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Air Force Now - Skywatchers

Reel Number: 220356-06

Color: Colour

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1980s

Country: USA

Location: Cheyenne Mountain, Colorado

TC Begins: 17:32:02

TC Ends: 17:37:57

Duration: 00:05:55

Air Force Now - Skywatchers 17:32:45 Clouds, mountain & tilt down to entrance to Cheyenne Mountain Complex, NORAD. Radar. Montage POV in dark tunnel & bomb proof door closing and bolting. Men in control room on phone. Screens & room shots. 17:34:11 Brig. Gen. Paul Wagoner explains mission of Cheyenne Mountain. Coverage sites & code words on light screens. SMSgt Warren Smith speaks. Computer graphs of USA map. Others describe how system works. 17:35:42 Staff at work. Liquid crystal numbers (LCD). Quick Alert light flashing. Staff jumps on phones... “indications of launch from the Soviet Union”. 17:37:19 Heavy door opens. POV through tunnel towards light. Mountain peak. Clouds over mountain. Cold War; Missile Launch Monitoring;

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