Evacuation drills for dependents from Castle Air Force Base in California, United States, during the Cold War. Sign at entrance to Castle Air Force Base. An officer telephones and informs a family to vacate the camp. A woman informs other families via a telephone tree or telephone pyramid. Family members including parents and children load essential belongings in cars. View of base housing and suburb housing. People sitting in cars and the cars being drive out of the camp. People get out of the cars and walk on the ground. A young boy is surprised and startled by the motion picture camera and backs up to join his mother. The families gather together at a picnic area or park under palm trees.
U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt arrives at Shenandoah National Park in Virginia, United States. He inspects the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camps. He shake hands with the young men there. The President seated at a table with some of the men.. They eat food. Tents in the background. The President talking to the CCC boys during the Great Depression.
A film titled: 'The Navy Recruit' on training of navy recruits in the United States. Naval Station Great Lakes Training Center. The navy recruits march with rifles. Ships underway at a sea. Aircraft in flight overhead. The recruits enter the naval training facility. They walk down a road. Vehicles passing on the road. They talk to men in an office. Medical check up of the recruits is conducted. They undergo their dental check up and a check up for their physical fitness. The recruits get uniforms and shoes. Names of the recruits on the uniforms and their photographs on identification cards. The recruits outside barracks. An officer instructs them. The recruits enter the barracks with their personal belongings. The officer talks to the recruits. A recruit seated on his bed reads a letter. Another reads a newspaper. Men bathe. The recruits sleep in barracks.
A film on the life of sailors aboard U.S. Navy ships. The U.S. Navy sailors arrive at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, United States. They debark from the ship wearing dress white uniforms. They arrive at Waikiki Beach for a holiday. They swim and run and enjoy the beach. Hula girls perform in front of the sailors. The sailors board USS Macon (CA-132) and the ship gets underway. They clean guns and scrub decks aboard the USS macon. A navigator plots course on direction from ship's Captain.
The Boeing 1960 Progress Report covering the development and production of U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress G and H models. A B-52G aircraft in flight overhead in Kansas, United States. The aircraft is capable of launching three different types of missiles. The aircraft can confuse the enemy radars and air defense systems. A man working at Boeing plant in Wichita, Kansas. He makes modifications in the model.
NASA astronauts perform a lunar module rehearsal months before the planned Apollo 11 mission (held in July 16-24, 1969). Apollo 11 rehearsal was held at the Kennedy Space Center. An astronaut (likely Neil Armstrong) stands beside the Apollo Lunar Module “Eagle” (LM-5). “United States” is written on the lunar module. Astronaut unfolds a Contingency Sampler With Folding Handle. Astronaut demonstrates how to scoop lunar soil using a Contingency Sampler With Folding Handle. Dust (simulating as lunar dust) is being scooped with contingency sampler. The sample bag went loose from the handle of contingency sampler. The astronaut sets the handle aside and carefully picks up the sample bag. A man watches the demonstration from behind the astronaut. The astronaut seals the sample bag with its zipper. Astronaut stores the closed sample bag on his leg pocket. Astronaut turns his back on the camera.
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