View of Andrews Air force base Elev 279. Major Gordon Cooper on visit to Washington DC. VC-137C taxis left of Andrews Air force base. Truck ramp moves up to aircraft.
History of the SR-71 development from conferences, through assembly, to operational flights of the aircrafts, United States. SR-71 in flight. Officers watch. SR-71 at the headquarters, 14th Strat Aerospace Division, Beale Air Force Base with unit insignia. Hangars at the Beale AFB. Sign board reads: 'Welcome to Beale Air Force Base'. Lockheed engineering representatives confer with SPO staff. Commanding officers talks on phone. Physical examination of the SR-71 crewmen. Ground crew personnel trained using mock-ups. Flight stimulator and control console. SR-71 in flight.
View of the town of Los Alamos in New Mexico, United States. Officials inside the Los Alamos National Labratory (LANL) of the Atomic Enegry Commission of United States. Scenes of scientists working at the LANL. Aerial view of the Eniwetok Atoll in the Marshall Islands. Officials of the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force and the Atomic Energy Commision, in a joint meeting, collectively map Operation Greenhouse. Joint Task Force Three. Men from government agencies,colleges and universities throughout America work to instrument this operation. 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 laboratories and scientific structures on the islands.
Cold War Reconnaissance flight of a U.S. Air Force RF-4 Phantom II in Europe. RF-4 takes off from a U.S. Air Force base in Europe. Views of land, mountains, and water below. A Soviet Z-class or Zulu class submarine surfaced and cruising at sea. The RF-4 flies over. The RF-4 landing at base again. Crew on the ground rush to unload film canisters from beneath nose area of plane. Personnel rush with film canisters into a lab. Photo interpreters viewing developed film roll and scrutinizing film images along with maps.
President Dwight D Eisenhower visits Spain. Honor Guard and dignitaries at the Torrejon Air Force Base in Madrid. Spanish Officers and dignitaries arrive and walk past the Honor Guard. The President's plane taxis on the runway after the landing at the Air Force Base. The aircraft taxis to the parking area. President Eisenhower debarks the aircraft and is greeted by General Francisco Franco. The President stands on the speaker's platform. He reviews the Spanish troops.
United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower visits Madrid, Spain. Spanish General Francisco Franco delivers a speech as President Eisenhower looks on from the speaker's stand at Torrejon Air Force Base in Madrid. The President gives a speech. The President and the General enter a sedan. Dignitaries leave the area at the Air Force Base.
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