Burial of Astronaut Lieutenant Colonel Virgil I. Grissom, United States Air Force, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia. Funeral attendees stand behind roped off area. Officer stands holding flag over the casket. Flag folding ceremony takes place. Fly over of three F-101's with missing slot. Family of the astronaut sits on the chairs. The casket lowered into the grave. A man stands at head of a grave with head bowed.
Funeral service for Astronaut Lieutenant Colonel Virgil I.(Gus) Grissom, USAF, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia. Air Force pallbearers transfer Astronaut Grissom's flag draped casket from hearse to horse-drawn caisson at the Administration building. USAF band leads the funeral procession through cemetery and arrives at the gravesite.
Apollo 204 review board at National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in United States, following the tragic Apollo 1 accident on January 17, 1967. Men at table, including two U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonels, in uniform, discuss mission and documents. A black board in the background. A man talks on the phone. Charts and print outs about the mission on the wall. 'Apollo Design Reference Mission' written on the chart and related pictures displayed.
The U.S. Navy submarine, USS George Washington (SSBN-598) fires a ballistic missile, in the Atlantic test range, while submerged. It is seen underwater. The missile leaves the submarine and air bubbles are seen as the missile rises.
A F4U Corsair aircraft is seen in slow motion as it makes a hard impact during landing on the USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) during World War 2. The aircraft bounces high in the air, clearing all restraining cables and continues to crash futher along the deck. View is obscured by section of ship so that the aircraft is not seen coming to rest.
A civil control defense center and bunker designed to withstand a near direct nuclear blast opens near Wheaton, Illinois, during the Cold War. It is to provide an emergency nerve center for disaster relief work in Chicago, Gary and Hammond. Officers and other men gather outside the building. Heavy stair covering being moved into place over underground access stairs. Charts on a wall in the board room inside the building. Equipment and instruments in the defense center including special air handling equipment and independent power supplies including large battery arrays. View of maps and planning areas, and bunk rooms and supplies that would allow staff to stay underground for an extended period of time in the event of a nuclear bomb attack.
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