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Missile Training and operational activities at Vandenberg Aerospace Air Force Base, California
Activities of Strategic Air Command (SAC) 576th Missile Training Squadron. Atlas ICBM on launch pad. Airmen work around base of missile. The 392nd Missile Training Squadron has responsibility for 5 Thor missile launch pads. Aerial view of Thor missile complex. Thor missile raised on operational launch pad. Ocean in the background. Airmen work on missile. Other pads used for launch of Discoverer Orbiting vehicles. 395th Missile Training Squadron involved with Titan Missile crews. A Titan missile being launched at Cape Canaveral, Florida. Test launch of a tethered Minuteman missile. It climbs and then flips over and is pulled to earth by tether. Atlas missile on trailer. Atlas in a launch tower being readied for launch from permanent vertical position. . Airmen work around Atlas. Other Atlas missiles, placed in a horizontal position, and being raised in vertical position for firing. Semi-hardened bunker constructed for Atlas. Officers in control room watch instrument panels and gauges. Titan missile being raised upward into firing postion from inside hardened silo. Sign reads 'Headquarters, First Missile Division, Strategic Air Command, Vandenberg AFB'. USAF airmen and officers attend missile classes. Officers and airmen operate missile launch controls in a launch control center. Thor missile on launch pad. Airmen work in assembly. Various missiles being raised for firing.
U.S. Air Force captain and non-commissioned officers examine Agena vehicle on transport cradle in a building at Vandenberg AFB
'Discoverer Satellite' explains use of satellite for defense intelligence in the United States. Shows function of Agena vehicle in the Discoverer program to develop and practice orbital space maneuver, at Vandenberg AFB, California. Artistic rendering of Agena vehicle as it travels through star-studded sky. U.S. Air Force captain stands beneath dish-shaped tracking antenna. The Captain speaks. Captain in missile assembly building holds briefing sessions for non-commissioned officers. He uses globe and model Agena to illustrate orbital path. Captain and non-commissioned officers examine Agena vehicle on transport cradle in a building. Captain stands in front of a sketch of Agena vehicle receiving infra-red signals detected from enemy rocket or missile launches, and transmitting radar signals to stations in the United States.
Launching of Thor-Agena vehicle flight as C-119 recovery unit makes practice snatch of parachute and capsule.
Thor-Agena orbital vehicle being launched from Vandenberg air force base, California. Missile launch crew in blockhouse prepares for launch. Thor-Agena engine ignition, lift-off and climb. Launch crew in blockhouse after Thor-Agena firing. Animation depicts flight of Thor-Agena including second-stage separation. Agena pitches to horizontal position and ground radar antenna receives signal from Agena. Second stage ignition and cut-off, and nose cone separation and re-entry over the Pacific. U.S. Air Force RC-121 aircraft in flight. U.S. Air Force C-119 recovery unit makes practice snatch of parachute and capsule. C-119 Flying Boxcar planes in flight. Recovery unit in the Pacific. C-119 aircraft equipped with trapeze. Us Air Force Captain speaks at Vandenberg AFB. He stands beneath a dish shaped radar in operation. Agena vehicle travels through star-studded sky.
A project to review methods of attack against Japanese-type fortifications at Dugway Proving Ground, Utah.
Coverage of project to determine the most effective means for destroying Japanese-type cave positions at Dugway Proving Ground, Utah. Paper with typewritten introduction. U.S. Air Force P-38 Lightning fighter aircraft in a napalm incendiary bomb attack. U.S. B-25H Mitchell bomber fires 75mm cannon and U.S. Army Air Force P-47N Thunderbolt fighter aircraft fires 11.75 inch Tiny Tim rocket at targets on hillside. Mountainous terrain and caves similar to Japanese positions on island. Tall Boy (12,000 pound HE bomb) being hoisted from a trailer. U.S. P-38 parked with napalm bombs under wing. P-47N with 11.75 inch Tiny Tim rocket on launcher rail. U.S. Army Air Forces A-26 Invader bomber plane in flight and fires Tiny Tim rocket. Ordnance men load 75mm rounds into B-25H equipped with APG-13B radar ranging device. Gun crew fires 105mm howitzer at hillside. (World War II period).
U.S. P-38 fighter makes napalm attack on hillside to review methods of attack against fortifications of Japan.
Coverage of a project to determine the most effective means for destroying Japanese-type fortifications at Dugway Proving Ground, Utah. U.S. Army Air Force P-38 Lightning fighter aircraft drops napalm incendiary bombs on hillside. Explosion throws billows of smoke in air. (World War II period).
A C-123B assault transport aircraft takes off with various loads from Edwards Air Force Base in California.
A report on United States Air Force C-123B assault transport aircraft performance in engineering test at Edwards AFB in California. A C-123B with J-44 turbojets on wing tips. Turbojet on wing tip of aircraft and door on turbojets closes. A man adjust dials on the C-123B control panel. The aircraft takes off from the air base. The aircraft in flight. Several take offs of the C-123B with a variety of loads.
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