The 1960 Presidential Election in the United States. A television broadcast showing Presidential candidate John F. Kennedy's lead in the Presidential Election. A correspondent recording figures on a sheet of paper. The returns in a tabulating machine checked by Kennedy's press secretary. The interiors of the press headquarters of the Democratic Presidential candidate in Massachusetts. Men and women viewing a television. The television commentator announces that Republican Presidential Richard Nixon is about to make a statement. A clock showing 3.20 AM. Richard Nixon with his wife Pat Nixon in California, standing behind a podium in front of a tally board which shows Presidential Election summary. Nixon waves at the crowd. His speech being broad casted on television. Richard Nixon talks about the importance of how elections work in the United States, that they are hard fought, but once the decision is made we united behind the man who is elected, and he says that if Kennedy goes on to win the election and becomes the President of the United States then Kennedy will have his whole hearted support. The crowd cheering and applauding. Nixon waving at the crowd. Men and women going out of a building. Vacant chairs in the Republican Party headquarters. A tally board showing figures of the election results. A few men and women in the headquarters.
The Malta Conference in Malta, United Kingdom during World War II. U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union William Averell Harriman disembarking from an aircraft at Allied Air Terminal in Luqa. Ambassador Harriman talking to an official standing beside the aircraft. U.S. Navy Fleet Admiral Ernest King disembarks from an aircraft. He is greeted by British Army Field Marshal Henry Maitland Wilson and another officer. The officers talking beside an aircraft. Ambassador Harriman with Major General F. M. Anderson Deputy Commander USSTAF (United States Strategic Air Forces in Europe) and other officers. Several officers beside an aircraft in the background.
U.S. Navy aircraft in Vietnam during Operation Market time of the Vietnam War. Nose of an aircraft parked at an air base. A sign on the cockpit of the aircraft reads 'C.P. LTJG E.J. Hopkins'. Another sign reads 'Lt. Swenson' and 'Lt. Hopkins'. Two flight crew men work on a tow bar. They hook the bar to the nose of the aircraft. A tractor backs down and the men hook up the bar to the back of the tractor. The tractor driver works on the controls as he moves the aircraft out of the turn up area. The tow bar being attached to the tractor. The aircraft being slowly moved to the turn up area. The tractor tows the aircraft. A crew member releases the tow bar from the tractor. The tow bar being released from the aircraft. A pilot climbs aboard the aircraft. Two crewmen stand by as the starboard engine is started. The port engine turns up slowly. A U.S. Navy Lockheed P-2H aircraft taxis out from a line. A U.S. Navy Phantom F-4B taxis down the line with a drogue parachute open.
USS Ortolan salvages a Japanese submarine off the coast of the Solomon Islands in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. A man puts on a diving mask. He jumps into water. He removes the diving mask. U.S. Navy Captain Holland and Captain A.F. Loger at Japanese books. Holland thumbs through Japanese code books. The bow of USS Ortolan in the choppy sea.
A U.S. Navy P-3C Orion aircraft in Atsugi, Japan during a long range navigational test. A flight crew is briefed in a weather briefing room. Navigator Lieutenant R.T. Myers and pilot Lieutenant Commander F.H. Stoodley figure out fuel consumption for the flight. Flight Meteorologist Commander J.E. Koeher speaks to aircraft commander Commander D.H. Lilienthal, flight engineer K.D. Frontz, pilot Captain R.H. Ross and flight engineer H. A. Statti. Commander Koher and Commander Lilienthal discuss weather conditions. A navigational chart depicts the flight path from Japan to Pax River in Maryland, Unite States. Commander Lilienthal stands next to a bulletin board as he points out at the chart.
Rocket engine nozzle at launching. The engine rises slowly from launch pad. An engineer behind control panel. A rocket launches a captured German V-2 rocket/WAC Corporal Bumper 8 from Pad 3 of Cape Canaveral on July 24, 1950. Two United States Air Force Convair F-106As Delta Dart in flight. Aerial view of launch complexes. Titan II missile is launched. The Titan II missile explodes mid-air. A huge ball of fire from Titan II explosion. A scientist uses a tracking camera during a Titan II rocket launch. Footage from camera shows the first stage separation of the Titan II. The booster blasted away at second stage ignition. Various tracking stations covering the Atlantic missile range. A satellite dish recording telemetry data. Observatory dome with telescope rotating. The USS HH Arnold (T-AGM-9) missile tracking ship at sea. A re-entry vehicle is seen re-entering the atmosphere. A United States Air Force Lockheed JC-130B Hercules equipped with a trapeze structure snatching an Aero kite balloon suspended from a ship. Air Force Missile Test Center and its logo. View of Patrick Air Force Base in Brevard County, Florida (840 Falcon Ave. Building 720 Patrick AFB, FL 32925). Various missiles on display in front of the Air Force Missile Test Center Technical Lab at Patrick Air Force Base. Engineers working in the Air Force Missile Test Center Technical Lab. An engineer examines a magnetic tape from an IBM console in the EDP room. An Air Force Missile Test Center report. A Gemini space capsule is being lowered. NASA personnel watch the capsule. Sign reads “Gemini / Titan II Man Rated Complex Martin Company”. Lt. Colonel John G. Albert Chief of the Gemini Launch division, 6555th Aerospace Test Wing at the entering gate. A blockhouse in the background. Colonel Albert inspects Gemini’s boosters. He is at the launch control in the blockhouse.