U.S. President Lyndon B Johnson and Mexican President Gustavo Diaz Ordaz tour the US-Mexican Dam known as Lake Amistad Dam, and the International Bridge between Del Rio Texas and Ciudad Acuna Mexico. View of the dam and International Bridge. Dignitaries at the dam site exchange greetings and talk. President Johnson at the podium in Ciudad Acuna addresses Mexican people. President Gustavo Diaz Ordaz claps in the background. High altitude view of the dam under construction
Footage of nuclear explosion in the U.S. Trinity test of the first successful nuclear explosive device, in Alamogordo, New Mexico as part of the Manhattan Project. A mushroom cloud on the horizon. The smoke rises up into the air. Flames and black smoke from the atomic bomb explosion. Sun rays filter through the clouds. Explosion seen from a few different camera angles. (World War II period).
The B-29, "Dave's Dream," taking off from Roswell Air Base, New Mexico, for the Marshall Islands, to participate in Operations Crossroads. Major Woodrow P. Swancutt, pilot of the B-29 Superfortress bomber, "Dave's Dream," leads his crew as they all don their parachutes and survival gear prior to boarding the aircraft for takeoff. They then enter the aircraft via a crew ladder in the nose wheel well area.
Passengers board a Ford Trimotor plane in Albuquerque, New Mexico. A map shows route of the plane from Albuquerque to Winslow, Arizona. Plane flies over mountains and deserts. Plane being refueled. A map shows route from Winslow to Kingman, Arizona. Aerial view as plane flies over meteor crater and reaches Kingman.
Key lying on table with tag 'Conference Room' at Walker Air Force Base, New Mexico. Sergeant picks up the key and opens door. He places sign on door 'Conference in Session' and enters room. Colonel Martin and other officers at desk in conference room. Colonel Cropmton in conference room, stands at wall map, pointing out route from Walker Air Force Base to Thule Air Force Base.
Convair B-36 Peacemaker parked at Walker Air Force Base, Roswell, New Mexico. The aircraft taxis and takes off with trailer stairs in foreground. Aerial views from B-36 aircraft in flight. Snow and ice on ground below in region of Thule Air Force Base, Greenland. View from aircraft as it lands on runway at Thule Air Force Base.