Atlas D missile 7D is seen, at night, on pad LC-14 At Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, ready for a suborbital test. Camera tracks it through lift off and through thin cloud layer. At TC: 00:54, screen goes dark. At TC: 01:02, camera picks up rocket flame again, as it passes through some cloud. The missile seems to be falling at this time. At TC: 01: 47, it explodes in a fireball and disappears. (Note: Reportedly, this launch failed due to a malfunction of one of the hold-down arms on LC-14 which damaged plumbing in the missile and allowed helium pressure gas to escape during ascent. The common bulkhead between the propellant tanks collapsed after the pressure difference between them became too great. Also notable because the Mercury astronauts were invited to watch the launch.)
UH-1D helicopter arrives at landing zone of U.S. Fire Support Base Nancy in Vietnam. It lands in the fenced area. United States Army soldiers board the helicopters. Wire fence is seen. UH-1D takes off. Some soldiers still wait for pickup. (Vietnam War period).
Three U.S. Marine Corp UH 34D helicopters flying in close formation over the Atlantic Ocean during operations supporting the Mercury-Atlas 7 orbital mission. A Marine UH 34D helicopter makes approach to land. Landing Signal Officer employs paddles to guide the pilot during approach. The helicopter lands and deck crew chocks wheels. Deck crew then folds main rotor blades and rolls the helicopter away from the landing spot.
U.S. Marine Corp UH 34D helicopter taking off from deck of USS Spiegel Grove (LSD 32) while underway in the Atlantic Ocean supporting the NASA Mercury-Atlas 7 space mission. Blades of UH 34D rotate. Deck crew removes auxiliary power unit. As helicopter starts to rise, Signal Officer uses paddles to direct pilot to starboard upon departure. The helicopter takes off and complies.
Gantry at Cape Canaveral, Florida. Signal light near gantry. Workers open the gantry. Mercury Atlas 8. '113D' and 'United States' written on Mercury Atlas 8. 113D flight readiness firing test at Cape Canaveral. Mercury Atlas 8 creates thrust during launch.
Tail view of two U.S. Air Force F-100D 'Super Sabre' planes of 355th TFS as it moves to Phu Cat in flight followed by two single F-100D planes. Fired up jet engine of the planes. Air Force planes climb into the sky through white clouds and disappear. (Vietnam War period).
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