Dramatized documentary released during World War II depicting Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor during World War II. Aerial view of Island of Oahu, Hawaii. A goods train moves on a railway track. Military trucks enter Hickam Air Force Base. Aircraft parked on an air field. A native fishes on the riverside. A naval officer speaks to a group of United States sailors. A clock on the Alho Tower. A fleet of Japanese aircraft advance towards the island. Japanese aircraft bombard the island and attack United States ships. Explosions on buildings and Wheeler Field. Japanese fighter planes bomb Pearl Harbor. The battleship USS Arizona goes up in flames on being hit by a Japanese bomb. United States crew members prepare to fight. U.S. sailors fire at Japanese aircraft. Japanese aircraft leave wreckage and destruction.
United States President Ronald Reagan in Berlin, Germany. President Reagan addresses members of the Berlin Garrison at Berlin Tempelhof Airport. In his speech, he questions why the Berlin wall exists, and jokes that he will put that question into a bottle and "throw it over the wall." Later, he visits Checkpoint Charlie and then speaks to a crowd of civilians in German at the Schloss Charlottenburg. Officials and the crowd applaud as he proclaims, 'Berlin is still Berlin.' Air Force One lands at Andrews Air Force Base. President Reagan and his wife Nancy disembark from the aircraft. He shakes hands with Vice President George H. W. Bush.
Cold War missile defense exercise for readiness (dramatized). Feverish activity inside Command Post of NORAD (North American Air Defense) in Ent Air Force Base in Colorado Springs. Orders issued to utilize Titan missiles. Red light blinking. Views of control panels with various buttons and keys, and hands on controls for missile launch. A Titan missile is launched.
62 Canadian Canadair Sabre Jets arrives at an RAF (Royal Air Force) base in Scotland. Canadair Sabre jets (variant of North American F-86 Sabre jet) are in formation flight Soldiers stand beside jeeps. A Canadian jets lands after completing a jet formation flight across the Atlantic Ocean successfully. A Royal Canadian Air Force pilot is greeted for an impressive achievement. Jets parked in a line after major contribution in NATO(North Atlantic Treaty Organization) defense.
A parade held on the streets of Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. The parade held for the crew of the B-17 "Memphis Belle." Men on horses. A man riding a horse holds a U.S. flag. The crew rides in a jeep in the parade. Landmark buildings in Las Vegas before the "glitter gulch" days are seen, including Bank of Nevada; the Jack Pot Casino with a small amount of neon lighting; the Boulder Club with somewhat more neon lighting; the Apache Lounge, Cafe, and Hotel with its art deco signage at the Corner of Fremont and Second, and the El Portal Theatre at 310 Fremont Street which was the city's first movie theater; a directional arrow sign for the Hotel Sal Sagev (Las Vegas spelled backwards). After the parade on Fremont Street, the crew moves on to Las Vegas Army Airfield (today it is Nellis Air Force Base). They gather on a raised speaker's stand near the nose of the B-17 Memphis Belle. Troops assembled on the airfield, B-17, and crew of the Memphis Belle. The crew is introduced and the Memphis Belle crew members address the gathered soldiers. A United States Army Air Force band plays. A crowd around the Memphis Belle after the ceremonies. (World War II period).
U.S. paratroops of the 82nd Airborne Division participate in joint Army-Air Force "Operation Arctic Night."conducted from 2-13-1956 to 3-14-1956, in Greenland. With ambient temperatures of minus 40 degrees Fahrenheit, Paratroopers in Arctic parkas, with their parachutes underneath, are so burdened that they waddle like penguins as they board waiting C-124 aircraft, at Thule Air Force Base, Greenland. Sign erected in snow reads: 'North Pole, 802 Miles, Fort Bragg, N.C. Home of 82nd Airborne 3500 Miles'. Troops seated inside C-124 aircraft. A flight of three large Douglas C-124C Globemaster aircraft, in formation, carries the entire group of 700 paratroopers, who make a mass jump from the aircraft to land on the Greenland icecap. Parachutes billowing as troopers land on the ice. They assist one another as they land. The paratroopers dig snow shelters and build shelters with ice blocks on the icecap.
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