Officials at Camp Dix in Wrightstown, New Jersey. U.S. Secretary of War Newton Diehl Baker, Jr. and Chief of Staff of the United States Army Peyton Conway March at the salvation army military hotel opening at Camp Dix. Soldiers and officers gathered.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Gemini program activities to prepare for the Apollo moon mission. Footage spanning multiple years in 1960s. Multiple views of the Saturn V launch vehicle (rocket) on launch platform and as it is moved into position at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida. Helicopter lifting off beside Saturn V with rocket and launch tower in background. Spotlights at night shined onto a Gemini Titan II rocket. Narrator explains purpose of Gemini as precursor to Apollo program. A specially configured USAF C-135 (Boeing 707) aircraft taking off and views inside, as it performs parabolic sweep maneuvers to give astronauts some experience with "weightlessness"and the operation of equipment in such conditions. View of a swimming pool with Gemini astronauts practicing neutral buoyancy with their vehicle and equipment in semi-weightless conditions. Views of Gemini astronauts training in a simulator and undergoing special parachute training. Astronaut survival training including exits from capsule at sea, desert, and jungle training. Gemini astronauts boarding capsule for an orbital mission from Launch Pad 19 at the Kennedy Space Center. Narrator names all the Gemini astronauts: Grissom, Young, McDivitt, White, Cooper, Conrad, Borman, Lovell, Schirra, Stafford, Armstrong, Scott, Cernan, Collins, Gordon, Aldrin. View of NASA Gemini astronauts entering capsule, being seated, secured, and door closed and secured before launch.
Launch of NASA Gemini XI from Pad 19 at the Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida. Technicians inside the Mission Control room for launch of Gemini XI. Close-ups of faces and expressions of Mission Control staff during countdown. Engines of the Launch Vehicle: Titan II GLV GT-11 / 62-12566.as ignition starts. The Gemini 11 rocket (Titan II launch vehicle) lifts off. Birds in the vicinity fly off. Citizens, dignitaries and various people in reviewing stand watch launch through binoculars and take pictures as the spacecraft lifts into the air.
Apollo 204 (Apollo 1) review board documentary film in the United States. View of the launch pad at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The covered capsule kept at the center. Marks of burn on the Apollo 1 capsule. Personnel of the Apollo review board works on the capsule. Men write on papers. Personnel of Apollo review board investigate wires onto the capsule. A man writes on a paper.
Apollo 204 (Apollo 1) review board documentary film in the United States. Technicians cover silver sheet on the Apollo 1 capsule at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. A technician stands on a ladder while covering the capsule. They tie a string around the capsule.
Apollo 204 (Apollo 1) review board documentary film in the United States. Technicians work at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The Apollo 1 capsule being lifted. Technicians tie strings and tighten ropes around the capsule as it is being lifted. Technicians move around the capsule and others work on it. A technician places the belt into a groove and tightens the screw.
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