Soldiers operate M102 howitzer. The barrel of howitzer moves. Shells of M102 lay on ground in a wrap. A soldier exposes them, take one and load it on M102. The M102 is fired.
M114A1 is fired in field. A 5 ton truck with crew and ammunition and M114A1 moves. The soldiers of the crew prepare M1141A1. Soldiers tighten the firing jack. African American soldier looks in telescope for traversing. The barrel is elevated manually. A soldier installs a shell. Another soldier gives a firing signal. The gun is fired. A M114A1 fires at an aim in the field. Explosion results in smoke and dust.
Lieutenant Commander M Scott Carpenter and technicians enter into transfer van at Cape Canaveral, Florida. Lt. Commander M Scott Carpenter enters gantry area, talks to technicians and Lieutenant Commander Walter Schirra. All personnel, except Carpenter, wear white coveralls. Some display "McDonnell" on their backs and others "NASA." Lieutenant Commander M Scott Carpenter prepares to enter space capsule named 'Aurora 7'. Technicians assist Lieutenant Commander M Scott Carpenter as he enters space capsule.
Marines of the 'L' company carrying M-60 machine guns and weapons in Khe Sanh area, Vietnam. They carry M-16 rifles and walk through tall bushes. A marine stands in tall grass atop small hill, firing his M-60 machine gun. Marine carrying M-16 rifle walks through bushes atop a hill. Marine with PRC-25 radio on his back rests. He lies amidst tall grass. He places cord of phone around his neck. Other marines seated in grass. (Vietnam War period).
N-9M stationary on runway. Shack and mountains in background. Pilot climbs into one of the Flying Wings and starts the engine. Wing tip of N-9M. Trailing edge of N-9M. Engine of N-9M, warming up.
Major events of the year 1953. The first atomic artillery test fired in United States on May 25, 1953. The M65 atomic cannon moving in the Nevada Test Site (specifically Frenchman Flat). A mushroom cloud rises after the M65 Atomic Cannon, sometimes called Atomic Annie, is fired and atomic bomb explodes. The M65 atomic cannon test is done as part of the Upshot–Knothole series of nuclear tests. East German uprising of 1953 (“Volksaufstand vom 17. Juni 1953”). Riots in East Germany against the increase in work quotas and withholding of American food. East German police escort a man away during a riot. People protest in streets as police try to crush the revolt. A stack of StarLac boxes bound for East Germany with sign in front. Sign reads “First Food Relief Shipment to East Germany by M.S.A. United States Lines S.S. American Inventor”. East Germans line up to receive food relief from the United States. An East German woman receives a food aid pack from the United States. The Trieste Crisis of 1953. Sign in front of a house reads “Trsta ne damo”. Officials inspect a car in the United Nations Security Council-controlled Free Territory of Trieste. Students riot in the streets of Trieste over the issue of Adriatic area between Italy and Yugoslavia. (Cold War period.)
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