Former White House Counsel John Dean testifies in front of the Senate-Watergate Committee hearings, Washington DC. View of Senator Daniel Inouye from Hawaii. Former Counsel Dean sitting in the court speaks about his meetings with various other persons convicted in the Watergate scandal beginning with events of February 9. Members of the Committee during John Dean's testimony. The house breaks into laughter on some of his revealing. Dean presents the time line of important discussions with other counsels regarding the hearings.
United States Navy ship salvage activities at Pearl Harbor after the Japanese attack on December 7, 1941. Harbor tug USS Geronimo (YTM-119) and another tug moving the USS Califonia (BB-44) to Drydock number 2, a month after she was successfully refloated. Repair crews watch from her decks as tugs move the battleship. (World War II period).
A report covering the expansion and modernization of U.S. ICBM force. Site selected for Minuteman II missile launch at Malmstorm Air Force Base in Montana. Car passing through hilly region near Malmstorm AFB. Construction of Minuteman II missile site showing army engineers and men at work. Construction of missile silos. Aerial view of Minuteman base under construction at Grand Forks Air Force Base in North Dakota. Control centers and silos under construction. Building missile capsules at air base. Sign reads 'Site Activation Task Force Ballistics Systems Division Air Force Systems Command - Grand Forks AFB No. Dak.'. Exteriors of building. Officer at charts and desks in conference. Flooding at missile base showing heavy equipment operating. Construction of launching facilities at Vandenberg AFB. Test facilities to flight test integrated Minuteman II launchers and missiles. Aerial view of Minuteman II test site at Vandenberg. Officers working in launch control center.
1375 tons of high explosive is set off in a canal to avoid a hazard in Canada. The blast area of the canal. Explosive shells are dumped in a tunnel beneath the canal. A man presses a button to set on the blast. The huge blast splashes the water of the canal.
Opening scene shows Hollywood notables climbing stairs to board a TWA Constellation airplane at Los Angeles International Airport, on October 7, 1951. They are participating in a program entitled "Movietime U.S.A." sponsored by the Council of Motion Picture Organizations, to bring the story of Hollywood to places throughout America. A sign at the airplane steps reflects this. Ronald Reagan stands chatting with Nancy Davis (his future wife) in front of the sign. Next, the Hollywood personalities are seen entering and conversing and on the airport tarmac. The following are seen among others: TC:00:27 Dan Duryea on the right. TC:00:32 Zazu Pitts, on the left. TC:00:35 Vera Ellen, on the right. TC:00:39 McDonald Carey, on the right. Other scenes show them walking toward an aircraft, and then ascending the aircraft ladder (seen from the airplane doorway).
Remains of the Lockheed XP-38 that crashed at Mitchel Field, New York, the day before, after a cross-continental flight from March Field, California. The airplane was flown by Lieutenant Ben Kelsey, who escaped without injury. But the airplane was totally destroyed.
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