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Animated cartoon schematic shows basic elements of the nuclear power plant inside the USS Nautilus (SSN-571)
Film opens showing the nuclear submarine, USS Nautilus (SSN 571) moving underway, on the surface, in the Thames River, near Groton, Connecticut. Several crew members stand on the boat's deck, as it heads toward the Long Island Sound. Change of scene shows a cartoon representation of a nuclear reaction occuring inside a nuclear reactor. Next, the reactor is seen enclosed in a containment with a pump attached. To this a heat exchanger is then shown in combination with the reactor and pump. Finally, the cartoon schematic includes a turbine, drive, and a propeller. An arrow points to control and fuel rods atop the reactor containment, and fuel rods descend into the reactor. The next animated illustration shows the reactor and drive assembly through a cutaway in a sketch of the Nautilus submarine.
37 passengers and crew members of a trans-Atlantic transport airplane escaped death as the airplane crashed in Connecticut.
A trans-Atlantic Air France Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation (F-BGNA) crashes in Preston City, Connecticut, United States. 37 passengers and crew members of Air France Flight AF075 escaped death. The wrecked airplane and the damage in the area where the airplane crashed. People look at the wreckage. A woman carrying her child while seated in chair. Wounded in hospital beds. Doctors and nurses treat them. Other passengers are seated in chairs inside the hospital.
Launching and christening of atomic submarine Nautilus by Mrs Dwight Eisenhower in Electric Boat Division, Groton.
Atomic submarine Nautilus launched in Electric Boat Division, Groton, Connecticut. Sign reads 'USS Nautilus SSN 571 Keel Laid June 14, 1952'. Crowd cheers. Mrs Dwight S Eisenhower arrives for christening ceremony. Commander Eugene P Wilkinson as Commander of ship. Mrs Dwight Eisenhower christens the Nautilus. Submarine slides into waters from its building area.
Launch of the first nuclear-powered submarine, USS Nautilus (SSN 571), christened by U.S. First Lady, Mamie Eisenhower
Launch of the world's first nuclear powered submarine, the USS Nautilus, at shipyard of the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, Connecticut. Mrs. Dwight D. Eisenhower breaks a bottle of champagne on the bow of USS Nautilus as a part of tradition. The submarine slides down the ways into the waters of the Thames River. A Navy CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter flies above USS Nautilus underway in Long Island Sound..
During summer, skiers ski one after the other on crushed ice and fall on hay spread on the ground in Salisbury, Connecticut.
A summer ski meet in Salisbury, Connecticut. Men spread crushed ice on bales of hay in summer. The spectators stand for the the ski meet. A skier skiing on the slope. A skier falls while coming down the slope. The spectators stand in the background. The skiers ski one after the other and fall on the hay being spread on the ground. A man takes pictures. Trees in the background . The spectators watch them.
A pilot gets into the cockpit of a jet helicopter, the helicopter in flight and Igor Sikorsky looks on in Connecticut.
U.S. Army's new jet helicopter in flight in Windsor Locks, Connecticut. A pilot gets into the cockpit of the Sikorsky XH-39. A four-blade main rotor of the helicopter rotates. The helicopter retracting its landing gears. The helicopter hovers in the air. The jet helicopter in flight. U.S. aircraft designer Igor Sikorsky looks at the Sikorsky XH-39 helicopter with binoculars. The helicopter in flight.