President John F Kennedy and party arrive at airfield in Huntsville, Alabama. The Aircraft boarding stairs, rolled next to Airplane door entrance. The Airplane taxis and takes off from the runway. President John F Kennedy and Vice President Lyndon B Johnson greeted by Dr Wernher Von Braun and other dignitaries. President Kennedy speaks over microphone. President and party enter car and drive away.
President John F Kennedy and party arrive at George C Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. President Kennedy and party watch the test firing of Saturn Rocket booster. Presidential motorcade leaves test area.
President John F Kennedy and party in Huntsville, Alabama. They board an airplane at an airfield. Photographers take pictures. Airplane taxis and takes off from the runway. Dignitaries gathered at the airfield.
Proving ground for military weapons at Huntsville Arsenal in Huntsville Alabama. Sudden explosion seen in a building on a hillside and on surrounding ground. Smoke clouds rising from the ground. Flamethrowers directed at the building from two different directions and the building is engulfed in flames. Repeated scenes of explosion followed by fire and smoke. (World War II period).
"Headquarters Army Ballistic Missile Agency" written on a building in Huntsville, Alabama. General John B Medaris, Chief of Army Ballistic Agency sits in a chair. Wernher Von Braun sits in a chair. A Jupiter Missile shell is towed.
A Jupiter missile erected on a stand in Huntsville, Alabama. Static firing of Jupiter Missile at night. Flames appear at the base of the missile.