Pilot and Co-pilot seated inside cockpit of TF-1 Aircraft. Engine starts with propeller moving. The aircraft catapults from the flight deck of USS Midway.
Vice Admiral Kivette and Rear Admiral Clark walk up the flight deck of USS Midway. They stand in attention and salute. Vice Admiral Kivette reviews the Marine Honor Guard with marine officer. Vice Admiral Kivette boards HUP-2 helicopter. The helicopter takes off.
Rear Admiral Clark converses with other officers on the flight deck of USS Midway. Officers salute him. Marines Honor Guards stand at parade holding United States Marine Corps flag. Vice Admiral Kivette's flag raised on the halyards. View of stack of USS Midway.
United States congressional Leaders, including Senators Carl Hayden, Lyndon Johnson, William F. Knowland and other Senators as well as House leaders John McCormick and Carl Albert, assemble at the White House. American senators chatting on the street in Washington DC. They enter the door to the White House together. Senators pose for photographers. Lyndon B. Johnson exits his car after arriving in front of the White House. Lyndon B. Johnson and another senator speaks to the press.
A documentary report on the testing of small scale models for Project Orion, which is the study of a method for propelling multi-ton vehicles into space by means of series of nuclear detonations. Technicians work on model. Preparation and testing of single explosion models suspended from a tower. Explosions under the model suspended. Worker climbs a ladder to model that is suspended from tower while technicians look at the model. Model taken for inspection. Technicians examine the model.
Testing of small scale models for Project Orion, which is the study of a method for propelling multi-ton vehicles into space by means of series of nuclear detonations. A technician places polystyrene pads on plate which is shock absorber for Project Orion model. Technicians try to fix plate on model. Effects of explosion on shock absorber plate are tested. A model suspended from a tower. One, two and three-shot test of model by making explosions. Operation of the multiple charge ejection system.
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