- Title: F-2108
- Summary: SECONDS FOR SURVIVAL: VARIOUS WAYS TELEPHONE LINES ARE UTILIZED IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS. DEW LINE. DISTANT EARLY WARNING. LINE OF RADAR STATIONS AROUND 70TH PARALLEL ACROSS NORTH AMERICA CONTINENT TO GIVE ADVANCE WARNING OF APPROACHING MISSILES & AIRCRAFT. NUCLEAR PARANOIA. RAYMOND MASSEY.
- Description:01:01:14 - CU FATHER & SON SAILING ON LAKE. LS TRIO OF SAILBOATS ON LAKE 01:01:20 - CU TELETYPEWRITER TELEPRINTER RECEIVING MESSAGE COAST GUARD. MAN PICKS UP TELEPHONE. COAST GUARD BOAT SENT OUT TO WARN SAILING BOATS TO HEAD TO SHORE, SAILOR USING MEGAPHONE TO WARN SAILORS ON INCOMING STORM. THEY CHANGE DIRECTION. 01:01:49 - SAIL BOATS HURRYING TO GET IN TO HARBOR DURING LIGHTNING STORM. BOATS BEING THROWN ON WATER DURING HEAVY WINDS, STORM. GUSHY WINDS IN HARBOR. LIGHTNING BOLT. 01:02:01 - PEOPLE IN BANK GO UP TO TELLER. EXTERIOR OF BANK. MAN, BANK ROBBER, HOLDS UP BANK. POINTS GUN AT MALE BANK TELLER. TELLER GIVES HIM WAD OF MONEY, CLOSE UP FOOT PRESSING SILENT BUTTON ALARM. POLICE CARS. ROBBER RUNS TO GET AWAY. CROWD GATHERS. CATCHES ROBBER ON STREET OUTSIDE BANK. 01:02:54 - EXTERIOR MIDDLE CLASS HOME. MOTHER MAKING NEEDLEPOINT, SON LIES IN FRONT OF FIREPLACE READING COMICS FROM SUNDAY PAPER. FUNNY PAGES. COMIC STRIPS. DAD IN DEN, OFFICE, TYPING, WORKING AT HOME. MAN GETS UP, BURNING CIGARETTE BUTT FALLS FROM THE ASHTRAY. DAD JOINING FAMILY IN LIVING ROOM. SMOKE COMES FROM ROOM. ROOM GOES ON FIRE CURTAINS IN FLAMES. FIREMEN ARRIVE TO PUT OUT FIRE. WIFE CALLS FIRE DEPARTMENT ON TELEPHONE. 01:04:06 - MAN AT DESK IN OFFICE TALKS TO CAMERA. MAN STANDS IN FRONT OF MAP. DEFENSE SYSTEMS. NERVE SYSTEM OF COMMUNICATION. 01:06:22 - MEN AT WORK WORKING IN MANHOLE. LAYING CABLE, WIRES. 01:06:30 - ZOOM IN ON RADIO MICROWAVE TOWER. TELEPHONE NETWORK 01:06:38 - TRUCK TRAVELS DOWN RURAL WOODED ROAD 01:06:48 - MOTHER ON TELEPHONE, BABY DAUGHTER ON HER LAP PEOPLE TALKING ON TELEPHONES AT HOME AND AT WORK. 01:07:08 - ASSOCIATED PRESS MACHINES TYPE OUT CURRENT NEWS STORIES. 01:07:20 - SHIP LAYING UNDERWATER CABLES. OVERSEAS COMMUNICATIONS. INSTALLING CABLES 01:07:38 - ANIMATED WORLD MAP. LINES SHOW TELEPHONE NETWORK AROUND THE WORLD. TELEPHONE WIRES. NETWORK OF COMMUNICATION 01:08:09 - OFFICE POST-DIASTER AREA. WRECKED HOUSES. EMERGENCY SUPPLIES, EQUIPMENT. FIXING DOWNED TELEPHONE LINES. 01:08:30 - WORKERS INSTALLING UNDERGROUND TELEPHONE SYSTEMS. 01:08:43 - NETWORK OF COMMUNICATION. COLD WAR PREPARATION. 01:09:45 - SUNSET OVER NORTH POLE MOUNTAINS. TWO MEN WALK ON SNOW. 01:10:05 - AERIAL OVER RADAR STATION IN NORTH POLE. WESTERN ELECTRIC. BELL LABORATORIES. 01:10:18 - JET LANDS IN NORTH POLE. 01:10:25 - SHIP IN ICE WATER. BREAKING THROUGH ICE 01:10:29 - TRACTOR TRAIN PLOWING THROUGH DEEP SNOW 01:10:34 - PARACHUTE SUPPLIES TO THE NORTH POLE. 01:10:46 - MEN SAWING WOOD IN SNOWSTORM, BLIZZARD. MEN WORKING ON, BUILDING THE DEW LINE. COMMUNICATION STATION. STATION ON CLIFF. MEN WORKING HARD. 01:11:23 - ALASKAN COMMUNICATION SYSTEM. CIRCA 1950s. HUGE ANTENNAS. WHITE ALICE 01:11:45 - DOG SLED TEAM 01:12:03 - AERIAL OVER HUGE ANTENNAS. MICROWAVE TOWERS. OUT POSTS. HUGE CIRCULAR RADAR. WHITE ALICE. 01:12:32 - ZOOM IN ON DEW LINE ANTENNAS. CU RADAR SWEEP. RADARSCOPE. 01:12:47 - INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR OF NORAD. 01:13:16 - RADAR STATIONS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE OCEAN. 01:13:20 - US AIR FORCE FLYING IN CLOUDS 01:13:28 - WORKERS IN NORAD. OFFICERS PLANNING STRATEGIC DEFENSE. GRAPH WALL MILITARY LEADERS. MEN MARK MAP WALL. TELETYPE MACHINES HEARD 01:14:02 - CONCRETE BUILDING. SAGE. MISSION CONTROL. 01:14:23 - JET INTERCEPTORS TAKE OFF. AIR FORCE. JET FIRES ROCKETS. 01:14:42 - COMMAND CENTER. 01:14:53 - MISSILES LAUNCHED FROM SILOS. 01:15:05 - OMAHA, NEBRASKA UNDERGROUND CENTER. STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND. 01:15:14 - NUCLEAR ARMED BOMBERS TAKING OFF. 01:15:33 - INTERIOR MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS FACILITY 01:15:44 - CU RED TELEPHONE. 01:15:54 - WHITE HOUSE EXTERIOR. 01:16:02 - SAC HEADQUARTERS, SENDING COMMANDS. LONG RANGE WEAPONS. BALLISTIC MISSILES. ROCKET LIFT OFF. 01:16:35 - NATIONAL WARNING SYSTEM. NORAD HEADQUARTERS. WAR BUTTON. POV LOOKING OVER WORKERS SHOULDER AT MAP OF AMERICAN COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK 01:17:06 - CIVILIANS ON CROWDED CITY STREET. PEDESTRIANS BUSES CIRCA 1959'S 01:17:51 - AERIAL OVER LARGE ANTENNAS. GREENLAND. BIGGEST RADAR ANTENNA. 01:18:14 - CU TELETYPE MACHINES. 01:18:20 - ENGINEERS WORKING ON BANKS OF CIRCUITS. DETECTING ENEMY MISSILES. 01:18:36 - ANIMATED GLOBE OF WORLD. 01:18:54 - ICBM DEFENDER NIKE ZEUS ANTI-MISSILE SYSTEM. WEAPON 01:20:26 - PEOPLE IN SMALL URBAN CENTER. 01:20:32 - HIGH ANGLE OF TIMES SQUARE CIRCA 1960. 01:20:39 - EXAMPLE OF AN AIR ATTACK ON THE UNITED STATES: WORKERS MARKING MAP WALL. RADAR SCOPE, DEW LINE STATION. SHIPS AT SEA. EARLY WARNING AIRCRAFT. MEN WITH HEADSETS ON. TYPING INFORMATION. TICKER TAPE. INFORMATION COMING THROUGH. MILITARY MEN ON THE RED PHONE. AIR HORN. PILOTS RUN TO JET PLANES. ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. CONTINENTAL DEFENSE SYSTEM. CIVIL DEFENSE. PEOPLE RUN INTO AIR SHELTERS AS AIR HORN SOUNDS. PEOPLE WITH INTENSE LOOK. EXTERIOR WHITE HOUSE. CU FEET ON SNOW RUNNING. MEN CLIMB INTO JETS. RED LIGHT BLINKING. CU FINGERS PUSHING BUTTONS TO LINE ROCKETS. 01:25:39 - ROCKETS TAKE OFF BY PALM TREES. JETS EXPLODE IN MID-AIR. ENEMY PLANES TAKEN OUT. FIERY MASSES. 01:27:47 - TAPE ENDS
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1966
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1960s
- File Name: F-2108