Opening scene shows a message being received on a teletype machine from the U.S. 3rd Air Division. Two Air Force officers are seen seated at desks. One is labeled "Ops-Plans." The on duty operations officer passes on the message to his staff where it goes through operation, operation planning, maintenance, ordinance and armament. Technicians preparing the guns and loading ordnance for the mission, on a B-52 aircraft. Air crew members ate seen assembled in their briefing room, Glimpse of the mission briefing officer at a podium. View of wristwatch as narrator speaks of navigators synchronizing their watches. A B-52 crew stepping from their crew bus as they arrive at their aircraft. As other crew member climb aboard the plane, their aircraft commander reviews the aircraft status, as reflected on its Form 781, with the aircraft crew chief. Crew members then begins a pre-flight walk-around inspection, starting with the landing gear and wheel wells. The last of the crew enter the aircraft via a bottom hatch, which a ground crewman then fastens from the outside. Inside, crew members are seen going through pre-flight check lists at their respective duty stations. Back at the Command Post, the duty controller receives the order via secure telephone, from 3rd Air Division headquarters, to execute the mission. He informs the Aircraft Commander and the B-52 starts its engines. View of throttles being pushed forward in the cockpit, as the aircraft begins takeoff. View from ground as the B-52 takes off and flies overhead. Glimpse of the aircraft commander in the cockpit wearing helmet and oxygen mask. Hand of radar observer is seen as he checks out his equipment. Aerial closeup of a B-52 in flight. View of radar observer placing the aircraft controls in so-called "Second Station," with the autopilot controlled by the bombing navigation computer. Inflight closeup of B-52 opening its bomb bay doors and starting to drop bombs. Glimpse of the aircraft commander in cockpit and of B-52 aircraft in flight, as narrator states they are returning to U-Tapao Airbase,or to Guam. The aircraft in the mission are seen landing back at U-Tapao Airbase, Thailand, where other B-52s are parked on the ramp. They taxi to their parking places and crew members board buses back to operations for a mission debriefing.
Palace of Justice (Fürther Str. 110, 90429 Nürnberg, Germany) in Nuremberg, Germany during Nuremberg Trials of Nazi war criminals. A motorcyclist soldier shows his pass to the soldiers standing at the entrance of a palace. Soldiers with guns on their shoulders march on the streets. Some soldiers in their armored vehicles pass by. Civilians move on the street.
Several Chinese families are made homeless. The squatter huts built in unauthorized centers are torn down. The helpless families stand by as the public work crew under the supervision of law enforcement officers move their belongings into the open.
Crowd mills around outside Shanghai North Railway Station. Chinese officials talk among themselves. Barbed wire barricades on street. Truck parked along road. Chinese officials around barricades. Indian troops lined up on road. Hand rickshaw passes. Sign on iron fence reads 'Boundary Road'. Children and people lined up. Chinese troops march on road.
Vehicle Ambush Counter-attack techniques. Cars are driven through road barricades as narrator explains use of a vehicle as a weapon to push aside cars that are being used to ambush. Cars are hit in the rear or front quarters by the escape vehicles to demonstrate disruption of an ambush. POV driver side of car as gunmen drive alongside and shoot the driver. Wide shots of same ambush on driver as it takes place on road curve. Defensive maneuvers by driver include hitting the brakes hard to throw off the aim of gunmen. View of motorcycle on same curve. View of Molotov cocktail being thrown at a car. Narrator explains that having the window up helps to ward off a Molotov cocktail attack as views of burning car are seen. A chauffeur waits on the street in front of a Cadillac limousine. A man emerges from an office building and gets into the limousine. POV of limousine driver as he drives to evade attackers, and reaches under dashboard to turn on a siren. Woman in 1970s fashions sits on a motorcycle radioing ahead to attackers on her walkie talkie.
On West 52nd Street in New York City, United States. The '21 Club' speakeasy which sells alcoholic drinks illegally during prohibition. Gate of the club. Formally dressed patrons coming and going at "21." A uniformed doorman helps people getting in and out of cars and taxis. Some patrons, leaving, cover their faces from the camera. Doorman calls cab for customer. The number '21' written on the gate (Address: 21 West 52nd Street).
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