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First launch of an Atlas F ICBM, at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California

Atlas 15 F missile launches from operational prototype silo lift launcher. Missile elevates to position, LOX venting, ignition and take off. View of the Atlas 15 F missile ascending in the sky.

Date: 1962, August 1
Duration: 42 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675025286
Minuteman II ICBM launch site under construction at Malmstorm AFB in Montana and Vandenberg AFB in California.

A report covering the expansion and modernization of U.S. ICBM force. Site selected for Minuteman II missile launch at Malmstorm Air Force Base in Montana. Car passing through hilly region near Malmstorm AFB. Construction of Minuteman II missile site showing army engineers and men at work. Construction of missile silos. Aerial view of Minuteman base under construction at Grand Forks Air Force Base in North Dakota. Control centers and silos under construction. Building missile capsules at air base. Sign reads 'Site Activation Task Force Ballistics Systems Division Air Force Systems Command - Grand Forks AFB No. Dak.'. Exteriors of building. Officer at charts and desks in conference. Flooding at missile base showing heavy equipment operating. Construction of launching facilities at Vandenberg AFB. Test facilities to flight test integrated Minuteman II launchers and missiles. Aerial view of Minuteman II test site at Vandenberg. Officers working in launch control center.

Date: 1965
Duration: 4 min 35 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675053324
President Kennedy departs from the Vandenberg AFB in California.

President John F. Kennedy emerges from a gate at the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, United States. 'Moon Base' written on top of the gate. Presidential convoy travels along the AFB at night. Moving along the convoy is a minuteman missile transporter. A minuteman missile in the background.

Date: 1962, March 23
Duration: 1 min 14 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675028975
President John F. Kennedy's motor convoy passes by Vandenberg AFB roads in California.

View of President John F. Kennedy's motor convoy approaching from a distance along the Vandenberg AFB roads in California,Unites States. Two minuteman missiles can be seen in the backdrop of the passing convoy. The Presidential convoy moves along the Air Force Base roads.

Date: 1962, March 23
Duration: 2 min 9 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675028978
President Kennedy and Secretary of Defense McNamara inspects minuteman missile erectors in California.

Distant view of President John F. Kennedy's convoy of cars and buses traveling along the Vandenberg Air Force Base roads in California, United States. Lush green mountains in the backdrop. The convoy enters a missile launch facility. Guards at gate salute as the convoy enters. President Kennedy and Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara inspect a minuteman missile transporter. Air Force officials converse with them as they inspect. Presidential convoy departs from the facility. A saluting guard poses for the camera. A guard wearing spectacles and driver in a minuteman missile transporter. Shows a minuteman missile transporter at the facility. The erector reads U.S. Air Force.

Date: 1962, March 23
Duration: 3 min 39 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675028976
Atlas and Thor missiles at the Vandenberg Aerospace Air Force Base in California, United States.

Missile development and build up facilities at Vandenberg Aerospace Air Force base in California, United States. Atlas Intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on a launch pad at the air base. Airmen around the Atlas missile. Shrouded Atlas missile on a trailer as it drives past a sign that reads ' Vandenberg Air Force Base, Pine Canyon gate ΒΌ mile ' . Atlas checkout building as airmen work on the missile. Thor intermediate range ballistic missile raised on an a launch pad. Officers talk on the launch pad of Thor missile. U.S. and British RAF airmen work around the missile. Atlas missile on the launch pad. Thor Agena missile being launched. Scene shifts to explosion of Hydrogen bomb in test at Eniwetok, Marshall Islands, in 1952.

Date: 1968
Duration: 2 min 40 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675059980