762mm rocket MGR-1B (M50) is also known by name 'Honest John'. A truck moves on road. 2 rockets and a launcher are present in the assembly area. Rocket is positioned. War head is fixed to the motor with 4 bolts. The rocket loaded on a truck moves. It arrives at a place in field. Soldiers of handling unit,M405, place rocket on launcher. The rocket is secured by steel shoes. The launch beams are folded. The rocket is covered with blanket. The launcher, 17 ton M386, moves on road with rocket fixed on it. It arrives in a field. A soldier moves the handle of the jack. Soldiers remove blanket cover of the rocket. The crew also extends the launcher beam. Rocket fins are attached. A soldier views through telescope. Soldiers set the wind measuring set. It moves. Soldiers elevate the launcher. A soldier again looks in the telescope. Soldiers get down from launcher. Two soldiers sit near a remote control device. A soldier speaks on phone. Another soldier pushes a button in the remote. The M50 is fired. An explosion at a far off site (38 Km) occurs with an eruption of smoke and dust.
Army vehicles move on road. Erected missile in field. A war head vehicle, a launcher, a programmer and test vehicle and a radio terminal vehicle in field. A soldier looks at the expanding disc of radio terminal. Automatic jacks move launcher. War head is locked to the dual motor. Soldiers get down from the launcher. A soldier, in programmer and test vehicle checks the missile. The missile is erected. Two men at the remote firing panel. Missile is fired. Animation of stage 1 and stage 2, of missile thrust and explosion of war head. The explosion of target is also animated. Howitzer in field. Number of simultaneous explosions in a field
Henry Brown and his wife and two children board a horse cart. The horse cart moves, passing fields, trees and stores in Tuskegee, Macon County, including WJ Brantleys grocery market and the Macon Theatre on Northside Street. They reach an Army Air Force Base (Moton Field). Henry's eldest son, a cadet of 99th Pursuit Squadron (Tuskegee Airmen African American fliers in World War 2) receives them. They all move to the aerodrome where planes are parked. Henry's eldest son gets ready for a flight. He enters the cockpit. The plane takes off. The two children wave their hands. Henry and his wife look to the sky.
Views from a small boat moving past docked transport ships at U.S. Transport Service piers in Hoboken, New Jersey, during World War 1. Tugboats and some small boats maneuver in the area. Some ships display the American flag at their sterns. The camera boat passes pier 5, of the Transport Service when smoke from ships' stacks obscures the picture somewhat. Next it passes Pier 4 and then a large ship being maneuvered by tugboats at Pier 3. The camera boat continues past a tugboat tied up at Pier 2 and finally reaches Pier 1, where another tugboat is tied up. (World War i; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
A Ford 2-man tank (3 ton, M1918 ) is driven into a deep ditch during a test and fails to climb out. Workers dig around the tank. (World War i; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
A Russian DDG cutting across bow of USS John F Kennedy, also called CVA-67, underway in a rough sea in the Mediterranean. UK Leander crossing USS John F Kennedy. All three ships underway in the sea. C-1A plane taxiing into the parking area. Guests get down from C-1A plane. Navy Captain greets guests. A UH-2B settles down on flight deck.
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