View from moving boat on Potomac River as it approaches docks for "Suitland Hall" Air Force facility in Washington DC. Scene then changes to view of Andrews Air Force Base and building for the Headquarters of the Military Air Transport Service. A C-121 Constellation aircraft parked on airfield at Andrews Air Force Base. C-47 Skytrain taxis into parking space. Airman pushes hospital ramp up to C-47 Skytrain. Wounded man on litter carried out of the aircraft into waiting ambulance. View of Bethesda Naval Hospital and then a view of the Walter Reed Army Hospital building. Early 1950s era cars parked in front of the Senate Building in Washington DC. 1950s cars move by on roads and streets of Washington DC in front of Federal buildings. Exerior views of the Museum of Natural History, and of the Mellon Art Gallery and National Museum of Art. Inside the American National Air Museum, a close up view of the Bell X-1, USAF aircraft #46-062, nicknamed Glamorous Glennis.
October, 1962, U.S. Air Force U-2 reconnaissance aircraft, tail number 56-6707, of the Strategic Air Command (SAC) 4080th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, lands at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas. View of Photographic evidence, brought back by the U-2, showing Soviet missiles being set up in Cuba. President John F. kennedy broadcasts to the nation about the crisis on October 22, 1962, announcing measures being taken by the USA to address the situation. A B-58 Hustler bomber landing. Airmen removing camera from nose of a reconnaissance aircraft. Air Force Sergeant, photo interpreter, reading wet film in a base laboratory. U.S. Naval officers and sailors in Command Center viewing large wall map of the world. U.S. Air Force SAC B-52 bombers taking off. View of United Nations Headquarters building in New York City. On October 25, 1962, U.S. Ambassador to the UN, Adlai Stevenson, confronts Soviet Ambassador Valerian Alexandrovich Zorin about missiles in Cuba.He looks at Zorin, and says,"Don't wait for the translation, yes, or no." Zorin smiles as the room fills with laughter. He then responds. View of a Soviet ship bound for Cuba being monitored by a U.S. aircraft overhead. Pilot in cockpit of the aircraft. View from U.S. aircraft flying low past a Soviet ship. Crew in cockpit of the aircraft. Soviet ships turning away. Helicopter flying over sandy beach area of Hyannis Port, Massachusetts. The helicopter parked and Undersecretary of State, Averell Harriman, steps from the helicopter and is later seen with President Kennedy, and Secretary of State, Dean Rusk, at the President's Weekend White House. Harriman reports on the successful negotiation of a limited nuclear test ban treaty. Glimpse of Moscow. U.S. Secretary of State, Dean Rusk, Soviet Foreign Minister,Andrei Gromyko, and British Foreign secretary, Alexander Douglas-Home, are seen signing the document for their respective nations, August 5, 1963.
Air strike missions in the Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War. Aerial view of strafing of Viet Cong structures as seen from a United States Air Force (USAF) F-100D Super Sabre fighter aircraft piloted by W. L. Stannard of the 31st Tactical Fighter Wing, 306th Tactical Fighter Squadron. During Operation Oregon: Aerial view of gun strafing structures as seen from an F-100D Super Sabre aircraft piloted by Robert J. Sypek of the 31st Tactical Fighter Wing, 308th Tactical Fighter Squadron. Explosions on the ground.
Air strike missions in the Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War. Aerial view of napalm bombs exploding as seen from a United States Air Force (USAF) F-100D Super Sabre fighter aircraft piloted by D. G. Kimball of the 31st Tactical Fighter Wing, 308th Tactical Fighter Squadron. An M117 bomb explodes.
Air strike missions in the Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War. Aerial view of BLU-27 Fire Bomb explosions as seen from a United States Air Force (USAF) F-100D Super Sabre fighter aircraft piloted by B. Helton of the 31st Tactical Fighter Wing, 308th Tactical Fighter Squadron. Smoke rises due to the explosions. Aerial view of the ground.
Air strike missions in the Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War. Aerial view of an M117 bomb released from a United States Air Force (USAF) F-100D Super Sabre fighter aircraft piloted by Morris of the 31st Tactical Fighter Wing, 308th Tactical Fighter Squadron. Aerial view of a wooded area.
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