Film about the development of the XSM-65 Series A missile and the testing at Point Loma in San Diego, California. Animation depicts the nose of the XSM-65 Series A missile being separated and enters the earths atmosphere. The hydrogen oxygen wind tunnel being used to test the missile nose under specified temperature and wind velocity conditions. Another high power hydrogen oxygen wind tunnel used for testing. An arc heating apparatus used for testing. A resistance heating unit. A induction heater on stand. A technician works on a solar furnaces. A technician controls the pressure with which the water is forced into a porous metal. The water being converted to super heated steam in a furnace. Animation depicts the stem acting as an insulating layer. A scientist notes the water pressure and flow rate. A thermo couple device on table. A gauge. The scientist measures the heat transfer rate.
Film about the development of the XSM-65 Series A missile and the testing at Point Loma in San Diego, California. A technician checks the power battery and the inverter for power and temperature ratings. After the test the canisters are placed on the batteries. A technician at the power supply control panel. Two technicians at the controls check the batteries for vibration on a testing equipment. Animation depict the various laboratories for testing. Fire comes out from a missile after being ignited. Two technician see the location of the test site on a chart. View of the missile test site. A scientist explains the production planning,sequencing and scheduling of the missile. Technician installs the missile components. Animation of the launch of the missile.
Cheering Cuban crowds seen celebrating Fidel Castro's successful overthrow of Batista, in 1959, in Havana, Cuba. Fidel Castro with Nikita Khrushchev outside Hotel Theresa in Harlem, New York City, before meetings at the United Nations building in New York City, during the opening of the 15th General Assembly (September 19, 1960). View of Castro walking in front of UN building entrance. View of Soviet Navy ships carrying missiles from Cuba, back to the Soviet Union, in 1962. Nikita Khrushchev gesturing and talking outside a building. Newspaper photograph of Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko conversing with U.S. President John F. Kennedy, who is seated in his rocking chair at the White House.
U.S. Air Force U-2 aircraft takes off from runway, and climbs rapidly.Next scene shows interior of a U.S. Air Force photo reconnaissance laboratory where films from U-2 aircraft are developed and are being examined by Air Force photo interpreters. Images of Soviet missile installations in Cuba are seen on the close-up images.
Activities during Cuban Missile Crisis in the United States. U.S. Government officials arriving at the White House in Washington DC to address the Cuban missile crisis. CIA Director John McCone and Vice President Lyndon Johnson seen arriving at the White House. President John F. Kennedy addresses the American people on October 22, 1962, announcing discovery of Soviet missiles in Cuba and imposing a U.S. naval "quarantine" on Cuba. Animation showing areas of naval quarantine. The U.S. Capitol in a night time view. Night view of the State Department Building and the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. Interior views in the Pentagon show offices and signs for Office of Secretary of Air Force; Office of U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff; Office of Chief of Naval Operations; Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; and Office of the Secretary of Defense. View in a meeting room of Robert McNamara, the Secretary of Defense, standing at a microphone.
View from aircraft landing at Leeward Point Airfield, Quantanamo Bay, Cuba. U.S. troops exiting C-135 transport aircraft. U.S. Air Force Strategic Air Command (SAC) headquarters charting planned airborne alert missions of SAC bombers, during Cuban Missile Crisis. SAC crews in briefing rooms. Aerial view of a United States Navy nuclear submarine partially submerged. Bomb and missiles being loaded on SAC aircraft. Flight of two F-104 starfighter aircraft taking off. B-52 Bomber taking off. B-47 Bomber landing with drag chute deployed. Ground crewman with lettering on shirt identifying location as Air National Guard Permanent Training Site, Volk Field, Wisconsin. Two F-104s parked. Air Force personnel going in and out of Air Field Headquarters building. Door marked: "Headquarters Air Defense Command." A C-121 Airborne Command aircraft, with large radar hump on top, is seen in flight. A sign reads: " Headquarters Montgomery Air Defense Sector" and Air Force personnel are seen at control stations inside. Sign at Langley Air Force Base, in Virginia, reads "Headquarters Tactical Air Command."
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