Oceanographic Prediction Systems in the United States. An IBM computer with tape reels in motion. The tape deck with two reels in motion. A technician in front of a machine. A reel of black tape comes out of a hole of the machine and drops on the floor. Hands working on buttons and switches on the machine. Black tape comes out of the machine. Buttons on the console read: 'Selective Jumps, Stops, Register'. A weather machine draws out a weather map. A bar across lower bottom reads: 'Calcomp 565'. A weather map is being drawn by an automatic remote controlled instrument moving across two sliding bars.
Oceanographic Prediction Systems in the United States. Chiefs of Staff seated at a large table at the Pentagon in Virginia during a conference. A wall map in the background. A member stands and points to the map.
Oceanographic Prediction Systems in the United States. A civilian leans over a life line aboard a ship. The ship underway at sea. A technician stands on the deck holding a bathythermograph in his hand. He prepares to lower the device into water.
Oceanographic Prediction Systems in the United States. A group of businessmen and women in a session at a small conference. Drawings on a black board in the background. Four men stand near the blackboard. A woman seated in a chair. She takes notes during the conference.
Oceanographic Prediction Systems in the United States. Interior of a large work space. A man in a long white coat stands by a hydraulic press. The man moves from the place. The press begins to lower slowly. Two technicians stand near a heavy piece of equipment in the large space.
Film starts showing two CH-46A helicopter in flight low over rice paddies during the Vietnam War. View is from another helicopter flying above. An M60 machine gun is seen sticking out of the overflying helicopter. White smoke is rising from some small fires on the ground. Several CH-46 choppers are seen on the ground with rotors turning. Glimpse of M60 machine gun protruding from the overflying camera helicopter. Small fire burning behind the parked choppers. Change of scene shows 4 U.S. jet aircraft in formation. One dives down and drops napalm on a target marked by white smoke. The bomb explodes in a fireball billowing dense smoke. Another jet drops a bomb in wooded area.
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