Well selection of USAF Strategic Air Command, 340th Bombardment Group in the United States. The USAF General Dynamics F-111 in flight. Commanders of Strategic Air Command (SAC) at dais. The F-111 lands and taxis. The signal officer directs the F-111. A sign reads : '340th Bombardment Group, SAC's First FB-111 Unit'. General Bruce K. Holloway, Commander-in-Chief of the SAC congratulates the 340th Bombardment Group and FB-111 unit on well selection. Large crowds rush towards the unit.
'1969 SAC Missile Combat Competition' of USAF Strategic Air Command units in the United States. Seal of '1969 SAC Missile Combat Competition'. An SAC officer speaks on the dais. SAC units disembark an aircraft. A sign reads : 'Welcome, 1969 SAC Missile Combat Competition'. The SAC units enters a building. The personnel receive well wishes. The SAC personnel work on various equipment during the competition. An announcer makes an announcement during the award ceremony. General Bruce K. Holloway, Commander-in-Chief of the SAC speaks. General Holloway congratulates each SAC personnel. The SAC personnel applaud. The award is given for the best maintenance wing and the best minute man wing
The film begins showing an airborne B-52 bomber and then a copilot in the cockpit. View down through the bomb bay of a B-52. View from another Aircraft of a B-52 dropping numerous conventional bombs on enemy positions in Vietnam. The open bomb bay is shown again, only this time clusters of bombs are seen dropping from it. Aerial view of the ground as the many bombs strike creating a line of explosions and smoke. Closeup of a crew member wearing an oxygen mask. Another view of bombs being dropped and exploding on the ground. Bomb bay on a bomber being closed after it has finished a mission. More aerial views of bomb strikes and damage on the ground. View from cockpit of a B-52 following another that is leaving condensation trails. An Air Force officer working on the ground with mechanics. An Air Force sergeant working with a Navy technician in a headquarters. Strategic Air Command (SAC) crew members in flight suits descend from an aircraft upon arriving at an Air Force Base. An Air Force General presenting a major with some type of an award. A B-52 taxiing on an airfield. An F-104 Starfighter aircraft taxiing on an airfield. War supplies for American forces being offloaded from a ship in Vietnam. An Air Force drill team marching. A mechanic replacing a bulb on a large high outdoor light. Brief glimpse closeup of some school children. Air force personnel rescue a person from a flooded house. The Air Force drill team, seen earlier, spinning their rifles. Air Force ground crews moving a thousand pound bomb on a trolley and installing it into a B-52. View from a Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker as it refuels a B-52 in flight. View of the tanker hooked up to the B-52.
Dramatization shows how one defective walkie-talkie can impair battle plans, United States. Troops battle on a Pacific Island in World War II. Soldiers move into action and fire artillery. Task Force team in manned radio operations room. Soldier talks on radio device from the island to headquarters. Soldiers move into building for counter attacks. Soldiers try to make contacts with headquarters. They fail to make contact as defective radio fails. Soldiers kneeling on island. Explosions and smoke rise. Shows Under-Sec. of War, Robert Porter Patterson; Chief of Services and supplies, Brehon Burke Somervell and Chief of signal officer, Olmstead in their offices. Walkie-talkies are rush-ordered for the invasion. Radios are being made in factory. American workers work on assembling of walkie-talkie instruments. A careless worker produces a defective set. Walkie-talkies are sold.
Construction of Hoover Dam in the United States, concluding in 1935. A sign reads 'the Babcock'. Giant steel pipes. Steel plates hoisted by a crane. Steel pipes are assembled in the steel fabrication plant erected on the dam site. Men working on constructing and assembling pipes. Train passes through a 30-foot diameter section. Trailers carry giant steel pipes. The pipes transferred via cable ways. Trailers carry giant steel pipes inside diversion tunnel. Steel pipes are joined at location with cables. Construction equipment work on construction site. Railroad tracks seen. A tram car carrying construction material, passes through the tunnel. Last concrete poured on May 28, 1935 and construction of the Hoover Dam completed two years ahead of schedule. View of completed Hoover dam in mid to late 1930's with 1930s automobiles passing by and parked on top of the dam. From a 1962 production about the dam.
Making chewing gum in the United States. Man cuts chunk off block of chicle. Worker throws chicle into vat. Workers work on grinding, filtering and steaming process. Refining machinery in operation. Workers mix ingredients in vat.
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