An animation showing mountain peaks and 20 km marked on a vertical line. Picture of sky with moon and stars. Animation showing distance between moon and earth, 400000 km marked on a straight line plotted between moon and earth. Demonstration of rocket principle in nature using plants. Cotyledons of a seedling is touched from among a pot of seedlings. The cotyledons frees with a jerk.
Robert H. Goddard with the first flight of a liquid fuel rocket on March 16, 1926, in Auburn, Massachussets. He stands next to the rocket perched high on a launching frame. Goddard uses a long pole and can of benzene to fuel the rocket. Photogaph of his camera and barograph used on July 17, 1929. An 18 meter tower being prepared. A 6 meter high test stand. The barrel could be filled with water and serve as ballast. Picture of a Performance recording device. A man in a protective bunker 15 meters from the launch point for tests in New Mexico. A man using a telescope to observe from a shed 900 meters from the launch point. Another with a telescope and recording device on a tripod. Pictures from the first gyro-controlled rocket flight on April 19, 1932
Fountain and pool in front of U.S. Capitol. Washington Monument in Washington DC, United States. Voice of America Headquarters, Wilbur J. Cohen Building, 330 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC. News editorial and newsroom staff busy writing materials for broadcast Teletype tapes being cut by journalist. Banks of teletype machines receiving news from all over the world. VOI staff person assembles incoming story from teletype machine printer. Vast files of VOI broadcast tape recordings related to many countries. One file rack is labeled: Lao, Thai, Cambodia. Staff member retrieves tapes while another signs for some.
Voice of America broadcasts from its studios in Washington, DC. Director in broadcast booth directs operation, pointing to engineer and then to a woman about to broadcast in chinese. Other reporters broadcast in different languages: a man in Hindi; a man in Arabic; a woman in Spanish; and a man in Russian.
Voice of America engineer sets up and operates equipment to master sound discs and tapes of broadcasts. Banks of sound tapes are seen in operation. An engineer is seen in a master control booth.
President John F. Kennedy speaks to staff of the Voice of America on the occasion of its 20th anniversary.
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