Many photographers crowd together to take pictures. Scene shifts to the subject: Major General W Austin Davis, Ballistic Systems Division Commander, presenting ,what appears to be a large facsimile missile launch key, to Lieutenant General Archie J Old, 15th Air Force Commander at a ceremony. View from behind photographers, taking pictures. Next, General Old is seen presenting launch keys to a pair of Nuclear and Missile Operations Officers, dressed in white flight suits. Closeups of the recipients, showing their missile badges, aviator wings, and their missile launch keys on chains around their necks.
A U.S. Air Force airman holds a slate for the camera. Among other things, it identifies "Project Cirrus." Active scene following shows a line of Vampire Jet planes from the Italian 6th Inter Squadron. Italian airmen gather around one and then its engine starts showing flames to its rear momentarily. Next, the Vampire jet is seen taxiing past the line of aircraft, on its way toward the active runway. Two more Vampire jets leave their parking places and follows the first. Two ground crewman stand and watch as the three Italian Vampire jets take off.
German aircraft RF-84F Thunderflash in Berlin, Germany. German insignia on the RF-84F Thunderflash plane. Seven German RF-84F Thunderflash parked on a flight line at Erding air station. The planes are serviced and checked by German airmen. German ground crewmen in the cockpit of the plane. A German airman opens cover over tank jettison pressure gauges. The airman puts liquid oxygen in the RF-84F Thunderflash and then removes the hose. A man writes on the side of the plane.
USAF flying officers of the Strategic Air Command (SAC) 9th Bomb Squadron, enteri their briefing room. 9th Bomb Squadron written on wall panel. Large maps on the wall. An Officer addresses the group.
Gear of B-36 peacemaker lowered as plane lets down for landing. Crew unloads equipment from Strategic Air Command (SAC) B-36, into a waiting truck.
Fighter aircraft of the United States Army Air Force in Germany after World War II. A P-47 Thunderbolt plane. A mechanic checks its engine and pipes. Crew chief sits inside the cockpit. He moves control stick of the plane and checks the magneto. The meters and controls inside the cockpit of the plane can be seen clearly.
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