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U.S. Army soldiers destroy 240 mm projectiles by burning them in an open field in the United States.

U.S. Army soldiers prepare to destroy 240 mm projectiles in the United States. Piles of wooden cartons lying on the ground. Piles of 240 mm projectile. A soldier opens the top of the 240 mm projectile. He takes out the battery. The soldier picks the projectile and places it on the ground along with other projectiles. Another soldier covers the projectiles lying on ground with dry grass and dry wood. A soldier burns them. A soldier standing on a check post. Two soldiers discussing a map. Some soldiers clearing the ground. A bulldozer in the background. Three soldiers stand near a pile of wooden cartons. A printing machine. A group of soldiers at a meeting. A soldier hold an ordinance safety manual. Ammunition burning on an open ground. A box of ammunition burning with huge flames.

Date: 1959
Duration: 3 min 19 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675057547
The First launch of an Atlas Intercontinental Ballistic Missile from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California

.Strategic Air Command launches its first Intercontinental Ballistic Missile from new facilities at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. Shrouded Atlas missile on trailer enters the Pine Canyon Gate of Vandenberg AFB. Trailer being backed into the Missile Assembly Building (MAB). Electronic checkout of Atlas being carried out by computerized equipment at the MAB building. Views of Hollerith 88-column punch cards being loaded into the computer equipment and tape outputs being produced. Atlas on launch pad. USAF airmen and officers at controls and consoles at SAC (Strategic Air Command) headquarters and Vandenberg air base. The order to perform a test launch is issued by SAC headquarters and received by the launch control officers at Vandenberg AFB. The Atlas missile is successfully launched. (Note: According to a Convair technician, who was there, this launch was done in cooperation with Convair Astronautics of San Diego. Although this film shows only U.S. Air force personnel, it was the Convair Test Conductor and the Convair Crew that did the countdown for the launch, which was the final step to sell the Launch Sites (A-B-C) and the Block House to the Air Force. Reportedly, Convair celebrated with a launch party afterwards, that included James Dempsey, head of Convair Astronautics.)

Date: 1959, September 9
Duration: 2 min 32 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675059982
Military purposes for which biological warfare can be used to reduce a nation's capacity for making war.

A training film on medical defense against biological warfare in the United States. Aircraft in flight leave vapor trails. Military purposes for using biological warfare shows U.S. Navy ships in a harbor in the United States. A U.S. military training center. An isolated airfield with aircraft on a flight line. U.S. soldiers rush into a pillbox. Affected soldiers enter a hospital. The soldiers at the banks of a lake. Biological warfare agents can be selected from the group of organisms like bacteria, viruses and fungi.

Date: 1959
Duration: 3 min 5 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675061080
The criteria for selecting a biological warfare agent in the United States, and views of laboratory work on biological warfare.

A training film based on medical defense against chemical warfare and biological warfare in the United States. The criteria for selecting a biological warfare agent includes infectivity, pathogenicity, persistency, casualty effectiveness, possibility of artificial transmission, immunization and therapy and availability. Shows how an ideal BW (biological warfare) agent affects exposed personnel. Pathogenicity tests in laboratory shows a laboratory worker giving intraperitoneal injection of botulism to a mouse. A one ounce bottle contains 250 million lethal of a toxin. A technician in a government laboratory works. The technician drops one of the bottle containing viruses. Taking the usual precautions he washes his hands. A training film based on medical defense against biological warfare in the United States. The criteria for selecting a biological warfare agent includes infectivity, pathogenicity, persistency, casualty effectiveness, possibility of artificial transmission, immunization and therapy and availability. Shows how an ideal BW (biological warfare) agent affects exposed personnel. Pathogenicity tests in laboratory shows a doctor giving intraperitoneal injection to a mouse. A one ounce bottle contains 250 million lethal of a toxin. A technician in a government laboratory works. The technician drops one of the bottle containing viruses. Taking the usual precautions he washes his hands.

Date: 1959
Duration: 2 min 33 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675061081
The ability of a biological warfare agent pathogen to spread and medical defense against it in the United States.

A training film based on medical defense against chemical warfare and biological warfare, in the United States during the Cold War. Animation depicts the ability of a biological agent to survive as an aerosol spray. An aerosol spray containing disease producing agents spreads in a building which is a part of harbor installations. Animation depicts spread of pathogens through pipelines. U.S. Medics carry biological warfare casualties into a hospital, where a sign out front reads, "Quarantine." Patients on hospital beds are treated in a group ward area with many hospital beds, orderlies, and nurses moving about.

Date: 1959
Duration: 1 min 46 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675061082
The proficiency of a biological warfare agent like pathogen to transfer through an artificial route in the United States.

A training film on medical defense against biological warfare in the United States. The proficiency of a biological warfare agent like pathogen to transfer through a artificial route shows U.S. soldiers having food and water. Technicians carry out biological warfare test. Accidental incidents occur due to use of a blender and a centrifuge. A technician works with a powder containing yellow fever virus. Animation depicts transmission cycle of the yellow fever. Animation depicts a harbor area. The soldiers eating in a mess.

Date: 1959
Duration: 2 min 41 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675061083