President of the United States John F Kennedy's tour to Redstone arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama. U.S. President John Fitzgerald Kennedy and party arrives at an airfield in a jet plane. President Kennedy, Vice President of the United States Lyndon B. Johnson and U.S. Secretary of Army Cyrus Roberts Vance greeted by astronautics engineer Dr. Wernher Von Braun and others. The President and party salute. President Kennedy and party watch test firing of a Saturn rocket booster. The party gets into staff cars.
President of the United States John F Kennedy's tour to Redstone arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama. Soldiers of Allied nations holding flags of their countries. An aircraft taxis. Honor guard stand at attention. U.S. Army band plays. President Kennedy and party including Vice President of the United States Lyndon B. Johnson and U.S. Secretary of Army Cyrus Roberts Vance arrive in staff car. The party being taken on tour to hangar by astronautics engineer Dr. Wernher Von Braun. The hangar houses the Saturn rocket which Kennedy and the tour group examines. The party talks in the rocket hangar.
German rocket physicist Wernher Von Braun gives recorded and broadcast lecture about Space Launch vehicles. He sits at a table containing models, including one of the Juno II space launch vehicle. Speaking in German, he addresses an audience, discussing capabilities of the Juno 2 vehicle and requirements for achieving escape velocity and other facets of space flight. He refers to the Explorer I satellite in his remarks. After Dr. Braun completes his comments, he stands and leaves, revealing a chart illustrating the ideas of his talk. Also seen is a blackboard listing velocities that have already been achieved by rockets and noting the escape velocity needed to achieve earth orbit. These blackboard notes are all written in English. German scientist, Albert Zeiler, is seen momentarily at a seat in front of the blackboard.
Motion picture studios in Hollywood, California during World War 2 period. Cars driven on road in Hollywood with palm trees in median beside street. Street sign on corner reads "Los Feliz Boulevard" (between Glendale Avenue and Western Avenue.) A sign at the entrance of a building reads 'Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studio' (MGM). People walk through the Paramount Pictures entrance gate. People walk on street in front of MGM studio. MGM studio employees bulletin board detailing the MGM company investments in War Bonds and donations to the Red Cross. Banners along the board encourage employee participation, such as "To speed victory. To bring our men home. Our government asks that you buy War Bonds." A sign atop Paramount Pictures building reads 'Buy Bonds at Acct Office'. An air raid shelter building.
Motion picture studios in Hollywood, California during World War 2. A public service announcement outdoor sign board reads, "Don't wait to see the white of their eyes. Buy war bonds now." A woman adjusts hair of American motion picture actress Dorothy Lamour as she poses in front of the billboard. A photographer clicks pictures. A sign reads "Hollywood Victory Committee Inc' at the Committee's offices at 415 N Beverly Dr, Beverly Hills, CA 90210. A couple sits on a bench. A sign reads "Roll of honor" with the names of war dead and heroes.
Armored vehicle evaluation of the 34th Armored Regiment, 4th Infantry Division, on training grounds in the United States. M-48 tanks and one M113 armored personnel carrier (APC) deployed in a grassy field. U.S. M-48 Patton tank firing machine gun into a jungle. M88 armored recovery vehicle in front of the knocked out M-48 tank. Aerial view of M-48 tanks moving through the field full of bomb craters.
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