- Title: VM-1182B
- Summary: THE BIG PICTURE:
- Description:00:32:48 - 00:32:22 "THE INNER RING" PEOPLE OF NEW YORK CITY RUN TO AIR RAID SHELTERS IN THIS ENACTMENT OF ENEMY NUCLEAR ATTACK. AIR DEFENSE GOES INTO ACTION WITH PLANES, & MISSILES. RETALIATORY ATTACKS WITH NUCLEAR SUBS B-52 BOMBERS & ICBMS. CIVIL DEFENSE. 00:32:49 PEDESTRIAN & AUTO TRAFFIC ON BROADWAY & 34TH STREET IN NEW YORK CITY. STUDENTS & TEACHERS ENTERING HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING 00:33:09 MOTHER FEEDS HER BABY IN HIGH CHAIR. HEAVY PEDESTRIAN, TRUCK AND CAB TRAFFIC ON TYPICAL NEW YORK DOWNTOWN AREA. AERIAL VIEW OF TIMES SQUARE, PAN TO AIR RAID SIREN BLASTING 00:33:36 NEW YORKERS RUN TO AIR RAID SHELTERS. AIR RAID SHELTER SIGN NEXT TO BARBER POLE. PEOPLE'S FEET RUNNING TO SHELTERS 00:34:24 RUNNING MAN GRABS NEWSPAPER BOY BY ARM & BOY DROPS NEWSPAPERS AS HE IS SCOOPED OFF GROUND. MONTAGE PEOPLE RUNNING IN PANIC. 00:34:56 AERIAL RADAR CENTERS IN THE ARCTIC KNOWN AS DEW LINE, DISTANT EARLY WARNING. 00:35:19 GI WATCHES SCANNER ON RADAR SCREEN & CALLS COMBAT OPERATION CENTER AT NORAD, NORTH AMERICAN AIR DEFENSE COMMAND DEEP IN CHEYENNE MOUNTAINS OF COLORADO SPRINGS 00:35:40 UNDERGROUND PLOTTING CENTER WITH MILITARY MANNING PHONES AND PLOTTING ON HUGE WALL MAP. 00:36:20 MONTAGE "ATTACKING ENEMY", IS KEPT UNDER RADAR SURVEILLANCE AT ALL TIMES BY RADAR AT "DEW" LINE, DISTANT EARLY WARNING SYSTEM, WHICH HAS RADAR STATIONS THAT STRETCHES ACROSS TOP OF THE WORLD 00:36:40 PILOTS RUN TO THEIR JET FIGHTERS AND TAKE OFF TO INTERCEPT "ATTACKING: ENEMY. CU JET PILOT AT CONTROLS OF HIS JET. FRONTAL FACE SHOT, IS HEARD COMMUNICATING TO CONTROL, THROUGH HIS FACE MASK THE 2 JETS PEEL OFF FOR ATTACK. 00:37:50 MONTAGE JETS FIRE ROCKETS AT INCOMING "ENEMY". 00:39:00 MONTAGE B-52 BOMBERS TAKE OFF TO ATTACK ENEMY COUNTRIES. INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILES, ICBM'S, ARE FIRED. 00:39:32 BALLISTIC MISSILE BURSTS OUT OF SEA IN HUGE FLASH, AFTER BEING FIRED FROM SUBMERGED SUB. 00:40:06 MONTAGE HUGE CONTROL ROOM WITH MEN WEARING HEADSETS SEATED AT THEIR CONTROL PANELS. LARGE ELECTRONIC PANEL WITH FLASHING LIGHTS. MAN AT CONTROL PANEL PRESSES BUTTON AND MISSILES BLAST OFF FROM SITES OUTSIDE. 00:40:46 MONTAGE JET FIGHTERS TAKE OFF FIRE THEIR ROCKETS AT IMAGINARY ENEMY DURING ALL OUT WAR. 00:42:20 GIS IN "NIKE HERCULES" CONTROL ROOM PRESS BUTTONS. MISSILES BLAST OFF FROM PADS. MONTAGE MISSILES MAKE DIRECT HITS ON "ENEMY" PLANES. 00:42:48 ACTOR DARREN MCGAVIN TELLS STORY OF U.S. ARMY AIR DEFENSE COMMAND WHICH INCLUDES BALLISTIC MISSILE BASES SURROUNDING OUR MAJOR CITIES. FILM SHOWS "NIKE HERCULES" MISSILE BATTERIES AND SCHOOL FOR TRAINING MISSILE CREWS. 00:42:48 ACTOR DARREN MCGAVIN, HOLDS SCALE MODEL OF "NIKE" MISSILE IN HIS HAND AS HE NARRATES STORY OF U.S. ARMY AIR DEFENSE COMMAND FROM HIS STUDY. 00:44:00 "NIKE" MISSILE IS ELEVATED TO SURFACE FROM UNDERGROUND SILO. MISSILE MEN PULL HUGE "NIKE" INTO POSITION BY HAND 00:44:26 HUNDREDS OF ARMY PERSONNEL, MOSTLY SERGEANTS, ENTER "U.S. AIR DEFENSE SCHOOL HIGH ALTITUDE MISSILE DEPARTMENT INSTRUCTION AREA." (SIGN ON BUILDING). THE NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS GATHER AROUND SCALE MODEL OF MISSILE BATTERY AS INSTRUCTOR USES POINTER TO IDENTIFY ITS OPERATIONS. 00:45:29 INSTRUCTOR SHOWS CLASS OF GIS A MISSILE BATTERY CONTROL ROOM. 00:45:57 STUDENTS LISTEN ATTENTIVELY AS RADAR UNITS AT AN ACTIVE BASE ARE DEMONSTRATED. STUDENTS ARE SHOWN NIKE MISSILE. 00:46:29 AERIAL MONTAGE NEW YORK, CHICAGO, PITTSBURGH, SAN FRANCISCO CITYSCAPES ARE SHOWN. PAN TO MISSILE SITE PROTECTING A CITY. 00:47:38 CU AIR RAID SIREN SOUNDS, MISSILE CREW RUN TO CONTROL ROOM AND DON EARPHONES. TARGET IS IDENTIFIED ON RADAR SCREEN. MISSILE GROUND CREWS DISARM MISSILES TO AVOID MISHAP, THEN RUN FOR COVER IN BUNKER IN MOCK DRILL. 00:48:53 CU HAND OF GI TURNS KEYS ON CONTROL PANEL, AREA IS CLEARED, RADAR PINPOINTS TARGET & MISSILES ARE FIRED. 00:49:11 NIKE MISSILE UNITS ARE TRANSPORTED BY TRUCK TO MACGREGOR RANGE IN NEW MEXICO TO CONDUCT SHORT NOTICE ANNUAL PRACTICE. 00:49:50 COMMUNICATIONS CREW IN CONTROL ROOM, GIVE COMMANDS OVER EARPHONES TO READY MISSILE LAUNCH. MISSILE CREWS RUN OUT TO SITE & PREPARE MISSILES FOR FIRING. 00:51:04 MISSILE OFFICER STANDS AND WATCHES NIKE MISSILE RAISE TO FIRING POSITION. MISSILE CREW RUNS FOR COVER AND MISSILE IS FIRED. ELS EXPLOSION OCCURS AS MISSILE HITS "DRONE" TARGET IN FLIGHT. 00:55:31 ACTOR DARREN MCGAVIN MAKES FINAL STATEMENTS. MCGAVIN SHOWS PHOTOS ON WALL OF NEW NIKE MISSILE AND RADAR SITES CAPABLE OF INTERCEPTING ICBMS. 00:57:30 MCGAVIN SHOWS ANIMATED DRAWING OF HOW MISSILES HEADING FOR U. S. ARE DESTROYED BY NEW SYSTEM. 00:59:00 CONTROL ROOM GI WITH HEAD PHONES COUNTS DOWN FOR FIRING, THEN PRESSES BUTTON. MISSILE BLASTS OFF.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1966
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1960s
- File Name: VM-1182B