Two members of the Presidential party traveling on President Nixon's VC-137C, Spirit of 76, discuss plans and procedures for the President's next stop, at Vnukovo II Airport in Moscow. They refer to a chart depicting the President's airplane and diagramming the path to be taken from the aircraft and the position of various parties in the arrival ceremonies.
Three clocks show time in Washington, DC, local, and destination (Moscow). National Security Advisor, Henry Kissinger seen with members of his staff. White House Chief of Staff, H.R. Haldeman huddles with his assistant, Dwight Chapin and another staff person. Radio messages being transmitted from the aircraft communication center. Controls and displays shown at various flight crew positions in the cockpit.
Pilot successfully lands a B-52H (6-032) airplane with its vertical stabilizer tail torn off at Eaker AFB, Blytheville, Arkansas. The B-52 plane gets damaged during a test flight over northern New Mexico. The vertical stabilizer was ripped off due to buffeting stresses during turbulence (loss of structural integrity). Pilot Charles "Chuck" Fisher lands safely after five hours of flying without tail. Crew and ground support staff on the airfield look at the torn tail.
Bay of Pigs invasion to overthrow the government of Fidel Castro in Cuba, by armed Cuban exiles. Warships in Cuban sea. Sailor keeps a watch with binoculars. Tanks and artillery cannons on alert. Exile guerrillas on boats move to raid on sea shore while Cuban bombers target them from sky. Geysers in sea water. Battle on sea and on shore with infantry, tanks, warships and bombers. Guerrillas run on a bridge to escape intense bombing by bombers. A bomber pilot talks about the event. Soldiers sit in boats and rush for a mission.
United States B-17 aircraft drop bombs to destroy railroad marshalling yards in Ehrang,Germany on December 24, 1944. Bombs impact causing a pillar of smoke to rise up from oil storage center. B-17 bombers unload bombs over marshaling yards in Bingen on December 30, 1944. Large area is covered with flickering light of bomb strikes seen from gun camera.
United States B-17 aircraft drop bombs to destroy key Nazi buildings in Berlin, Germany during World War 2. Bombs impact causing a pillar of smoke to rise up from the target area as seen in gun camera footage.
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