Rocket being launched from White Sands in New Mexico. Technician inserts camera in fin of rocket. He inserts cover over lens and screws casing securely in place. Rocket starts to rise from platform and takes off. Mountains in the background. Rocket disappears into the sky. It leaves vapor trails. Rocket in flight over the earth. View of curvature of the earth. Craters seen on Earth's surface. Aircraft with folded wings aboard United States Navy ship Midway.
German V-2 rocket being launched from White Sands, New Mexico. Rocket takes off from launching stand. Exhaust from rear of rocket before it takes off. Trail of rocket in sky. Technician woks on radar screen.
Monuments in Washington DC. A DC-6 airliner and an Eastern Airlines Lockheed Constellation airliner land at the the Washington National airport. Passengers deplane. Aerial view of the Memorial bridge. Traffic moves on the Whitehurst Freeway. Construction of the District of Columbia Courthouse. Aerial view of the Pentagon building. View of Senate Office building. A car leaving the parking garage at the Hecht Company building. Temporary WWII era buildings on the mall in Washington, D.C. Children from the school safety patrol band of Fairview NJ play. Kids from Morgantown, West Virginia safety patrol marching.
Construction of District of Columbia schools. Suburban homes in Washington, D.C. Mount Vernon in Virginia.
Sesquicentennial festivities in Washington DC. Crowds gathered on the East Capitol Plaza during Washington Sesquicentennial festivities. American flag flutters atop the flagpole in front of the Capitol Dome. Tourists leave buses on streets. They visit the Jefferson Memorial. Abraham Lincoln statue at the Lincoln Memorial. Tourists visit parks.
A United States Air Force Lockeed F-104 Starfighter aircraft takes off toward and over the camera, raising its landing gear as it passes. A slate reads: "High Flight." View from underneath as the F-104 flies above the camera. Next it is seen climbing into a clear blue sky. An aerial view as it performs a roll in flight. Views of earth below. Closeup show pilot in cockpit. During maneuvers the aircraft tail number "868" is seen. Closeup glimpse from inside the cockpit. The logo of the Tactical Air Command is seen on the 104's tail. The aircraft continues maneuvering, quietly, until TC: 00:45, when it's flight is accompanied by a voice reciting the sonnet, "High Flight," written by Royal Canadian pilot, John Gillespie Magee Jr., during World War 2.
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