Captain Benjamin R Battle climbs into cockpit of Chinese Nationalist F-104B plane during transfer of F-104 planes to Chinese Nationalist Air Force at Kuang Kuan Air Base in Taiwan. Assistant on aircraft ladder. Chinese Nationalist F-104B with ladder up to cockpit and flexible hose running from ground service equipment to aircraft. Chinese Nationalist ground crewmen. Chinese Nationalist civilian with large coolie hat at the wheel of a tug. Chinese Nationlist insignia on F-104B engine. Chinese Nationalist F-104B taxies to left on runway.
General Chen salutes during transfer of F-104 planes to Chinese Nationalist Air Force at Kuang Kuan Air Base in Taiwan. General Doan speaks at speaker's stand with interpreter at his left side. Chinese Nationalist VIP's on speaker's platform. Major General Dean, General Chen and VIP's seated on speaker's platform. The U.S. flag in the background. Spectators sit. Chinese Nationalist military spectators and squadron. General Doan handing over an F-104B model to General Chen signifies the turnover.
Chinese Nationalist F-104B plane taxies on ramp and directed by ground crewmen during transfer of F-104 planes to Chinese Nationalist Air Force at Kuang Kuan Air Base in Taiwan. Chinese Nationalist VIP's and General Dean, hold his ears, looking toward sky from top of Operations Building. Chinese Nationalists look up.
Operations Building with a sign at top "Star Fighter Turnover Ceremony" during transfer of F-104 planes to Chinese Nationalist Air Force at Kuang Kuan Air Base in Taiwan. Chinese Nationalist flag and a 48 star U.S. flag. Chinese Nationalist military police stand by an F-104B with Chinese Nationalist markings on plane. Ground crewmen clean aircraft. Chinese Nationalist markings on ramp. Operations Building in the background. Chinese Nationalist troops and commander before speakers stand.
Captain Wang and Captain Battle board Chinese Nationalist F-104B during transfer of F-104 planes to Chinese Nationalist Air Force at Kuang Kuan Air Base in Taiwan. Helmet on windscreen of aircraft and clouds in the background. Chinese Nationalist F-104B ground crewmen climbs down aircraft ladders and removes them from aircraft. C-47 plane parked in the right background. Chinese Nationalist F-104B taxies left on runway. Left wing and nose of C-47 plane. Tail and main fuselage of Chinese Nationalist F-104B aircraft, flying by to left.
Views inside the Strategic Air Command Headquarters Command and Control Center at Offutt Air Force Base, near Omaha, Nebraska. Six huge display screens cover the wall and controllers at monitoring stations are seen in semi-dark environment. An Air force Senior Master Sergeant stands near one of the control stations, as he calls up various computer-driven displays, which are shown onmonitors depicting the distribution and status of SAC's world wide assets at any moment. An Air Force Colonel occupies the Senior Controller's position on the main floor of the Command Post. Camera focuses on the Colonel, and his "fruit salad" (rows of military ribbons); his Command Pilot's wings; and the eagle's on the shoulders of his uniform. Scene shifts to variety of telephones in different colors. Looking over the shoulder of the Colonel, the camera focuses on a gold phone providing a direct line to the President of the United States; the National Military Command Center in Washington, DC; and to other Major Command Headquarters. Red and Gray phones comprise SACs primary alert system and show numerous connections to sites in the 2nd and 15th Air Forces. Closeup of the red phone control board. Scene shifts to a B-52 bomber in flight, and to pilots in a B-52 cockpit. The SAC Senior Controller, Colonel, on the gray phone, ostensibly talking to the B-52 pilots.
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