Alaskan Command Headquarters building at Elmendorf Air Force Base in Alaska. People walk in front of building. Snow on ground.
Non Commissioned Officer (NCO) quarters at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska. Children play in snow. Smoke rises.
Group of magazines on table at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska. A man picks up magazine headed "Assignment Alaska". He opens the magazine.
Cargo stacked on snow covered ramp at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska. C-124 aircraft on flight line. Military man rolls up parachute. Parachutists jump from C-119 aircraft. One of the parachutists. Men dressed in white have dark parachutes. Parachutist lands. Parachutist immediately after fastening parachute, disengages parachute from himself.
'Countdown for Deterrence' outlines the activities involved in a LGM-30 Minuteman missile operational test launches. View of several Mark 12 Reentry vehicles glowing as they enter the atmosphere at the Western Test Range in the Pacific Ocean. The Minuteman III missiles carrying them are seen being launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in Lompoc, California. Launch crews at controls. Intercontinental Ballistic Missile test launch operations begins at Vandenberg AFB. Exterior of building. Data analysis by officers. Scheduling officers at work. Launch tube of missile. Shows various officers responsible for launching of missile. Launch director in conference with ICBM test maintenance personnel. Maintenance of launch tube by the maintenance crew. The missile components arrive in Vandenberg AFB. Crew in underground silo work. Tape deck which records messages from SAC HQ. A Red box which contains secret codes for the launch of the missiles is double padlocked. Pre-recorded voice reports on the current status of the missile. An officer instructs Task Force personnel in Vandenberg AFB. Task Force commander confers with two officers.
Aerial view of U.S. Army Americal Division base (aka 23rd Infantry Division) at Chu Lai in Vietnam. Temporary buildings in the base. Dirt roads crisscross the base. The Americal base is surrounded by thick jungle. Smoke comes out of the chimney of a building in the base. (Vietnam War period).
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