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The American students on an exchange trip to Africa as John Kennedy outlines the peace corps program in Washington D.C.

The U.S. president John Fitzgerald Kennedy outlines the peace corps program in Washington D.C., United States. The American students construct houses in Africa during an exchange program. A student puts cement on wall under construction using a shovel. Students stand on a bamboo scaffold and other work with shovels. Students pass bricks. A student washes his face. The students lined up for food. They sit and eat food using mess kit. Exteriors of the White House. The president John Fitzgerald Kennedy in the White house outlines the peace corps program. He speaks that the American peace corps will go abroad to work with the citizens of the newly developed countries. The peace corps will work in three major sectors : teaching,agriculture and health. The aim of the peace corps is to make a peaceful world.

Date: 1961, March 13
Duration: 4 min 1 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675067098
SAMOS 3 aboard the Atlas Agena-B rocket explodes during an attempt to launch it from California, United States.

The Atlas LV-3A/Agena B rocket on a launch pad at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, United States. SAMOS 3, a U.S. Air Force first generation photo surveillance satellite, aboard the Atlas LV-3A/Agena B. The rocket blows up. Smoke columns rise as the rocket catches fire. Several views of the smoke rising. Electrical towers and lines in the foreground. The launch pad as seen through the smoke. (Note:One of the pad umbilicals did not properly detach at liftoff, cutting off electrical power to the Atlas. The booster fell back through the launch stand and exploded. SLC-4E was fully repaired in only nine weeks and hosted Samos 4's launch two weeks after that.)

Date: 1961, September 9
Duration: 5 min 54 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675067228
Men and women work on electronic computers for bank book keeping in the United States.

A film titled ' The second revolution in banking' on bookkeeping services and computer improved banking services in the United States. A Titan rocket is launched from a launching pad. Heavy columns of smoke rise as the rocket is launched. Narrator indicates the launching of the rocket implies electronic and technological advancements. The Titan rocket ascends in the sky. The first revolution in banking is book keeping machines during World War I. A man seated at a desk works. Several men and women seated at desks in an office. They work on book keeping machines. The machines are clumsy and use lots of papers. A man empties a sack of bundles of paper on a table. The second revolution is electronic computers. These computers can read, sort, print, process check numbers, record and store customer account information which can be retrieved in record time. The Merchandise National Bank of Chicago installs electronic computers. Men work on the computers in a computer room. Several symbols printed in magnetic ink on a check. The symbols enable the computer system to read information faster and accurately. A man works on a typewriter. He types customer information. Other men work on a machine. The machine reads the information. A reader sorter in operation. A woman at work. The information is read, sorted and interpreted.

Date: 1961
Duration: 6 min 12 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675077346
Computer room with tape units of computer systems in operation for book keeping in the United States.

A film on bookkeeping services and computer improved banking services in the United States. Computer system reads and records vital details and information. It records bank checking accounts. A tape unit in operation. The tape unit saves space in addition to operating with a high speed. A woman works on a machine. Several accounts and a detailed information can be stored on a tape. A printing machine in operation.

Date: 1961
Duration: 1 min 23 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675077347
Parts and systems of electronic computers for bookkeeping, in an early 1960s computer room in the United States.

A film on bookkeeping services and computer improved banking services in the United States. A man seated at a desk at work. A central processor in operation. A check being placed in the loading mechanism of a reader sorter. The machine reads symbols printed in magnetic ink. The bank identification number of the check is checked. After checking the identification number, documents are read. Information contained in the magnetic symbols is checked. The documents are sorted. The information is placed on a magnetic tape. Then it is processed in a high speed printer for immediate examination. Sorting of the documents. The documents are arranged in numerical order by the machine. A woman works on the machine. The master file containing complete data of each account is worked upon. The computer reads an identification number. Several information and transactions of the customers are added to previous transactions. Another master file is created using the information. A machine in operation. It records the information of the customer account. Other information like that of overdrafts and closed accounts is also recorded. The customer statement is prepared. Customer's name and address and opening balance is recorded from a tape. Information about the current balance is also recorded. A woman works on a machine. A reader sorter in operation. It sorts the checks. A printer machine in operation. Tape unit complete information of all accounts is printed. Working of the central processor and the operators console. A man seated at a desk works. Personnel of the Merchandise National Bank of Chicago discuss a sketch. They look for ways to serve their customers better.

Date: 1961
Duration: 6 min 45 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675077348
Chinese and American officers check Nike missile for proper assembly in Taiwan.

First Nike-Hercules missile service in Taiwan. Exteriors of Nike missile assembly building in Northern Taiwan. CWO (Chief Warrant Officer) James F. Wheeler of 61st Artillery, 2nd Missile Battalion, D Battery, checks the Nike missile for proper assembly. Nike assembly officer 1st Lieutenant Lee Kuei Cheng of 1st Missile Battalion, B Battery, and Sergeant Gordon A. Cotner, Division B of MAAG advisory team, are seen. Two Chinese mechanics remove rear plate of Nike. Nike missile shipping container. Sergeant Cotner and CWO Wheeler discusses reassembled portion of missile. Chinese officer takes inventory as parts are being uncrated and hands them to Chinese mechanics. Sergeant Cotner watches as Chinese officer inspects Nike container.

Date: 1961, March 4
Duration: 57 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675077583