. Rubble on the ground. Damaged buildings and houses. People searching for injured and dead in the rubble. A woman crying and talking about the tornado. A board outside a building reads: 'Disaster Assistance Center'. Men and women seated at desks inside the building. They work to help the victims. Help coming in from many places and many people like the Red Cross, the Salvation Army, engineers, rescue squads and several other volunteers come to help. A man smoking a cigar.
A documentary titled 'Typhoons and Hurricanes' about damage caused by a tropical cyclone. A satellite shows the center of a cyclone in the Pacific Ocean. High waves in water. A ship underway. Water breaking over the ship. An injured ship crewman is treated by doctors in a hospital. Wrecked ships at a shore. Wrecked shore installations.
A documentary on the occurrence of tropical cyclones. Men working at the Naval Weather Service Command. Weather satellites detecting the earth's surface. An insignia on a wall. Exterior of the building of the Fleet Weather Central in Guam, Mariana Islands. A man working at a machine. Other man talking over a phone. A weather reconnaissance aircraft in flight overhead. A pilot in the cockpit. Observations which were made are collected and transmitted to a weather station. Men working on data and recording it. A warning message being typed. Positions are plotted immediately on a map as a message is received. Danger area is plotted on the map. A warning bulletin is updated as more information is received.
A documentary in the United States on occurrence of tropical cyclones. Animated map shows the passage of a typhoon. The way of evasion for ships from the cyclones is demonstrated. The ship stuck in a typhoon should always head towards the safer side of the cyclone. The ship should run for the less dangerous semicircle if caught in a typhoon. The course of the cyclone should be noticed.