Cold war, nuclear war preparedness film. Air raid alarm sounding and civilians in New York City running down into subway for shelter. Surface-to-air BOMARC missiles raising into firing position. Civil Defense Air Raid Warden, in white helmet, directing people to shelter. BOMARC and NIKE-Hercules missiles readied for launch. F-102 interceptor aircraft in flight. NORAD personnel monitoring radar displays. Formation of F-102s and closeup of a pilot in a cockpit. Activities of personnel inside NORAD command Center, coordinating defense forces. NORAD Commander, General Laurence S. Kuter, on "Red Phone" for conference call receiving White House authority to strike back. SAC bomber crews scramble to their bomber aircraft. B-47s and B-52s taking off. NORAD headquarters authorizing missile sites to commence firing.SM-65 Atlas missiles being launched. Nike-Hercules missiles being raised and BOMARC missiles being fired. Enemy aircraft being destroyed in the air, by missiles. Comments by actor Raymond Massey regarding U.S. military preparedness.
U.S. Air force Sergeant being interviewed in Berlin, Germany. Sergeant being interviewed beside Airlift Memorial. He is one of the few men stationed in Berlin. He was also stationed there during the Airlift. He is being questioned about the Allied airlift. He speaks about the activities of the air forces. He speaks about how the candies and food were dropped from the airplanes for the children of Berlin.
Airlift Memorial in Berlin, Germany. Trees in the area. A building in the background.
A taxicab driver being interviewed in Berlin, Germany. Man comes near the taxicab driver. Driver standing near his car. He is asked about the meaning of the Brandenburg Gate to the Berliners. He replies that the Brandenburg Gate has a special meaning for the people of Berlin. It is a symbol of United Germany. He gets inside the car after the interview.
A training film on medical defense against biological warfare in the United States. Aircraft in flight leave vapor trails. Military purposes for using biological warfare shows U.S. Navy ships in a harbor in the United States. A U.S. military training center. An isolated airfield with aircraft on a flight line. U.S. soldiers rush into a pillbox. Affected soldiers enter a hospital. The soldiers at the banks of a lake. Biological warfare agents can be selected from the group of organisms like bacteria, viruses and fungi.
A training film based on medical defense against chemical warfare and biological warfare in the United States. The criteria for selecting a biological warfare agent includes infectivity, pathogenicity, persistency, casualty effectiveness, possibility of artificial transmission, immunization and therapy and availability. Shows how an ideal BW (biological warfare) agent affects exposed personnel. Pathogenicity tests in laboratory shows a laboratory worker giving intraperitoneal injection of botulism to a mouse. A one ounce bottle contains 250 million lethal of a toxin. A technician in a government laboratory works. The technician drops one of the bottle containing viruses. Taking the usual precautions he washes his hands. A training film based on medical defense against biological warfare in the United States. The criteria for selecting a biological warfare agent includes infectivity, pathogenicity, persistency, casualty effectiveness, possibility of artificial transmission, immunization and therapy and availability. Shows how an ideal BW (biological warfare) agent affects exposed personnel. Pathogenicity tests in laboratory shows a doctor giving intraperitoneal injection to a mouse. A one ounce bottle contains 250 million lethal of a toxin. A technician in a government laboratory works. The technician drops one of the bottle containing viruses. Taking the usual precautions he washes his hands.