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Story of Manhattan Project. Plutonium generated and separated at University of California. Manhattan project undertaken.

Story Camp Hanford during the Manhattan Project in World War II. Scenes of Dr. Glenn Seaborg and colleagues: Arthur Wall, Edward McMillan, and Emilio Segre, who generated and isolated Plutonium at University of California in 1941 A sign on a container reads 'First Pure 94 (239) isolated from chain reaction source'. A model of the atomic pile under the stadium at the University of Chicago, where Enrico Fermi, an Italian physicist, demonstrated controlled nuclear fission, on December 2, 1942. A map shows various sites chosen for Manhattan Engineer's District. Views of desert in Southeast Washington State. The Columbia River, for cooling. Electrical towers for power supply. An aerial view of project buildings in Hanford. Construction workers selected for the project in Hanford. Construction sites. Trailer houses for the workers. An aerial view of the plant ready for operation. Inserted view of Camp Hanford abandoned, in later years.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1966
Duration: 3 min 14 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675032077
Trainees are introduced to a training schedule at Fort Irwin in Mojave, California.

The series 'The Big Picture' talks about armored combat training at Fort Irwin and the National Training Center (NTC) in Mojave, California. A rocket is launched. Artillery mounted on a tank is fired. Helicopters land. Soldiers fire guns. Master Sergeant Stewart Queen speaks about 6 weeks armored combat training that includes tank firing and maneuvering. A trainee writes a letter to his parents. The trainees get into buses. The buses are driven to Camp Irwin. Mountains near the training center. A board reads 'Headquarters the armored combat training center Camp Irwin California'. Cars driven on a road. The tanks fire at a firing range. The trainees march. The trainees enter a service hall. Colonel Holmes gives an orientation lecture. The trainees sit and listen. They are taken in trucks to a gunnery range. They jump out of the trucks. They attend a lecture on a training program. The trainees march. The tanks lined up in the background. The trainees are lectured on what not to do near the tanks. Firing from the tanks. The trainees observe. They check oil in the engine of a tank. Wheels of the tanks.

Location: Mojave California USA
Date: 1955
Duration: 6 min 20 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675067158
X-15 on ground. Bell X-1 mach 1, October 14, 1947. The X-1D, nose wheel collapse, July 24, 1951

The high frontier of X-15 in United States. Rocket powered aircraft X-15 is towed and taken out from a hangar. Various symbols on X-15. A sign reads 'North American Aviation Inc'. Models of aircraft from earliest to most recent are shown. B-29 launching Bell X-1 rocket plane on October 14, 1947. View inside cabin of B-29. Airspeed indicator in the X-1 shows Mach 1 plus. View of X-1D rocket plane landing in Mojave desert, July 24, 1951, as nose wheel collapses and the plane sends up plumes of sand as it spins around before coming to rest, facing backwards. Test pilot Jean Ziegler is seen afterwards in the cockpit, breathing a sigh of relief. Jet fighter seen exceeding mach 2 airspeed. Animation of B-52B Stratofortress launching X-15. and its landing on desert.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1959
Duration: 3 min 4 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675021319
Trainees work on tanks, engines, range finder equipment, machine guns and communication equipment in Mojave, California.

Armored combat training at Fort Irwin and the National Training Center (NTC) in Mojave, California. An instructor teaches trainees to turn the turret on a tank manually. Another instructor explains about the engine. The trainees repair the wheels of a tank. They enter a range finder building. The trainees sit on chairs and learn. A trainee looks through a range finder. The trainees sit on benches in groups. The instructors teach them about 30 caliber machine guns. The trainees learn on a cut away model of M-48 tanks. The instructor teaches them about radio communication. The trainees on a communication equipment.

Location: Mojave California USA
Date: 1955
Duration: 2 min 26 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675067159
Trainees learn to mount, to maneuver and to handle tanks at Fort Irwin in Mojave, California.

Armored combat training at Fort Irwin and the National Training Center (NTC) in Mojave, California. Lined up tanks. U.S. Sergeant Brewer gives signals. U.S. trainees stand in front of the tanks and learn to mount them. The tanks are moved. The trainees give hand signals for tank maneuvering. A trainee sits near a swimming pool and writes. The trainees mount the tanks and work on them. A trainee places bullets in belts. The trainee carries an elevation marker. A flag is waved from a control tower as a signal for firing. The trainee fire from the tanks.

Location: Mojave California USA
Date: 1955
Duration: 3 min 14 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675067161
Trainees learn to fire from tanks on targets at Fort Irwin in Mojave, California.

Armored combat training at Fort Irwin and the National Training Center (NTC) in Mojave, California. U.S. trainees fire from tanks on targets. An officer in a control tower. The trainees bring their targets for scoring. A trainee points to the hits on a target. The trainees stand near a score board at the base of the control tower. They are in a line for lunch. The trainees sit on the ground and eat lunch.

Location: Mojave California USA
Date: 1955
Duration: 1 min 15 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675067162
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