Redstone Missile set up in launch position, Cape Canaveral, Florida. Technicians with the help of large crane lift Redstone Missile and set up on launch pad.
Solar energy furnace for production of enormous heat at Massachusetts, United States. The Army Quartermaster Corp shows a new solar furnace that captures the suns rays in a 1400 square foot heliostat. Situated at Lake Cochituate, it is capable of generating heat close to that of a nuclear explosion. Officers watch the furnace as it burn through a steel sample. It will be used to test effects of nuclear bombs on various materials, without the logistics and expense of nuclear test firings.
Recon Marines from 1st Force Reconnaissance Company Test Unit 1 demonstrate free fall parachuting. A sign identifies the Auxiliary Landing Field at Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton, California. (Narrator refers to the marines as para-scouts of the 1st Marine Division.) The marines, wearing back and chest parachute packs, board a U.S. Navy Grumman S2F aircraft with tail code "RZ" and number 136777. It taxis on the ramp and is next seen taking off from the runway. Two helicopters are parked on the airfield ramp. Next, viewed from the aircraft, a marine is seen in free fall. Soon he appears as only a speck , approaching the ground. Next, he is seen, from the ground, as his chute finally opens, and he lands, and begins to spill air from his billowing chute on the ground.
George Wilson Malon, Senator of the United States gives a speech in his office in Nevada, United States. He reports to the voters. He talks about the war time excise taxes, live music taxes and their effects on the State of Nevada. He assures the people that he will work to aid the hotel and restaurant industry, and jobs for young people of Nevada.
A civil control defense center and bunker designed to withstand a near direct nuclear blast opens near Wheaton, Illinois, during the Cold War. It is to provide an emergency nerve center for disaster relief work in Chicago, Gary and Hammond. Officers and other men gather outside the building. Heavy stair covering being moved into place over underground access stairs. Charts on a wall in the board room inside the building. Equipment and instruments in the defense center including special air handling equipment and independent power supplies including large battery arrays. View of maps and planning areas, and bunk rooms and supplies that would allow staff to stay underground for an extended period of time in the event of a nuclear bomb attack.
An American college football game between the Air Force Academy Falcons and Stanford in Palo Alto, California. The game underway. A large crowd cheers and applauds. The Air Force Academy cadets watch the game and cheer for their team. The Air Force Academy Falcons hold Stanford scoreless and win the game.
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