United States Air Force Captain puts tape into computer at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. He speaks over telephone. Captain dials numbers on telephone. He enters building along with a group of civilians.
Board with GEODSS (Ground Electro Optical Deep Space Surveillance) logo at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. View of the test site. Board reads 'White Sands Missile Range'. Stallion Range center 5 Miles. The telescopic dome. Interior view of dome shows technician removing cover from telescope lens and operating controls.
Woman operates video monitor and computer controls at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. Play, stop, power and other knobs on the video tape and monitor controls. Woman turns the knobs. She writes on a note pad. Woman speaks over headset microphone. She types data into an early model computer with an integrated keyboard and small monitor in a single unit.
United States Army troops of Battery A, 217th Field Artillery Missile Battalion, 40th Artillery Group (Redstone) conducting annual exercises. They fuel Redstone Missile for launch from White Sands, New Mexico. Two army fueling trucks parked next to the Missile. Trucks and equipment are from 209th Artillery Group (Redstone), 4th Field Artillery, being used to fuel the Redstone missile with hoses from trucks. Troops stand next to the truck.
Activities the day before the Trinity nuclear test conducted at White Sands Missile Range (USAAF Almogordo bombing and gunnery range) in the Jornado del Muerto desert of New Mexico, during World War II. This is for the the first atomic bomb test; and first ever detonation of a nuclear weapon in history. View of the White Sands Missile Range,the testing site for Trinity nuclear test. Mountains seen in the background. Men aboard a truck loaded with the plutonium core nuclear device nicknamed "Gadget". Men attach the gadget to hook of a crane. Crane hoists the gadget from truck and place it on ground. Men assemble the gadget.
Early computers and tape data systems at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. Woman opens clear cabinet and tends to data tape reels. She sits in a chair and writes on a note pad. The woman turns knobs and types on a typewriter. Typewritten data on paper. Some equipment has visible identification sticker that says "M.I.T. Lincoln Lab - Gov't property".
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