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Establishment of Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, and its first launch of a ballistic missile.

Restrospective of the 1954 search for a suitable site for U.S. Air Force testing of ballistic missiles. Coastal area with ocean in the background. Officials look over charts, maps, photographs as they select the site for Vandenberg Air Force Base. In January, 1958, view of building with a sign that reads ' Headquarters, First Missile Division, Strategic Air Command, Vandenberg Air Force Base' Entrance of the headquarters as Major General David Wade walks out. U.S. Air Force officers and airmen attend missile training classes. Airmen work on assembly of Thor missiles . U.S. Air Force officers and airmen operate missile launch consoles in a launch control center. November, 1958, Thor intermediate range missile on a trailer being delivered to Vandenberg Air Force Base. Trailer backs up to the launch pad. December, 16, 1958, the Thor missile on launch pad venting gases. U.S. Air Forces officers at a launch console. The Thor missile is launched. RAF airmen watch missile in flight.

Date: 1958
Duration: 3 min 31 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675059981
President Dwight Eisenhower returns to Washington from Denver after recovering from illness, Gettysburg

President Dwight Eisenhower during his illness. The President on wheelchair followed by few nurses in Denver. Crowds lines up street as he returns to his home in Gettysburg from Denver. Crowd waves flags lined up on sidewalks to welcome Eisenhower. Eisenhower walks into a building accompanied by other officials. Eisenhower seated with other officials around table.

Date: 1955
Duration: 43 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675052618
Boy Scouts from all over the world assemble to celebrate 5th National jamboree in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States.

Boy Scout Jamboree get-together in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States. Views of boy scout jamboree with tents at Colorado Springs. Flags of different nations are raised. Boy Scouts from all over the world assemble for the BSA's 5th National jamboree and 50th anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America scouting movement. Giant cake for the ceremony. Boy Scouts get patches from a box. Sign: 'Choccolocco Council, Troop 53'. Boys erect the tents. Views of Colorado Springs surrounding mountains with various flags. Mountains in the background.

Date: 1960, July 25
Duration: 1 min 7 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675045302
People enjoy their vacations in Colorado, United States.

A film titled 'Colorado: land of long look' about places of interest in Colorado, United States. Telephone poles and farmland on the side of the highway in Colorado as seen from a moving car. Highway view of the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. People ride horses. People enjoy their vacations. Close-up view of a man filming a scene using a Kodak Instamatic M30 movie camera or camcorder. A group of youngsters on a vacation. Teenage boys and girls walking, and they drive away in a car.

Date: 1978
Duration: 1 min 8 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675065943
People enjoy various sports like river rafting, rodeo in Colorado, United States.

A film about tourism in Colorado, United States. People enjoy skiing, river rafting, fishing, motor sport, rodeo, and rock climbing in Colorado. A couple in the Great Sand Dunes of Colorado. People milling about on the street. A herd of sheep in the countryside. A Tudor-style mansion with sprawling green lawn. An African American couple walks together. A man rides a bicycle. Cars on a highway. A man near a pond. A view of the Rocky Mountains in Colorado.

Date: 1978
Duration: 1 min 24 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675065944
Some news highlights of 1958 including launch of American Explorer I satellite and of an Atlas Missile.

America's first satellite, the Explorer I. It is seen on the launch pad atop the Redstone Juno I rocket that will carry it into orbit on January 31, 1958. The rocket engine fires and the Juno I speeds upward. Next an American Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile is seen being launched 0n 18 December 1958, to steer itself into orbit as a satellite, orbiting the Earth.

Date: 1958
Duration: 43 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675047396