On November 2, 1940, U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt and party visit P-39 aircraft production line at the Bell Aircraft Company factory, 2050 Elmwood Avenue, Buffalo, New York, and P-40 production lines at the Curtiss Aeroplane factory, 2303 Kenmore Avenue, Buffalo, NY. Workers in the Bell plant pose around and inside fuselages taking shape along a production line for Bell P-39 Airacobra airplanes. In the Curtiss plant, view from rear, of Secret Service agent in coat and hat, standing on running board of an open Packard motor car carrying President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and his party as they drive slowly along an aisle in the factory, showing P-40 aircraft in various stages of completion. The President is barely visible in the back seat. (This is a 1939 Packard twelve, model 1708, special parade car, built for the President's use.) View from ahead of the President's car, as it proceeds along the Curtiss P-40 production line. (The President, in coat and hat, sits in the right rear seat.) As they progress along the production line, the aircraft seen are increasingly more complete. At the Bell plant, the motorocade passes a fully assembled P-39 on display. The President holds a desk model of the plane. The American flag and Presidential flag are displayed on the front of the car. The president is now seen without his hat. The car moves into a section of one of the factories that fabricates wing assemblies and other smaller parts. Closeup front view of the President and party as the car begins to exit the Bell factory on Elmwood Avenue. The building has "Bell Aircraft Corp." written on it. Employees are lined up outside the plant and applaud the President. [Note: There is a possibility that some scenes may be from other Buffalo-area aircraft factories that started production in 1942, including the Bell Plant in Wheatfield, NY (Niagara Falls) and the Curtiss Plant #2 at the Buffalo Airport.]
Various views of 60 thousand Labor union members of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) as they parade on 8th Avenue in Manhattan, New York City, in a march to Madison Square Garden, where many are seen entering. The Garden Marquee advertises the CIO Rally attended by Mayor O'Dyer and CIO President, Philip Murray. This CIO rally is to protest the recent passage of the Taft-Hartley Labor Bill and to demand its veto by President Truman. Brief glimpse inside the packed Madison Square Garden, with bright light panning over the gathering. (Note: Members of the AFL labor union held a similar march and rally, in Manhattan, 6 days earlier, on June,4th). Scene shifts completely to CIO members parading in protest at a different (unidentified) city. Business establishments seen include Kipens Hardware and Busse's Drug Store.
Ceremony of unveiling an equestrian statue of Joan of Arc in Meridian Hill Park in Washington DC. Crowd assembled for the ceremony. President Warren G. Harding and his wife, Florence Harding, arrive at the ceremony. Officials speak at stand. Unveiling of the bronze Joan of Arc equestrian statue by Paul Dubois. Flags on poles. A man places bouquet and flowers in front of the statue. Secretary of War John W. Weeks speaks. Side view of statue. Various officials speak at the ceremony.
'Countdown for Deterrence' outlines the activities involved in a LGM-30 Minuteman missile operational test launches. View of several Mark 12 Reentry vehicles glowing as they enter the atmosphere at the Western Test Range in the Pacific Ocean. The Minuteman III missiles carrying them are seen being launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in Lompoc, California. Launch crews at controls. Intercontinental Ballistic Missile test launch operations begins at Vandenberg AFB. Exterior of building. Data analysis by officers. Scheduling officers at work. Launch tube of missile. Shows various officers responsible for launching of missile. Launch director in conference with ICBM test maintenance personnel. Maintenance of launch tube by the maintenance crew. The missile components arrive in Vandenberg AFB. Crew in underground silo work. Tape deck which records messages from SAC HQ. A Red box which contains secret codes for the launch of the missiles is double padlocked. Pre-recorded voice reports on the current status of the missile. An officer instructs Task Force personnel in Vandenberg AFB. Task Force commander confers with two officers.
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.
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.
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