A film about missile launches in the United States. A missile taken on a trailer. The crew at Cape Canaveral checks out the firing of a United States Air Force tactical missile Mace (CGM13B) at a practice launch. Crew members bring equipment for checking. The equipment after being tested is carried away. A digital time recorder. The missile being launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
A film about missile launches in the United States. Scientists place a measuring device for ion band on a payload. The pay load is mated to an SLV-I missile. Men work on communication devices in a blockhouse. The SLV-I is launched. The tracking of the missile.
A film about missile launches in the United States. Personnel insert a Nike, a robing sounding rocket, into a launch tube. The launch tube is raised. The rocket being launched. The Nike Cajun, a two-stage sounding rocket, being prepared for a launch. The rocket being mated to a gin pole type launcher. The launch pad being erected. The rocket being placed on the launch pad. A personnel works on the control equipment. The rocket being launched. Smoke contrails come out. The tracking of the rocket.
USS Independence underway in the Mediterranean Sea. Sailors aboard USS Independence. President of Cyprus Makarios III comes aboard the ship. An officer greets him. President Makarios III reviews troops on the deck. A Piasecki HUP-1 Retriever (H-25 Army Mule) tandem rotor helicopter lifts off from the deck. A ship underway at sea. President Makarios and others on the bridge of the ship as they look seawards.
USS Independence underway in the Mediterranean Sea. President of Cyprus Makarios III and U.S. Navy officers seated in chairs on the deck of USS Independence. Depth charges are launched and they fall into sea causing an explosion. President Makarios and the officers look on. The deck of USS Independence. Another ship being towed in the background. President Makarios talks to U.S. Navy officers on the deck of the ship. A U.S. Navy UH-25C helicopter aboard the ship. President Makarios boards the helicopter. The helicopter lifts off. A signalman hauls down the flag of Cyprus.
USS Independence underway in the Mediterranean Sea. A U.S. Navy officer salutes and U.S. Marine honor guard lined up on the deck of the ship. President Makarios III of Cyprus comes aboard the ship. President Makarios reviews Marine honor guard. A destroyer underway at sea. Flakes burst in the sky. A ship underway as depth charges explode in the background. Water splashes due to the explosion of the depth charges. Sailors on the deck of a ship underway. The depth charges explode at sea.