The Steel Ring (AA Defense of US) (1955, silent)

Description: Miscellaneous Film MF 45-8562
"Vulnerability of the US to sneak atomic attack--Radar and AAA defense centers composing the complicated defense perimeter known as the "Steel Ring"--Specially trained personnel operating the system (26 min--1955)
Index of Army Motion Pictures, Film Strips, Slides, and Phono-Recordings (1959)
Can states: "MF 45-8562" B/W B-WIND FGM"; "NEEDS SOUND"; "ORIG. B/W PIX "MF 45-8562" B-WIND FGM"
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Subjects: 1950s, Military, Cold War, Civil defense
Tags: missiles; control rooms; pressure gauges; soldiers; fighter jets; missile interception; ink plotters; bombed planes; burning aircraft falling out of sky; bombs; Alaska Communication System; U.S. Signal Corps Radio Transmitting Station building; alarms; headsets; timers; airplanes; rockets; animation; squadrons; drills; test sites; deserts; Secretary of Defense sign; communications relay stations; code talkers; army chefs; soldiers running; radio signals; Intelligence Teller; Radar and AAA defense centers; Steel Ring; defense perimeter; paper tape readers; animated map of United States; scrambling fighter planes
Film Sponsor: U.S. Army
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Contributor: Prelinger Archives
Source Collection: The Archives Project, Prelinger Archives
Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive
Production Date:
Release Date: 1955
Geographical Location: USA
Genre/Form: government
Language: eng
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Film Format: 16mm film
Element: finegrain master, positive
Color: b&w
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Sound or Silent: silent
Film Soundtrack Type: mos
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Frame Rate: 24 fps
Length (feet): 262