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Countdown 19 minutes before a Mercury launch; NASA personnel takes down notes
The countdown above the Mercury Space Flight Network (MSFN) plot board at the NASA command center shows 19 minutes before liftoff. Green “PROCEED” light on the right of the countdown. NASA personnel read notes, talk from their headphones, and work behind their monitors. Countdown changes from to 9 minutes before liftoff. NASA employees taking down notes on their binders and talking before liftoff.
Symbols moving in the MSFN plot board as NASA personnel work before Mercury Atlas 6 launch
A red spacecraft capsule symbol on the Mercury Space Flight Network (MSFN) plot board at the NASA command center. The countdown ticks to 4 minutes before liftoff. NASA personnel wearing headsets at work. View of the Mercury Space Flight Network plot board showing the flight path of the Mercury-Atlas 6 (MA-6). Some NASA personnel work behind monitors. Some are observing the plot board. Green circle containing the red spacecraft in plot board flickers. A red flight at the center of the red spacecraft symbol moves away. The red capsule spacecraft symbol slightly moves. A timeline showing the mission event sequence during liftoff. “Retroangle command” flashed beside handwritten time “4:43”. Clock showing the “Elapsed Time”.
NASA personnel working, smoking cigarettes before Mercury Atlas 6 launch
NASA personnel speak on their headsets at the NASA command center before a Mercury-Atlas mission liftoff in Cape Canaveral, Florida. NASA personnel working behind the “Capsule Systems Monitor”. NASA personnel communicating with colleagues from their headsets. Some NASA personnel smoke cigars at work. Another personnel lights a cigarette. Men in military uniforms at a meeting with NASA personnel. A uniformed man looks at a chart or a map. An officer speaks to NASA personnel and military officials.
Female NASA personnel working with colleagues before a Mercury launch
NASA personnel in front of the Mercury Space Flight Network (MSFN) plot board at the NASA command center. A woman works with her male colleagues at NASA. The woman writes on the screen. Close up of female NASA worker's face as she talks to her colleagues. NASA personnel speak on their headsets at the NASA command center before a Mercury-Atlas mission liftoff. NASA personnel gather at the command center. NASA personnel talks on the phone. NASA personnel, military, and Air Force officers in another room at the command center. Some of the personnel are smoking in the meeting. An officer leans down to plot a map on the table as his colleagues watch. He uses a ruler and a square to measure the map. The officer draws, with some measuring tools and a compass on the table. NASA personnel and military officers in separate rooms talking to their colleagues. A NASA personnel leans on a monitor. Two NASA personnel wearing headphones talk to each other. A military officer with some men in suits.
Creation of dust storms and how to prevent soil erosion caused by dust storms, 1939
View of house on barren land. Destroyed fences and mounds of dirt. Dust storm covers the sky during Dust Bowl period in America. View of windmill and houses before the wall of dust. Illustrated map of the United States outlines the areas affected by dust storms, ranging from the panhandle of Texas to the Dakotas. Graphic shows side view of soil including top soil and sub-soil. Crops are pictured growing from the top soil, then dying. Narrator explains that sun and wind then strip away the top soil. Animation shows top soil crumbling to dust and being swept into the air. Measures to protect top soil are pictured, beginning with planting "arid-land plants" such as grasses to protect soil from the sun and wind. Illustration depicts Lister Furrows: the cutting of deep ridges at right angles to the direction of the wind, acting as a wind break. For future protection, an illustration of shelter belts of trees acting as wind breaks. Scene of house and barren ground in dust storm. Motor cars drive amid dust storm. Scenes of buffalo and cattle being herded. Man stands with cow in dry, barren farmland. Farmers tend to dry, unhealthy crops. Motor car and carriage drive on barren ground. Idealistic scene of healthy land with good grass for cattle grazing and large barn in the background. Final image of a wall of dust.
1929 Master Farmer awards and historical recreation of the Oklahoma land run of 1893
Historical dramatization of the 1893 Oklahoma land run, from a 1929 United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) film. A man on his horse looks at his watch. When the time strikes noon, the man blows a trumpet and fires a blank from his pistol, signaling the beginning of the land rush. A line of horses, wagons, and carriages take off. A large swarm of people on horses ride furiously. A line of horse-drawn carriages and buggies on open plains. More scenes of dozens of horses and people riding at speed. A man loses his hat and trips off the side of his wagon. A man jumps off his horse and quickly hammers a small stake and flag into the ground, staking his claim. Close up as the man, meant to be "Joe Tripp," as he ties the reins of his horse to his leg and prepares to sleep on the ground, without a shelter. Scene changes to "Bill Taylor," another figure in the historical recreation, who is uprooting a thicket in order to make good farming land. The historical recreation ends. Both men have received gold medals labeling them "Master Farmers." Joe Tripp wearing his medal. Two horses pull a wagon towards a large barn and house. Close up of the medal worn by Bill Taylor, who climbs into a wagon pulled by two horses. Behind him is a barn labeled "Riverside Farm W. S. Taylor." 37 men, including Joe Tripp and Bill Taylor, all honored as Master Farmers, stand and pose for a photograph. The men talk with one another, then take off and raise their hats for the picture. Panning shot shows all faces. Note says that Master Farmer medals are awarded by "public spirited agencies" in many states. Secretary of Agriculture, William Marion Jardine, pins a medal on one of the farmers. Scene changes to a farmer harvesting using a grain cradle, then a large combine harvester.
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