A film about missile launches in the United States. U.S. Army 2nd Missile Battalion of 44th Artillery conducts a test under simulated operational conditions. A mobile launcher and support equipment mounted on a half truck moves over a scrub land at Cape Canaveral. A Pershing missile being erected at a firing site. Personnel go through a countdown and check out the missile launch. Tracking of the Pershing missile. The missile being launched.
A film about missile launches in the United States. A United States Air Force (USAF) Boeing B-52 Stratofortress aircraft in flight. A AGM-28 Hound Dog missile drops from the aircraft.
A film about missile launches in the United States. Scientists place a measuring device for ion band on a payload. The pay load is mated to an SLV-I missile. Men work on communication devices in a blockhouse. The SLV-I is launched. The tracking of the missile.
A film about missile launches in the United States. Personnel insert a Nike, a robing sounding rocket, into a launch tube. The launch tube is raised. The rocket being launched. The Nike Cajun, a two-stage sounding rocket, being prepared for a launch. The rocket being mated to a gin pole type launcher. The launch pad being erected. The rocket being placed on the launch pad. A personnel works on the control equipment. The rocket being launched. Smoke contrails come out. The tracking of the rocket.
Officers of the U.S. Navy aboard ballistic missile submarine underway offshore the United States during the National Oceanographic Program. Officer looks through telescope on board a ballistic missile submarine. Three civilian men around a small table. Chief Petty Officer checks oscilloscope and his arm extended into a round opening. Man operates control of oscilloscope. Chief Petty Officer works on oscilloscope.
Officers of the U.S. Navy aboard ballistic missile submarine underway offshore the United States during the National Oceanographic Program. One man on phone and the others look on. A large blue print spread out on table. Men talk over paper work on table. Man picks up telephone and talks. He puts down telephone and starts working on blueprint. White sign taped to glass door reading 'Special Projects Office'. A civilian talks to a woman secretary. Secretary goes back to her typing. A sign on door reads 'Special Projects Office'. The secretary backs away from her type writer to receive memo, then goes back to her typing.