Preparations for the launch of an Atlas 12 D missile at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, United States. Strategic Air Command (SAC) Commander in Chief General Thomas S. Power, Commander of the 1st Missile Division Vandenberg AFB Lieutenant General David Wade and Commander of the 15th Air Force Lieutenant General Archie J. Old Jr, and the staff watches the launch. SAC insignia and emblem on Atlas missile in the service structure. The missile on a launching pad. Mark II nose cone on the missile. Base of the missile and the service structure. Number 630 is visible on the missile. Airmen check parts and sections of the missile on the launch pad prior to the launch. Major Ernest E. Bankey Jr. is the officer in charge of the launching pad and procedures. The airmen check equipment and the missile at the launching platform.
The opening of the Empire State Building (20 W 34th St., New York, NY 10001) in New York City, United States, billed as the tallest structure in the world. Aerial views of the building and other skyscrapers of Manhattan.
Views from ground at Curtiss Aircraft Company airfield ( likely Buffalo, NY). USAAF P-40 Tomahawk airplanes buzz the field. First, they fly fast and low, individually over the field. After that they perform in close formation, making low fast passes. Brief glimpse of a Curtiss company employee next to a Curtiss SB2C Helldiver aircraft, on the ground, below the maneuvering P-40s.
The U.S.Navy submarine AL9 performing high speed maneuvers on the surface, during World War 1. What looks to be a camouflage paint scheme is where paint has been abraded away by the sea. Toward the end of the sequence, a Pennsylvania-class "Super Dreadnaught" battle ship is seen in the background. (Note: During World War I, Captain of the AL-9 was Captain Percy T. Wright, and the Executive Officer was Commander Terry Brewster Thompson, who later wrote about the exploits of the AL-9 in his book entitled "Take Her Down".)
Filmed enactment involving several takes, shows an American military police jeep stopping a German civilian automobile on a dirt road in an area if woods. The MPs jump out of their jeep and and arrest the occupants after discovering weapons in their car.
Modern and luxurious facilities on the Nuclear Ship (NS) Savannah in the United States. A passenger aboard the NS Savannah stands near railings. Modern and attractive accommodations of the ship in its role as a cruise ship. Passengers enter a cabin which is spacious and well equipped. The passengers seated in a luxurious lounge. A woman looks at a wooden table. The passengers have drinks. A golden model of the Savannah is displayed at the entrance to a dining hall. A couple enters the dining room. People seated around a dining table have food. A couple climbs down stairs towards a swimming pool. People seated in resting chairs beside the pool. The passengers dance on a dance floor. A couple has drinks at a table in the foreground. A passenger looks through an equipment on the ship bridge. Engineers work on radar equipment in the control room. Giant and massive gear on the ship. An officer in a control room. Officers and the captain standing aboard the Savannah.
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