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Life at Levittown in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States.
Life at Levittown in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States, an early model suburb. A house under construction in Levittown. Line of houses under construction. Scenes of fully constructed houses with yards and plantings. People go into a 1950's vintage suburban house. Scene of pool, dentist working. Map of Levittown on wall. Men and women stand and talk. People work in an office. Three women sit on sofa in drawing room. People sit around a barbecue fire roasting hot dogs. People sit on the garden chairs and talk. View of Levittown.
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.)
People gather and Mamie Eisenhower christens the NS Savannah during its launching in the U.S.
Launching of the NS Savannah, the first nuclear-powered cargo and passenger ship in the United States. View of her bow, with banner reading: "New York Shipbuilding Corporation, NS Savannah." Spectators seated while a brass band plays. Shipyard crews knock supports out from beneath the Savannah's hull. U.S. First Lady, Mamie Eisenhower, swings bottle of champagne to christen the NS Savannah, and the ship slides down the ways, sternfirst. View of the Savannah in the river.