Newsreel clip on the opening of the Astrodome in Houston Texas. View of the seats inside the new $30 million covered stadium. Houston Astros players and coaches work out on the field. A pitcher throws a practice pitch to a catcher. Judge Roy Hofheinz is among several men in suits on the edge of the field, watching, in the background. Camera pans across the Astrodome's translucent roof, 20 stories above the playing field. Announcer notes the 45,000 seats are upholstered and the building is air conditioned so baseball and football fans can watch games in comfort. Astros players #21 Al Spangler and #14 Bob Aspromonte take swings as coach pitches batting practice.
A USAF film report covering the principles of electronics phased array radar AN/FPS-85 for performing functions of satellite surveillance and spacecraft instantly and concurrently. A view of the space. A satellite moves in the space. The AN/FPS-85 Spacetrack Radar at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida. Men working at drawing boards. The Bendix Building in Baltimore, Maryland. Cars parked outside the building. An array antenna on top of the building. A five-storey array antenna Bendix facility. A view of the AN/FPS-85 Spacetrack Radar at the Eglin AFB. The antenna elements on the radar. The AN/FPS-85 radar facing equator. An animation depicting the functioning and working of the AN/FPS-85. The functions include satellite detection, recognition of old targets, tracking of new targets and target signature data.
A USAF film report shows the production lines, fabrication and testing of radio antenna elements, and receiver and transmitter modules in the United States. The Bendix Radio division headquarters building in Towson, Maryland. 1960's cars parked outside the building. An engineer writes on a blackboard. Other engineers seated around a table. The production line where parts are being assembled into antenna elements. People at work in the plant. Women on an assembly line assemble the parts. The receiver and transmitter modules hooked up to load to special test cells. The life test runs being conducted. A man operates the controls. The sub systems being tested in the engineering laboratory. Men work on beam steering. Men at the plant test individual fabricated parts. A man checking and testing a sub system. The testing of receiver antenna module control. A man mounts a steel sheet panel on the modules. The testing of the antennas and a woman operates controls. The modules packed and transported by a truck. View of truck leaving the assembly building, with "Bendix Radio" sign on the building. The Spacetrack Radar site under construction in Florida. Men at the site install the completed panels on the planar surface. The outer panels placed on a planar surface by a power driven sled lift. A man seals the panels. The land grading is finished around huge structure by a large powered grading truck. The power transmission facility nearby and air conditioning equipment at the base.
Workers making spacecraft for the Gemini Space Program,USA. Astronaut getting ready to go into space. Scenes of launch of Gemini Spacecraft and view from press and media area with cameras watching liftoff of Mercury Atlas rocket. 1965.
The 1966 Miss World pageant, held at the Lyceum Theatre Ballroom (Lyceum Theatre, 21 Wellington St, London WC2E 7RQ, United Kingdom) in London, United Kingdom. Women beauty pageant contestants seen on the stage include contestants from Germany, New Zealand, Sweden, Syria, Venezuela, USA, France, Yugoslavia, and India. Miss India, Reita Faria, sits on the throne while Miss World 1965, Lesley Langley of United Kingdom, crowns her as Miss World 1966. Italian artist and director Beni Montresor is seen as one of the judges. Reita Faria walks the stage carrying scepter and wearing crown.
Training facility for African American teachers in Bowie, Maryland, United States. Houses at a distance on a farmland. Trees and tower in the background. Board on the farmland reads "Maryland State Normal School, Colored, Bowie Maryland, trains elementary teachers." School building with a flag on its top. House behind the trees.
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