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.
Test site on Prairie at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. United States Air Force and civilian personnel work on monitor consoles, typing data and operating scanner remote controls. USAF official speaks over microphone with headphone.
Woman operates video monitor and computer controls at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. Play, stop, power and other knobs on the video tape and monitor controls. Woman turns the knobs. She writes on a note pad. Woman speaks over headset microphone. She types data into an early model computer with an integrated keyboard and small monitor in a single unit.
Early computers and tape data systems at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. Woman opens clear cabinet and tends to data tape reels. She sits in a chair and writes on a note pad. The woman turns knobs and types on a typewriter. Typewritten data on paper. Some equipment has visible identification sticker that says "M.I.T. Lincoln Lab - Gov't property".