Events in the United States during the Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962 when the United States and the Soviet Union confronted each other with nuclear destruction. U.S. President John Kennedy signs a quarantine order. U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress bombers take off. U.S. Air Force interceptors and fighters take off from U.S. aircraft carriers at sea. Radar dishes moving. A U.S. battleship underway at sea. A U.S. aircraft intercepts a Soviet tanker and allows it to proceed. U.S. reconnaissance aircraft over Cuba. U.S. Air Force SAC (Strategic Air Command) bombers are prepared for a take off. U.S. missiles are prepared. Head Quarters of American Air Defense Command shows interiors of a control room. People wait for news. Exteriors of the White House in Washington DC. Exterior of the Kremlin in Moscow, Soviet Union. A press announcement about a message that President Kennedy has received from Soviet Premier Khrushchev saying that he will dismantle missiles in Cuba.
From a U.S. Navy training film in the United States on working of airships. A diagram of an airship. The envelope of the airship consists of helium and air. The pressure of outside air becomes less when helium is filled in the envelope. As helium expands, air is released through air valves. In the same way, when the pressure of outside air increases, then helium is released. If proper pressure is not maintained, the airship can loose its shape. Animation shows the working and functions of the airship. The ascent of an airship. The process of the escape of gas is also explained.
Normal operating procedures including start, take off, stall and landing of the U.S. Navy T2V-1 SeaStar. Start: The plane on the runway. A crewman arrives with the air impingement car. He inserts the pipe into the air impingement inlet. The crewman gives a signal when the air impingement hole is secure. The pilot adjusts the battery operator switch and turns on the ignition. He moves the throttle to ignite and then to idle position. The exhaust gas temperature gauge. The pilot signals the crewman to disconnect the air impingement starter and adjusts the instrument power switch. Post-start Cockpit Check: The pilot checks the RMI for alignment, adjusts S2 compass controller, annunciator panel touch button, fire detector test switch, fuel quantity indicator button. He checks the communication, navigational, annunciator and left panel. He goes through the take off check list, moves the plane into position, advances throttle, inspects the tachometer, exhaust temperature, releases brake and taxis to the end of the runway. The plane taxis, pilot applies brake and rudder control and takes off. He raises the nose wheel, retracts the landing gear and flaps after take off. The plane in flight over clouds. Stall occurs. The attack angle gauge. Landing procedure: View of the runway. The pilot begins the let down, reduces power, extends the brake, lowers landing gear and flaps, and continues to reduce speed. Diagram of the runway depicting approach. The plane approaches the runway, touches down and lands.
United States Air Force Soviet Awareness Program depicts Soviet military equipment and its use in terms of purpose and jurisdiction. Soviet Army soldiers learn about weapons in a class. Soldiers advance in a field. Soviet soldiers prepare the FROG-7 erector launcher with a warhead. A Soviet T-62 standard main battle tank with infrared night driving equipment, a 115mm tank gun and a 12.7mm antiaircraft heavy machine gun. Modern Soviet hovercraft, armed vehicles, surface to air missiles, electronic equipment, and automated systems. Soviet weapons fired resulting in explosions and fire. Tanks advance through fields. Soviet amphibious crafts advance through a water body. Amphibious personnel carriers detect and neutralize mines during an operation in Bangladesh, Aisa. Soviet Navy sailors aboard the carrier. A Soviet Air Force MiG-27 Flogger prepared for take off. A ground crewman helps the pilot strap up into the cockpit. Soviet Air Force MiG-23 Flogger and Sukhoi Su-17 Fitter take off for combat. The avionics system and weapons specifications of the aircraft. The aircraft in flight, drop bombs and attack. Fire and explosions. Soviet Long Range Aviation bomber aircraft carrying bombs take off. The aircraft fleet in flight over mountains. Pilots in the cockpits. Aerial refueling under progress. Aircraft with lights on lands on a snow covered runway.
Results of air assaults by the British Royal and U.S. Eighth Air Forces over industrial areas in and around German-occupied Paris during Wolrd War II. The Renault Works plant at Billancourt after one aerial attack by the Royal Air Force (March 3, 1943) and two by the U.S. Eighth Air Force (April 4 and September 15, 1943). Workers clear the plant interiors. The damaged plant, collapsed roof, rubble and debris on the floor. Workers clear the debris. Damaged steel structures, pillars and walls. Buildings at the plant. Damaged walls, wrecked equipment and material. Allied officers and workers at the plant.
The Italian infantry in Libya during World War 2. Italian light tanks, motorcycle troops and motorized infantry advance across the Libyan desert. Bersaglieri Motorcycle troops advance on a road before driving down a bank and going off-road. Two Italian CANT Z.1007 Alcione (Kingfisher) bombers fly through the air. Convoy of Lancia 3RO heavy trucks loaded with troops advance through the desert. Italian soldiers in a utility truck towing a howitzer. Soldiers in military trucks (Lancia 3RO 6-ton trucks). Bersaglieri on motorcycles speed through the desert. Italian M11/39 tanks driving, close-up of an M11/39 tank driving past the camera. Another shot of the Kingfisher bombers in flight. A fly-by shot of a village in the desert. A wall explodes. Smoke raises over a ruined building as another explosion kicks up a plume of black smoke. A building is blown up. Another building exploding, throwing debris into the air. A plume of smoke raising high into the air. A large explosion throwing lots of smoke, debris, and dust into the air. Burning building with little smoke. Burning building with lots of smoke. Panning shot of a ruined North African building. A sign board for the 'Telegraph Office' being pulled away to reveal a destroyed building..
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