U.S. Secretary of War George H. Dern addresses the nation in the United States. The Secretary of War is seated at his desk. He speaks about defense establishment and military preparedness.
A flight of 5 U.S. Army DH-4 pursuit airplanes takes off in loose formation from a grass field in the U.S.A. They join up in a "v" formation and fly overhead. The location is a well-established air base, containing many large hangars and other buildings and a tall water tower. Slate alludes to them performing a border patrol mission. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
U.S. 34th Division Artillery at McChord Air Force Base in Washington, United States prior to their deployment to Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Soldiers disembark from a bus. They line up in front of a mess tent. A band plays as the soldiers eat breakfast. Two officers drink coffee and talk in front of an urn.
Episode of "The Big Picture", a U.S. Army series of news release programs. U.S. Army cameraman recording Nike missile launch. Atomic cannon fires shell creating atomic explosion and classic mushroom cloud.. Army troops spill out of Sikorsky YH-19 helicopters. U.S. Army infantry soldiers ascend hill firing their rifles. Atomic experiments at Camp Desert Rock in Nevada, United States. U.S. Army Master Sergeant Stuart Queen seated at a desk in his office. He speaks about a series of atomic experiments ("Desert Rock 6") held in barren lands of Nevada at Camp Desert Rock. Celebrating victory in Europe, during World War 2, American troops parade down the Champs Elysees in Paris, France, with the Arc de Triomphe behind them. Happy Parisians watch the parade. War scenes in Japan: footage of explosion and mushroom cloud rising after atomic bomb blast over Nagasaki on August 9, 1945. Barren land on the ground in Hiroshima after the August 6, 1945 atomic blast there . B-29 bombers in flight. Atomic bomb test detonation. Atomic artillery gun M65, also called the Atomic Cannon or Atomic Annie, fires and creates nuclear explosion on distant target.Viking missile launch. U.S. soldiers on parade. Headquarters sign at U.S. Army atomic experiment station at Camp Desert Rock, Nevada, displaying 6-pointed star with "A" in center.. Several atomic test explosions. Soldiers on hillside witness a non-nuclear explosion. Buses carry troops along a road past a sign warning of radiation hazard. Army captain, instructor, briefing troops before the start of atomic maneuvers.. Maps of planned maneuvers. Engineer surveyors lay out ground zero target. View of the ground zero area which is the target area for testing. Signal men lay communication lines to receive and transmit teletype messages. Men operate machinery and dig trenches in which troops will take cover. Other men cover them with sand. [Note: According to the U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian, from February 18 to May 15, 1955, the United States conducted Operation Teapot, a nuclear test series at Yucca Flat and Frenchman Flat on the Nevada Test Site in the continental United States. During the test period 14 nuclear shots and 1 non-nuclear shot were detonated. Several thousand scientific, military (army, air force, navy, marines), and civilian contract personnel participated in the organization, planning, and execution of the test series. Military exercises undertaken during and following the shots took place under the name Desert Rock 6.]
U.S. Joint Strategic Target Planning staff meets to discuss Project Guard Rail at SAC (Strategic Air Command) headquarters in Nebraska, United States. Ramp rolls up to an aircraft at Offutt Air Force Base as U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara, Deputy Secretary of Defense Roswell L Gilpatric and General Lemnitzer alight. The officials get in staff cars and drive away. U.S. Joint Strategic Target Planning staff gathered in the SAC's operations map room for a group picture. The officers include Commandant of U.S. Marine Corps General David M Shoup, Chief of Naval Operations Admiral George W Anderson, Chief of U.S. Army General Lemnitzer, Secretary McNamara, Deputy Secretary Gilpatric, U.S. Army General George H Decker, Chief of Staff and Chief of U.S. Air Force General Curtis LeMay, Commander-in-Chief of the North American Air Defense General Lawrence S Kuter, Admiral Harry D Felt Commander of Pacific Command, General Thomas S Power, Admiral R L Dennison Commander of the Atlantic Command, Air Deputy to Supreme Allied Commander General Samuel E Anderson, Commander of Naval Forces in Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Admiral Harold P Smith, Commander of USS TRICOM General Paul De Witt Adams, U.S. Army Commander of the Caribbean region Lieutenant General Andrew P O'Mera.
U.S. President-Elect Jimmy Carter arrives at the Pentagon in Virginia, United States. U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld greets U.S. President-Elect Jimmy Carter as he arrives in a car. Interior of the Pentagon shows Jimmy Carter, U.S. Vice President Walter Mondale, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of staff George Brown, Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army Bernard W. Rogers, U.S. Navy Admiral James Holloway, U.S. Air Force General David Jones and United States Marine Corps General Louis Wilson tour the Pentagon. Officials take their seats at a dining table.
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