Security system and procedures for movement of "priority A" components of Minuteman Missiles. A sign reads 'Designated Explosive area Convoy Assembly Area'. A convoy team leader briefs his team regarding use of deadly force, to protect "priority A" resources. Convoy escort transports "priority A resource" to launch site from base. Lead vehicle in movement team contains Convoy Security Officer and two Security Police escorts. Second vehicle is of local police guards and third is the convoy containing alarm system, maintenance personnel and two additional security policemen. Convoy Security Officer make periodic radio positions. A helicopter keeps eye on movement from air with the help of numbers written over roofs of vehicles. When the convoy halts. Security personnel make the area a national defense area and inform the main Launch base of the halt. Off duty recreation of guards include, spending time at recreational center or fishing ice skating and practicing archery. (Note: Narrated by Kemal Amen "Casey" Kasem)
Activities at VNAF base,Vietnam. Arrival of Secretary of USAF, Robert C. Seamans at Nha Trang VNAF Base in Vietnam. Seamans honored by an honor guard. Seamans and a Vietnamese officer inspecting VNAF units. Seamans shaking hands with the VNAF troops. Vietnamese AF cadets marching down the street. (Vietnam War period).
The involvement of the American soldier in the history and growth of the United States from early 1900s until roughly 1938 before World War 2. Views of western United States countryside and mountain areas, including Mount Hood in Oregon, as seen from a slow moving car or other vehicle on a roadway. Wide, expansive landscape views in the U.S. Two Confederate and one Union uniformed veteran soldiers of the American Civil War walk together in the Arlington National Cemetery, in Virginia. U.S. Army soldiers marching at a an Army base, likely early 1930s, and wearing World War 1 era helmets. U.S. Army soldiers marching in a parade in Washington DC with U.S. Capitol in the background. Views of cities and towns in which U.S. Army posts were established, in the United States. Wide view of downtown Colorado Springs, Colorado, with Antlers Hotel in the distance and Pikes Peak in the far distance. Next shot is an unidentified downtown main street in the U.S. 1930s, followed by a scene of an industrial plant with a large water tower and snow covered low mountains in the distance. Next scene is the San Francisco skyline in the 1930s with the Bay Bridge in the far distance. Army troops and cavalry creating trails and paths, and eventually railroads, in wilderness areas of the United States. A railroad locomotive approaching beside the camera position at high speed, and then passing by pulling train cars. View of the Presidio Army Base and the Golden Gate Bridge, California. Subtle references to U.S. Army accomplishments, including curbing Mississippi River floods (Corps of Engineers) and conquering Yellow Fever (Army Doctor Walter Reed). Point of view (POV) shot from moving railroad train in a Colorado canyon; a side wheeler River boat on the Mississippi River; a sugar cane field in Cuba. View of locks in the Panama Canal. Statue of World War I soldiers.
Pilot climbs into the cockpit of B-47 in United States. He wears heavy parka and puts on his helmet. He closes the canopy of B-47 on snow covered ramp. Ground crewmen pull covers off aircraft's right wing inboard engines. They toss them into a snow bank at edge of alert area clearing and then they run back towards the aircraft. Control tower at Loring Air Force Base, Maine. Tower operator speaks into hand-held mike. Second operator talks on telephone in the background. Ground crew removes chocks from wheels and air intake covers from right wing engines of a RATO equipped B-47. Snow covered alert ramp at Loring Air Force Base.
History of the SR-71 development from conferences, through assembly, to operational flights of the aircrafts, United States. SR-71 in flight. Officers watch. SR-71 at the headquarters, 14th Strat Aerospace Division, Beale Air Force Base with unit insignia. Hangars at the Beale AFB. Sign board reads: 'Welcome to Beale Air Force Base'. Lockheed engineering representatives confer with SPO staff. Commanding officers talks on phone. Physical examination of the SR-71 crewmen. Ground crew personnel trained using mock-ups. Flight stimulator and control console. SR-71 in flight.
Children practice baseball in New York. A man guides them. As he squats his pants show a humorous rip in the fabric. The boys exercise and warm up before playing an early spring game. Many of the boys wear oversized baseball uniforms, including many Chicago White Sox uniforms. Building in the background. Cars parked in the background. Baseball bats on the ground. Children take the bats. Elevated view of boys playing sandlot baseball game in Hell's Kitchen. Closeup view of tther children watching the game. A boy makes a hit and rounds the bases, sliding into home base.
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