Keel laying of the nuclear-powered cargo and passenger ship, NS Savannah, at shipyard of the New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden New Jersey. Mrs. Pat Nixon, wife of Vice-President Richard M.Nixon, is seen at the keel laying of the ship, a center piece in President Eisenhower's "Atoms for Peace" initiative. Scene at the Babcock and Wilcox company, where steel parts are being fabricated for the Savannah's nuclear reactor. The reactor head being molded. Uranium oxide fuel pellets being manufactured. Core filled with fuel pellets being lowered into the reactor. Animated diagram illustrates how the ship's reactor and propulsion system will work.View of shock-absorbing collision protection and radiation shielding being placed around the reactor shell. views of the ship under construction in the ways at the shipyard.Views of the ship's turbines manufactured by the De Laval Steam Turbine Company. A technician uses a brush to dust the precision gears of the DeLaval manufactured turbines. Meshed gears turning.
The Nuclear Ship ( NS ) Savannah nearing its completion in the United States. At the shipyard, a full size mockup of the nuclear reactor for the NS Savannah, is being constructed to facilitate installation of the actual reactor in the ship and training of her crew. View from above of the Savannah under construction. Several engineers and scientists, invited to the shipyard, from other countries, are seen in orange coveralls of the New York Shipbuilding Corporation and hard hats showing their national flags and labeled "foreign observer." Below her hull are seen retractable stabilizers to dampen roll in heavy seas.
Launching of the NS Savannah, the first nuclear-powered cargo and passenger ship in the United States. View of her bow, with banner reading: "New York Shipbuilding Corporation, NS Savannah." Spectators seated while a brass band plays. Shipyard crews knock supports out from beneath the Savannah's hull. U.S. First Lady, Mamie Eisenhower, swings bottle of champagne to christen the NS Savannah, and the ship slides down the ways, sternfirst. View of the Savannah in the river.
A guard outside Andrews Air Force Base near Morningside, Maryland. The seal of the President of the United States. Honor guard marches on the airfield. Civilian crowd stands behind fence waiting for United States President John F. Kennedy. Men disembark from a United States Marine Corps (USMC) helicopter. President Kennedy arrives on a United States Army helicopter. President Kennedy disembarks from the helicopter, walking toward Air Force One (VC-137C SAM 26000). The president is accompanied by assistants, and an unidentified woman as he boards Air Force One. Another man carrying a suitcase follows them. The air stair is pushed back. Air Force One aircraft taxiing and taking off from Andrews Air Force Base.
Air Force One aircraft (VC-137C SAM 26000) in Andrews Air Force Base near Morningside, Maryland. An air stair is moved to the aircraft. Men bring the body of President John F. Kennedy out of Air Force One, upon its arrival from Texas, following the assassination of President Kennedy. A hearse stops in front of the aircraft. Crowds watch the arrival of President Kennedy’s remains at Andrews Air Force Base. President Kennedy’s casket is loaded into the hearse. The hearse drives away, followed by staff car. Andrews Air Force Base at night. United States Navy personnel facing right. Crowds of journalists at Andrews Air Force Base.
An air stair moves toward Air Force One aircraft (VC-137C SAM 26000) at Andrews Air Force Base near Morningside, Maryland. The casket bearing the body of President John F. Kennedy is taken out of Air Force One. President Kennedy’s casket is loaded into the hearse. The hearse is followed by a group of staff cars. President Lyndon B. Johnson and First Lady Lady Bird Johnson stand at microphones to make comments to the press following the assassination of President Kennedy in Texas.
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