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Launch of Atlas134D,US

Launch of ICBM Atlas 134D from C-133. Atlas 134D lifts from ground to a vertical position. Flames emerge from the tunnel door as missile ignites.134D takes off and climbs into sky.23 March 1962.

Date: 1962, March 23
Duration: 5 min 7 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675025278
In-Silo launch of ICBM Titan VS-1 at test facility, Vandenberg AFB, California

First in-silo launch of liquid fueled ICBM Titan VS-1 from Silo Launch Test Facility,Vandenberg. Code named 'Silver Saddle' the Titan carries a dummy second stage. Ground level surface of silo. Flames ignite from two silo ducts after initial ignition. Missile emerges from ground and climbs up in to sky. 3 May 1961. (Note: This launch was an engineering test of the range safety destruct system as well as a prototype Titan II silo, as that missile was still over a year away from its first launch. Following first stage burnout, the dummy second stage, which was filled with water, was detonated. The water formed an ice cloud that was then photographed. This experiment would later be performed on two Saturn I launches.)

Date: 1961, May 3
Duration: 9 min 33 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675025279
UH-1B helicopter in flight over homes on the outskirts of Saigon, lands at airfield during Vietnam War.

Helicopter in flight over outskirts of Saigon. Many houses on the ground. Smoke rises from ground in small clearing as seen through windshield of helicopter. UH-1B gunshot while in flight over homes on the outskirts of Saigon. Smoke rise from many areas. Tracers seen heading in towards buildings and woods surrounding area. M-60 machine gun barrel protrudes from doorway of helicopter in flight. Helicopter moves in for landing at airfield. Crossed pistols painted on doorway of helicopter, words below read 'Billy the kid'. 'Finalizer' painted on shield alongside rockets on helicopter.

Date: 1968, February 2
Duration: 2 min 34 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675052320
Minuteman III missile prepared and sent to Vandenberg AFB,California. for operational testing.

Activities involved in a LGM-30 Minuteman missile operational test launch at Vandenberg AFB, Lompoc. A crew of two men comes out of a silo. Task Force Munitions team at work on the missile components in an underground silo. View of the MIRV, Multiple (three) independently targeted reentry vehicles (warheads). The missile booster is removed, loaded on a transporter, transferred to the missile complex ,and loaded in the launch facility. Reentry system is added to the missile and start up is accomplished. Various officers of Task Force at controls. Data analysis by officers which involves flight data recording. Training of the countdown team. Final enabling of launch facility by crews prior to launch. A radar outside a facility. A Task Force commander in conference with his team.

Date: 1979, July 10
Duration: 3 min 38 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675053257
Space and Missile Test Center and Range Operations Control Center involved in a missile test launch operation in Lompoc.

The activities involved in a LGM-30 Minuteman Intercontinental Ballistic Missile operational test launch at Vandenberg AFB, Lompoc. Countdown crews at controls in launch center located in launch facility. Shows control officer, countdown director, and countdown crews working prior to launch. A monitor operator at controls. Space and Missile Test Center building. Interiors of the building shows members of technical staff and Launch Squad Commander. Supervisor and other officers at work in Range Operations Control Center. View of radars and radomes. Radomes on a ship underway at sea. Task force crews in Launch Control Center. A man sets up road barricades. Final communication checks are completed beginning the final countdown. Countdown control officer takes down messages in launch center located in launch facility.

Date: 1979, July 10
Duration: 4 min 15 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675053258
Officers being briefed by Lieutenant Colonel Roland Rodgers during the official activation of IBM 7090 EDP System, Offutt AFB.

Ribbon cutting ceremonies which officially activate the IBM 7090 Electronic Data Processing System, SAC (Strategic Air Command) Headquarters, Offutt AFB, Nebraska. Department Director of Operations SAC Major General Keith K. Compton, Commander AWS (Air Weather Service), MATS (Military Air Transport Service) Brigadier General Norman L. Peterson and Chief of Swedish Military Weather Service Colonel Oscar Herrlin enter the computer area. They are briefed by Chief of Computer Programming Lieutenant Colonel Roland Rodgers at the center. Airmen in teletypewriter room

Date: 1960, October 24
Duration: 3 min 49 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675047439