Technicians work at Jet propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena California. Technician inserts high powered transmitter into base of payload assembly of the satellite unit. Technician attaches Fiberglass superstructure. He inserts low powered transmitter at top of pay load package. A ceramic strip casing (skin) is placed over instrument assembly. Nose cone is attached to assembly. Technicians attaching finished instrument package. Technicians work on the recorder. 21 February 1958.
Draftsmen working on drawing in the drafts room at Jet Propulsion Laboratory,Pasadena, California. A person walks to the draftsman table and they discuss about the drawing. 24 February 1958.
Machinist lathes fiberglass base for instrument package and checks the cut with gauge. 24 February 1958.
Revolutionaries moving through the mountains during Cuban revolution. Buildings bombed and burned by Batista forces. Armed soldiers in defensive positions atop the Presidential Palace in Havana. President Fulgenci Batista with others. Cuban General Staff Chief, Francisco Tabernilla Dolz and a Lieutenant General discussing defense matters. Cuban soldiers on tanks. Castro addresses guerrillas. Che Guevera working with rebels in the mountains. They assemble and test rifle-launched grenades. Fire fights between revolutionaries and the Batista forces. The Cuban Army Air Force (FAEC--Fuerza Aérea Ejército de Cuba) attacks using P-47 aircraft, seen firing at revolutionaries on the ground. Rebels firing heavy machine guns, rifles, and rifle grenades. Castro's revolutionaries, under the leadership of Ernesto “Ché” Guevara, engage Federal troops at Santa Clara. They are seen taking prisoners and in the city itself. A building sign reads: "Seccion Policia Nacional Vigilante Hidalgo." An FAEC B-26 bomber is seen low overhead. Rebels fire at it with small arms from a truck moving along the street. FAEC B-26s engaged in nighttime support missions with Batista forces (commencing November 10, 1958). B-26s dropping bombs. P-47 aircraft are also seen. Bombs exploding. Civilian women and children seeking escape from the bombing. Wounded revolutionaries being treated in a hospital. Armed women revolutionaries. Rebel forces eating a meal. Che Guevara being greeted as he walks amongst civilians in the city. Revolutionaries stand atop a building waving their flag. A woman holds an injured child. A cross is erected in a cemetery. Fidel Castro with some of his followers talking to a captured Federal officer
Time lapse view of dawn breaking over Manhattan Island. Skyscrapers in New York City in 1958. People emerging from ferry to dock on their morning commute to work. Men and women pedestrians dressed in 1950s fashions cross streets as taxi cabs and 1950s era cars pass by. A man in coat and hat waiting at a bus stop, with a city bus stopped. Elevated views of pedestrians squeezing between stopped car bumbers at crowded intersections. Pigeons in a park. High Elevated views of pedestrians, traffic, crossroads, buildings, and skyscrapers of Manhattan skyline. Long views of many blocks of Manhattan buildings and streets. Shadows of tall skyscrapers falling across buildings and streets as dusk nears. Lights in skyscraper windows at night. Clouds in the background. Aerials of traffic at night. Timelapse view of sunset and night scenes in Manhattan.
A 1958 Ford station wagon car modified to include all manner of unusual features is parked by the shore of a lake. The automobile has a canoe on it's roof, which lifts up automatically to be employed. The wagon has a kitchen with refrigerator, sink and stove. A woman is seen demonstrating them at a camping spot. It also has a roof top tent and other gadgets. Everything is operated by push buttons. A child is seen in the station wagon.