Aircraft parked at a Los Angeles, California airport that is undergoing expansion. Horse pulled earth-moving carts carve new runways. Los Angeles County Relief Administration (LACRA) workers construct two runways at the airfield.
NASA Project Mercury Astronaut during weightlessness training at Edwards Air Force Base, California. Astronaut Virgil "Gus" Grissom, seated inside a jet cockpit. Aircraft in flight over Edwards Air Force Base. (Other astronauts in the Project Mercury program included Alan Sheppard, John Glenn, Scott Carpenter, Donald Slayton, Gordon Cooper, and Wally Schirra.)
NASA Project Mercury Astronaut during weightlessness training at Edwards Air Force Base, California. Astronaut with full helmet on seated inside a jet cockpit. Aircraft in flight over Edwards Air Force Base.
Missile Atlas 52D Test code named Chain Smoke ready for launch by the Strategic Air Command (SAC) from pad 576 B-3 at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California The missile takes off and begins its flight upward. At TC:01:49 some white smoke emanates from the missile and it is seen to be burning. A moment later it explodes in a huge fireball with pieces ejected trailing white smoke. The camera tracks the largest piece as it falls and crashes behind a ridge at the shoreline (likely into the water). Various vehicles are seen along fence line at secure area set back from the shoreline. (Note: The booster gas generator experienced a leak which resulted in high thrust section temperatures and eventual propulsion system failure. The sustainer and verniers shut down 49 seconds into launch, followed by the booster engines at 68 seconds. The missile destroyed itself at 72 seconds.)
Vocal group the 5th Dimension sing and dance aboard a boat in San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, California. The boat passes under the Golden Gate Bridge. Vehicles drive on the bridge. Band members sing and dance.
Hollywood, a district in the city of Los Angeles, California situated west-northwest of Downtown Los Angeles. 1940's and 1950 vehicle traffic seen from above and at street level at intersections of Hollywood and Vine and at Sunset and Vine. Landmarks seen include the Broadway Hollywood Plaza, NBC Studio, CBS Studio, Grauman's Chinese Theater (6925 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood, CA 90028, United States) with some of the names of Hollywood celebrities and stars signed in the cement: Shirley Temple; Joe E Brown; Esther Williams; Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy.
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