Operation Skywatch in the United States. A sign on a building reads 'Restricted Area'". Sentry stops two enlisted men and looks at their credentials. Three enlisted men walk on snow. Two enlisted men seated at desks. One man talks on phone. Enlisted man plots course of aircraft on the plotting board in plotting room. United States Air Force (USAF) F-94s Starfire interceptor aircraft in flight over radar installation. Radar scope in operation.
2nd Anniversary Operation Skywatch in the United States. United States Air Force General Nathan Farragut Twining seated at desk. He speaks during the 2nd Anniversary of Operation Skywatch.
Operation Skywatch in the United States. Man looks out through window of building at 'Ground Observer Post'. Old man looks up at sky. Woman looks into sky. Farmer outside barn feeds pigs. Woman watches sky. Women in Ground Observer tower look into sky. Young boy looks into sky with binoculars. Two women standing outside Ground observer shack. Two girls standing on porch outside Ground observer shack. Aircraft in flight. One girl writing on clipboard enters building. Girl hands report on clipboard to man at desk. Man picks up phone and reads report. Two women stand by door of Ground observer corps shack. Two men scan sky from post in Ground observer corps shack. Poster reads ' Plotting time delay'. Woman moves aircraft models on plotting board. Man scans sky. Aircraft in flight. Man holds clipboard. He stands in front of house and talks to boy. Boy talks on telephone at window. Man and woman seated at recording center. They wear head phones. People at controls. Man talks on phone. Men seated at chair get up and run outside as the siren rings. They get in the aircraft parked at airfield. Signal man directs the take off. Aircraft takes off. United States Air Force General Nathan Farragut Twining seated at desk. He speaks.
World War 1 war production: U.S. Navy warship building activities at shipyard in the United States. Ship building workers gather around for ceremony as an official initiates keel laying, by riveting on steel plate. Large crowd of shipyard workers gather at docks. Prefabricated steel bulkheads are raised and placed at position using crane. Man directs the crane operator. A hole is cut in steel plate with torch. Workers do riveting and welding work on the steel bulkheads.
Space achievements in the United States in the year 1962. Atlas Missile is launched for the Mercury-Atlas 6 carrying NASA astronaut Glenn in Friendship 7. Smoke column rises. Crowd of people take photographers and watch the rocket launch. Colonel John Herschel Glenn arrives after orbiting the Earth. His wife greets and receives him. Astronauts John Herschel Glenn and Malcolm Scott Carpenter move in a motorcade followed by a ticker tape parade. Civilians gather to greet them. View of the White House. Astronaut Walter Marty Schirra being successful in making 6 orbits around the Earth. Schirra and his family visit White House to meet the U.S. President John F Kennedy.
Shipment of U.S. livestock in the United States. Herd of American cattle is shipped by the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration to war affected nations in World War II. Cattle walk through gangplank and board ship. Ship leaves dock.
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