American symbol of Bald Eagle with arrows in one claw and an olive branch in the other claw. Scenes depicting arms control safety protocols in various circumstances. Two U.S. military personnel in an underground bunker open a massively fortified door, like a vault door, to access a missile silo control room during the Cold War. Two military personnel at controls in a missile silo or bunker. Narrator discusses how launching key must be used in tandem, while the men appear to conduct a drill. Next scene is an aerial view from above a B-52 Stratofortress in flight. View of pilot wearing helmet in cockpit of B-52 bomber. Narrator notes that the bomber cannot proceed to its target until it is given the order by the President of the United States. Another crew member looking through a site. Next scene is a U.S. Navy Polaris submarine cruising at surface, followed by scenes inside the submarine control room. U.S. Navy sailors and officers at work on the submarine. Narrator discusses the verification steps necessary on the submarine before it can go to battle stations missiles. Next scene is a scene looking upward from the ground of three P-38 aircraft in flight and scores of parachutes descending toward the ground. U.S. Army paratroopers gathering their parachutes on the ground after landing. A supply box tied to three parachutes is seen descending.
Vietnamese awards to United States Servicemen on the United States Ship America (CVA-66). Deck edge elevator lowered to the hanger. On the elevator some U.S. Navy commanders and officers salute. Vice Admiral William F. Bringle and Lieutenant General Nguyan Van VY proceed to hanger over red carpet. Marines and ship band plays. Vice Admiral Bringle addresses from the speaker's stand. Other division officers on stage. Medals and awards to be presented. Lieutenant General Van VY addresses. Commodore Tran Van Chon seated between two U.S. Navy Admirals. Vietnamese officer reads names from a list as a U.S. Navy officer watches.
Newly recruited U.S. Army troops train for World War 1 deployment. U.S. troops carry rifles and aim during training. U.S. troops practice to aim and shoot in prone position. U.S. troops in a drill session. U.S. troops exercise.
Industrial Geography of the United States regarding mining of Anthracite Coal. Demand for coal in various parts of the world. Shipping of coal via export from United States to other countries in the early 1920s. Coal car lifter picks up coal car. Train carries coal to different regions of United States. Train passes through snow covered countryside in United States. Availability of Anthracite coal in United States.
Japanese diplomats in the United States. Car and bus traffic of 1950s cars on street in Washington Dc with the United States Capitol building in the background. Elected Japanese representatives climb up stairs of the U.S. assembly. The U.S. Vice President Allen W Barkley and Secretary David Rice Atchison receives Japanese representatives and shake hands with them. They pose. Building of the United Nations (The temporary United Nations Headquarters building in Lake Success, Long Island, New York, in the Sperry Gyroscope Corp building.) Japanese representatives go in the building. Warren Austin, a U.S. delegate stands and shakes hands with the representatives. They sit in hall, wear headphones and listen to the translated discussions. Scene changes to Paris, with car traffic on street and Arc de Triomphe in background. Building of the UNESCO (United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization). Japanese representatives get in the building. Meeting in session. Representatives of Japan, Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia. Japanese representative addresses and shakes hands with the UNESCO president and other members.
Coal and zinc mining in the South Western region of the United States, especially in Oklahoma. Miner riding on cart as it exits a mine tunnel into the light. Coal loaded in trains on the railway track. Zinc production facilities in north eastern Oklahoma. Zinc material being loaded into railroad cars. Man driving pallet mover uses it lift a pallet of lead, produced near the zinc deposits. Scene shifts to Oil well towers and oil derricks in Texas. Wide view of many oil wells on open land with a railroad train going by in the foreground. Production of petroleum in the area. Animated map shows regions of oil drilling in Texas and nearby southwestern states. Additiona views of oil wells, rigs, storage containers. Oil wells seen in foreground with tall buildings of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in the background. View of petroleum refining facilites on Texas Gulf coast near Port Arthur. Animated map showing Texas gulf ports and shipping routes for oil and related products to other regions of the U.S. and the world. Animated map summarizing trade routes inside the United States with various products supplied from the southwestern U.S., and different kinds of products received from other states in the U.S.
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