Housing at Los Alamos, New Mexico USA. The row houses along the road. The Los Alamos Ranch trading post. Signs indicating various offices and departments involved in the Manhattan project of the Los Alamos National Laboratory.
A newsreel titled ' Rocket crashes in test' shows a V-2 rocket being carried away to White Sands Proving Grounds for test firing in New Mexico,United States. Rocket being launched off and it begins to descend soon after taking off. It crashes into the ground and explosion occurs.
Cold War era rockets and missiles. Honest John rocket fired at White Sands, New Mexico. B-29 in flight carries a XQ5 Supersonic missile. Nike-Hercules raised on launch stand. XQ5 missile releases and streaks through the sky. Nike-Hercules launched. Polaris missile launched from converted transport ship underway.
U.S. Army shows Nike Hercules missile at White Sands in New Mexico. A board reads 'Nike Hercules missile'. First public demonstration of a Nike Hercules missile. A show of Army's missile arsenal. Cameramen take photographs.
U.S. customs officer checks vehicles along the United States-Mexico Border. A United States customs officer stands behind a counter and talks to a man in the customs office. A clock on the wall and a bulletin board with several notices in the office. A sign reading: 'US Customs - Aduana Americana'. A customs officer checks the trunk of a car. A man wearing a football jersey with number 32 on it. Another officer stands behind. The officer checks the back seat of the car. The trunk of the car open with a few things in it. Peugeot car with registration number NAE 670. The officer with a man near the vehicle. The officer tears a paper from a notepad . Several other cars parked. The officer talks to a man and two girls near a vehicle. The officer beside a white vehicle.
Preparations for an underground nuclear test in New Mexico. At the Carlsbad Caverns National Park engineers prepare for the underground nuclear test during Project Gnome. The engineers board an elevator and go underground. They inspect instruments and a tunnel. Some engineers transfer cargo via a trailer. A man emerges from a narrow tunnel.