U.S. Navy 7th fleet operations in South China Sea during the Vietnam War. U.S. Navy Lieutenant, an Air Force airman 1st at a conference held in wardroom aboard USS Coral Sea. Rear Admiral Edward C. Outlaw answers questions from news men. Officer speaks into a microphone as newsmen jot down notes. Others at the conference include Lieutenant Commander R. Gallagher, G. Wright, C. Brovelli of Agnay France press, W. Tuohy of Newsweek, Captain P. Behm, Airman First Class Ray Heitman,Lieutenant Commander W. Lyons, Commander J. Harris, Commander J.M.Schneider, Norris of Washington Post. W.C. Powell, Commander K.J. Weaver. Rear Admiral Outlaw reaches across the table and shakes hands with newsmen. Newsmen at the table as they write down notes. Members of the press and officers at table as a steward serves refreshments. Rear Admiral Outlaw answers questions. A member of the press asks a question.
United States 4252nd Strategic Wing headquarters in Takhli, Thailand during the Vietnam War. United States Air Force personnel sleep, read and write letters in their quarters. Men put on their jackets. Three caps on a shelf. Men pick them up and wear them. They come out of a building and walk past a sign that reads ' Headquarters SO 4252nd Strategic Wing '. Another sign reads ' Season's greetings '.
Squadron sign '332ND FIS WORLD'S TOP FIGHTER SQUADRON' over doors. Pilot run down stairs. Pilots running through doors and boarding ADC F-102A at Thule Air Force Base in Greenland.
Mileage sign indicating distance from Thule Air Force Base in Greenland to various cities throughout world. Lineman climbs utility pole and repairs line.
Pilot climbs into the cockpit of B-47 in United States. He wears heavy parka and puts on his helmet. He closes the canopy of B-47 on snow covered ramp. Ground crewmen pull covers off aircraft's right wing inboard engines. They toss them into a snow bank at edge of alert area clearing and then they run back towards the aircraft. Control tower at Loring Air Force Base, Maine. Tower operator speaks into hand-held mike. Second operator talks on telephone in the background. Ground crew removes chocks from wheels and air intake covers from right wing engines of a RATO equipped B-47. Snow covered alert ramp at Loring Air Force Base.
Animated atom logo of the Atomic Energy Commission. Narrator comments that in World War 2, the operations at Los Alamos were hidden behind postal box 663. View of the town of Los Alamos in New Mexico, United States. Men, women and children in the town going about ordinary business at post office, shopping, cutting grass in a front yard of a home, playing golf, hanging out laundry to dry on a clothesline. Workers entering secure areas of Los Alamos atomic and nuclear facilities, with views of fences and a sign with two ears on it that says, "Security starts between the ears." Officials inside the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) of the Atomic Energy Commission of United States. Narrator speaks of the "J Division" as the unit responsible for testing of nuclear weapons, which the narrator notes is "a routine practice by now." Scenes of scientists working with specialized equipment in laboratories at the LANL. Officials viewing a map of Eniwetok Atoll. Aerial view of the Eniwetok Atoll in the Marshall Islands. Officials of the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force and the Atomic Energy Commission, in a joint meeting, collectively map Operation Greenhouse. Joint Task Force Three. View of Washington Monument in Washington DC, panning down to views of people and traffic near the Main Navy and Munitions Buildings. Group of uniformed officials of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and the Atomic Energy Commission meeting around a large conference table in Washington DC. Men from government agencies, colleges and universities throughout America work to instrument the operation; scenes of more scientists in laboratories; closeup views of beakers and test tubes. A man at Los Alamos leaving his house, accompanied by a boy (his son) and a dog who walk with the man toward a car as the man departs for extended work on Operation Greenhouse. Aerial shots of the Perry Islands (U.S. transport and scientists base) and the Eniwetok Atoll (US Army and Air Force base). U.S. Navy ship anchored at the lagoon. Scenes of barracks, laboratories and scientific structures on the islands. Scientists and engineers standing near the frame of a metal tower used for hoisting and positioning an atomic weapon for testing. Views inside the test tower, looking upward at the elevator system. Wide view from the distance of a test tower on an island.
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