The "Big Picture" public film by the U.S. Army. In it Master Sergeant Queen speaks about the use of fire power by the U.S. Army in defense of the United States. Boxers fight in a ring. Spectators cheer for the boxers. One boxer is knocked down and counted out. Then scene shirfts to U.S. Army Master Sergeant Queen speaking about the defensive fire power of the U.S. Army being like a "knock out punch.". He points to models of missiles on his desk, including models of a U.S. Hermes A-3 Missile and what appear to be a Cruise missile and an air defense missile.
Development and use of fire power in the United States. Film begins showing a series of U.S. Army missiles being fired from silos and others from inclined launching pads. View of an atomic bomb burst (in a test). An Army Redstone missile being fired and burning through clouds and finally disappearing in the distance. Sketches of cave dweller humans from antiquity embracing the earliest of weapons, like clubs.
Development, testing and launching of missiles in the United States. Officers seated at a table during a conference. Dr. Werner von Braun rises from seat and explains something, using a model of a missile launch system. American engineers work on missile designs. Chemists work on propellants. Engineers undertake mechanical tests related to missiles. Fabrication and assembling missiles in an industrial plant. Welder doing multiple simultaneous welds on missile housing. U.S. Army 'Redstone' missile on launch pad. Soldiers operate switches and the missile is launched.
U.S. Army firing battlefield missiles at test sites in the U.S.A. An Army Dart Missile is seen on launch stand as the film begins. It is fired and speeds low over the ground until it strikes a building target which it destroys in smoke filled explosion. Next, its later replacement, an SS-10 missile is seen on a simple launching pad in a field. It launches and flies swiftly to destroy a target tank. A Corporal missile (nuclear capable) is seen being trucked to a site at a test location. Soldier at a battlefield position remotely manipulates the Corporal missile, raising it upright to a launching position. View from a distance of the missile firing and disappearing in the clouds. View of a launching gantry, with a Sergeant missile standing upright in it. It fires and climbs out of sight.
The U.S. Army test launches missiles in the United States. An Army Honest John missile is moved on its transporter launcher into position near some trees at an Army testing site. An army crew uses controls built into the launcher to raise it into a 45-degree launch angle. Closeup of soldier counting down to launch time and then signalling with his arm. Two hands are seen pushing down the plunger handle of an igniting control, and the missile launches in a burst of black smoke. It explodes in the distance raising a small mushroom cloud from its tactical nuclear warhead. A Little John, replacement is launched and disappears in distance. Next, an MGM-18 Lacrosse missile is seen on launch pad and then fired, leaving a trail of white smoke. View of it crashing onto the ground without any explosion.
United States Army soldiers' uniform in the United States. U.S. Army Sergeant Stuart Queen speaks about soldiers' uniform in the earlier days. Caps kept on a table. A soldier in a uniform. A poster for the U.S. Army.
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