Airman checking testing apparatus for Matador missile at Wheelus air base in Tripoli, Libya. Airman checking control box for control of Matador. Airman guiding a JATO (Jet-fuel Assisted Take Off) bottle into position at rear of Matador. Officer behind the row of sandbags on desert, talking into microphone. Officers speaks into microphone. Another officer looking on. Matador on zero length launching platform. Personnel working around and on the Matador.
Matador missile on the launching platform at Wheelus air base in Tripoli, Libya. Nose of the missile raised and ready for launching. JATO bottle blasts and Matador takes off. Blast creates a large cloud of sand and smoke comes out. Matador on zero length launching platform.
Assembled Matador on zero length launching platform on flat bed trailer at Wheelus air base in Tripoli, Libya. Matador is being raised into launching position. Hydraulic arms on front of launching platform. Raising nose of missile into launching position. Matador taking off from zero length launching platform. Booster burns out and falls away from the Matador missile. Captain at microphone pushing down on control buttons on Matador missile control box. Matador missile on zero length launching platform on flat bed trailer. Personnel and vehicles around the missile.
Scenes of countryside in Palmer, Alaska. Trees and barn in a field.
U.S. Marine, Navy, Air Force and Army Color Guard, carrying American flag and the Alaskan Command flag, walk at Elmendorf Air Force base, Alaska. Scene of flag of Alaskan command.
A sign reads "Elmendorf Air Force Base, Top Cover for America" in Elmendorf, Alaska. Diagrams of missiles and rockets on board.
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