A film covers the progress in development of specialized communication,command and control hardware of the NASA Gemini Agena target vehicle in Sunnyvale, California. Telemetry recorder in operation. Type 9 Pulse-code modulation Ultra High Frequency (PCM-UHF) command receiver design being proof tested. Woman inspect receiver assemblies on a breadboard. Woman places the Printed Circuit Board with wires soldered on it into a box. Technician assembling receiver units. Attachment of receiver being put on shaker table and placed in environment chamber for tests.
A film covers the progress in development of specialized communication,command and control hardware of the NASA Gemini Agena target vehicle in Sunnyvale California. Inspection of programmer, programmer circuitry,telemetry units,multiplexer and tape recorder on a Printed Circuit Board by a multimeter. Telemetry recorder in operation. Lockheed Pulse Code Modulation (PCM) 101 stored program ground station demonstration model shows left bay module,memory core,center bay,loading with punched tape and 30 channel analog bar chart. Anechoic chamber construction at Lockheed.
Lockheed 8 Sirius aircraft for Charles Lindbergh passes testing trials in Burbank, California. The aircraft on a stand in a hangar, as the retractable landing gear is demonstrated. The aircraft piloted by Charles Augustus Lindbergh taxis and takes off from a field. The Sirius Model 8 in flight.
United States Army Air Corps exercises in Sunnyvale, California. Airship or blimp TC-13 taken into hangar and disassembly begins on it (before it's transfer to the U.S. Navy). Man on a ladder. Army soldiers near a net. Men attach helium gas hose into airship to retrieve and store its helium. Narrator notes that the helium gas is valuable and potentially wanted by Germany for its Zeppelin program. Exteriors of the helium storage room. The helium bottles from which dirigible is filled. Airship during dirigible in hanger.
Officials discuss in Burbank, California. Czechoslovak diplomat Jan Garrigue Masaryk greets American studio executive Harry Morris Warner. He tells Harry Morris Warner that the U.S. screen industry is an important safeguard for Democracy.
The 1949 Hollywood Gold Cup was held at Santa Anita racetrack in Arcadia, California. (The entire Hollywood Park season was moved to Santa Anita, following a devastating fire on the night of May 5, 1949 that destroyed Hollywood Park's grandstand.) The spectators seated in the stands. The horses on tracks . The owner of the horse, Solidarity. The race starts. The spectators watch the race and cheer. The horses run on the track. The spectators watch as Solidarity wins the race.
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