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A unit of engineers and officers assembles, places and checks the nuclear reactor and its parts on the NS Savannah in the U.S.

The nuclear reactor of the Nuclear Ship ( NS ) Savannah and its parts are assembled in the United States. The reactor component is lowered. A unit of engineers place the reactor. An engineer inspects the fitting of the parts. The engineers use specially designed handling tools to assemble and disassemble the reactor. They place the fuel container. A unit member lowers equipment with an electric chain. A component is lowered and placed. An engineer of the Savannah and a Coast Guard officer check the Savannah unit to convert the reactor power to ship power. A unit member takes readings for natural radiation level. A unit member checks a wheel by turning it. The final assembling and fueling takes place. All unit members wearing nylon suits, boots and caps work on the final assembling. A unit member speaks on headsets. The head of the reactor is installed. It is placed after completing the fueling. The reactor is ready for starting. An operator controls the dials in a control room. The power range is increased.

Date: 1959
Duration: 4 min 57 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675070689
Castro, Raul Castro, Jose Miro Cardona and former Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev during the Cuban Revolution in Havana, Cuba.

The Cuban Revolution in Havana, Cuba. Peasants at work in sugar cane field. Clusters of huts in city slums. Poor people in the slums. Small huts along the slums. A girl bathing a child in front of a hut. Fidel Castro, a revolutionary leader, with other guerrillas in a hilly area. Castro, who supports the middle class people, in a crowd. People on streets applaud. Castro with Cuban people. His brother Raul Castro and his associate Che Guevara during a revolution in Guatemala. Castro speaking in a microphone. Other officials beside him. A large crowd listens to him and applauds. Fidel Castro with Cuban Prime Minister Jose Miro Cardona, former Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev and other officials after the overthrow of the Batista government. A Cuban firing squad executing a prisoner.

Date: 1959
Duration: 1 min 47 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675066496
Sailors roll drums of radioactive waste material over the edge of USS Calhoun County (LST-519), into the Atlantic Ocean.

Dumping of radioactive material in the Atlantic Ocean. U.S. Navy sailors roll a barrel or drum of radioactive nuclear waste material over the side of the U.S. Navy's tank landing ship USS Calhoun County (LST-519). The sailors knock down a 50 gallon drum and roll it over the side of the ship. Drums being rolled over the edge of the ship into the Atlantic Ocean by pairs of sailors. Water splashes.

Date: 1959, November 23
Duration: 1 min 6 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675066991
USS Calhoun County (LST-519) at port in New Jersey, United States before leaving to dispose of nuclear waste in the Atlantic

Dumping of radioactive material into the Atlantic Ocean. USS Calhoun County (LST-519) anchored at a port in New Jersey, United States. The American flag flies aboard the ship. Barrels or drums of atomic waste lined up on the deck of the ship. A map with a place marked on it. The map depicts the area in the Atlantic Ocean (seemingly off the coast of the Carolinas), where the atomic waste is to be disposed. Closer view of map shows writing, "Com Three Disposal Area" and a 2000 foot depth indication.

Date: 1959, November 23
Duration: 1 min 34 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675066992
Drums containing radioactive atomic waste are rolled over the side of the USS Calhoun County (LST-519) into the Atlantic Ocean.

Dumping of radioactive material in the Atlantic Ocean. The open sea as the sun sets. Three officers on the bridge of U.S. Navy ship USS Calhoun County (LST-519). An emblem hangs from the side of the bridge depicting a turtle with a helmet on, floating in water, and the ships motto above it, "Slow but sure." An enlisted man walks around the weather deck with a Geiger counter as he checks for radioactivity after the radioactive nuclear waste has been dumped. Drums containing atomic waste secured on the deck. Enlisted persons move over the barrels. Two enlisted men roll out drums over the edge of the ship. A drum strikes water and disappears below the surface. The men roll the drums over the edge of the ship and a drum falls into the sea. Personnel wash down the area where the drums were stored. A man uses a squeegee and a hose in the area. Men wash and sweep down the area.

Date: 1959, November 23
Duration: 5 min 47 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675066993
A USAF B-58 Hustler aircraft flies from Carswell Air Force Base to Edwards Air Force Base and back in the United States.

A film titled 'B-58 Low altitude bombing capacity' about the low angle flying ability of U.S. Air Force B-58 Hustler aircraft. A B-58 Hustler aircraft takes off from Carswell Air Force Base in Fort Worth, Texas. A flight crew in the cockpit of the aircraft. A map traces the route of the B-58 aircraft from Carswell Air Force Base to Edwards Air Force Base and back. The aircraft in flight. An airspeed meter on the control panel in the cockpit of the aircraft. The meter reads 600 knots. The aircraft in flight. Camera crew sets up camera equipment. The B-58 aircraft flies at a low altitude. The aircraft flies over a lake, a desert and mountains.

Date: 1959, September 18
Duration: 4 min 24 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675066998