The role of military in the security of the United States. A United States airplane takes off from an airfield in the European Theater. Planes fly in formation. The Army, the Navy and the Air Force operate together for the security of the country. U.S. battleships underway at a sea. Soldiers standing at the deck of a ship watch enemy action through binoculars. Soldiers aboard a landing craft underway at sea. They use advance technology and weapons in fighting against the enemy. They capture prisoners of war.
Training of United States soldiers in Europe. An officer discusses a wall map with other officers and briefs them on strategies and plans. An officer smokes a cigarette. An airplane parked on an airfield. Paratroopers board the plane. The plane in flight. Interior of the plane shows paratroopers sitting and discussing. An aerial view of a snow covered area. The paratroopers descend with the help of their parachutes. They wear warm clothes and advance on the snow covered area. The troops head for a bridge. They hold their skies in hands and advance on snow. Mountains in the foreground. The troops climb a mountain. A building in the foreground.
USAF C-123 transport aircraft lined up on airfield ramp. U.S. airborne troopers lined up and boarding several USAF C-130 Hercules transport aircraft. A jeep driving into a U.S. Army H-37 Mojave helicopter. Truck with supplies driving into rear of a C-130 transport. C-130 taking off. Formation of C-130 aircraft carrying airborne troops. Cabin of a C-47 transport aircraft with top (green)jump light illuminated. U.S. paratroopers jumping from the C-47 employing static lines attached to fixed cable in the aircraft. Parachutes seen behind the aircraft. view from ground of paratroopers jumping from formations of C-47 aircraft. U.S. paratroopers jumping from C-130 aircraft. C-130, tail number 56-0842, seen in flight, with a skid of supplies being pulled from its tail cargo door by a parachute. Side view of jeep dropping out of plane pulled by parachute. Numerous views of paratroopers descending with parachutes open. Troopers on the ground carrying bazookas and rifles. A U.S. Army AT-19 in flight, with members of the Army Parachute Team jumping from it to research tactical aerial maneuvers.
A rocket plane reaches the highest altitude in California, United States. Jeeps and other vehicles on a street. United States Air Force Major General Robert M. White pilots the X-15 rocket plane to the highest altitude. He flies the plane nearly 25 miles over Edwards Air Force Base, California. The plane is parked on an airfield. Men gather near the plane and meet the pilot.
The operations of the Canada-US Ferry Command. The U.S. bombers arrive in Canada. Men disembark from the aircraft. Rows of aircraft lined up on the airfield. The airplanes in flight.
Operation Skywatch in the United States. Man looks out through window of building at 'Ground Observer Post'. Old man looks up at sky. Woman looks into sky. Farmer outside barn feeds pigs. Woman watches sky. Women in Ground Observer tower look into sky. Young boy looks into sky with binoculars. Two women standing outside Ground observer shack. Two girls standing on porch outside Ground observer shack. Aircraft in flight. One girl writing on clipboard enters building. Girl hands report on clipboard to man at desk. Man picks up phone and reads report. Two women stand by door of Ground observer corps shack. Two men scan sky from post in Ground observer corps shack. Poster reads ' Plotting time delay'. Woman moves aircraft models on plotting board. Man scans sky. Aircraft in flight. Man holds clipboard. He stands in front of house and talks to boy. Boy talks on telephone at window. Man and woman seated at recording center. They wear head phones. People at controls. Man talks on phone. Men seated at chair get up and run outside as the siren rings. They get in the aircraft parked at airfield. Signal man directs the take off. Aircraft takes off. United States Air Force General Nathan Farragut Twining seated at desk. He speaks.
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