President Kennedy and official party arrive at area 576A at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, where they watch the launch of the Atlas134D intercontinental ballistic missile.
Horten aircraft parked at Orange County Air Base, California. Mr. Horten, the designer and his copilot look back from cockpit of aircraft. Horten aircraft parked and hangar in background. Various portions of the aircraft such as control surfaces, retractable wings, the mechanical mechanism which actuates the retractable wings, elevon and sign of 'Horten Wingless' on aircraft. Aircraft fly low above runway and land.
Horten aircraft parked at Orange County Air Base, California. Mr. Horten, the designer and his copilot look out from cockpit of aircraft. Various portions of aircraft such as control surfaces, retractable wings, the mechanical mechanism which actuates the retractable wings, the controls and instruments in the cockpit, and the landing and stabilizing gear. Experimental flight tests with the plane by flying it up a few feet above the runway for a distance, then landing again.
A report covering the expansion and modernization of U.S. ICBM force, Norton AFB. Minuteman II missile on trailer truck. ICBM crew working around Minuteman II. Minuteman II erected. Test launch of Minuteman II at Cape Kennedy space center in 1964. Missile base under construction at Malmstorm AFB in Montana. Deactivation of first generation Titan I and Atlas D missiles, updating of Atlas for space boosters. Shrouded missile on trailer truck. Animated map of U.S. showing 14 air bases from where Titan I and Atlas D missiles are transferred to Norton AFB in California. Map shows Minuteman I turnover to SAC (Strategic Air Command) at Warren AFB in Wyoming. Minuteman I transfer ceremonies attended by military, state, and local dignitaries. Major General J. L. McCoy speaking at microphone. Minuteman control center building at Norton AFB. General McCoy with other officers discussing in conference. Officers on field looking over drawings for building new missile launch site.
Loading and firing of Falcon air to air missiles from a U.S. Air Force F-102A Delta Dagger interceptor aircraft. Several men load Falcon missiles into an F-102A at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico. Three contractor representatives going over graphs and charts in a conference room. The representatives going up steps of the Convair General Office Building at San Diego, California. Two Convair technicians check electrical connections and firing circuit of a Falcon missile on flight line at Holloman AFB. They load a Falcon onto launcher of a F-102A and insert the ignitor into the motor. The rockets are drawn into the aircraft and the bay doors closed. The F-102A taxis on flight line and takes off. F-102Ain flight, bomb bay doors open. The Falcon missiles are extended and fired in two salvos of three each. F-102A flying to the right.
Major Glen E Daniels of the Army Desert Training Centre in California. He stands in front of U.S. tanks and talks about movement of large units to combat zones by C-5 Galaxy aircraft of the U.S. Air Force Military Airlift Command. Soldiers load Cobra helicopters into a C-5. MAC C-5 Galaxy aircraft Interior of a C-5 showing two rows of M113 armored personnel carriers stowed inside. The troops accompanying them are seen climbing stairs to an upper deck of the C-5 where they will travel. Quick closeup view of a C-5 headed toward the camera during landing. Paratroopers jumping from MAC C-141 and C-130 aircraft. First Sergeant William Lawrence Jr, of the U.S. Army 82nd Airborne Division, stands in front of a camouflaged C-130 aircraft and talks about his experience in 20 years of parachute jumping. He extols MAC's efficiency in transporting paratroopers and comments on resulting improvement of drop zone times.
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