Launching of the United States Navy cruise missile Regulus from United States Navy submarine USS Tunny (SS-282) in California, United States. The United States Navy Gato-class submarine USS Tunny gets underway in the Pacific Ocean and moves out of Port Hueneme, California. Tunny submerges in water. Aboard the submarine, missile men check the umbilical cable and electronic check out cable being plugged in. The missile circuits being energized. Men work on controls. Various automatic functions being checked. A man takes down readings as he monitors the results. The Commanding Officer at the periscope as he checks the launch area. Ignitors being installed in the booster. The missile being buttoned up and the umbilical cable being disconnected inside the hangar. A navigator checks the position. The USS tunny comes on the water surface. Hangar doors open and Regulus missile emerges from the hangar. Men on the deck in the foreground. Umbilical cable used for pre-umbilical launch check. The wings of the Regulus being unfolded and locked. External fuel being attached to the missile for warm up before take off. An air eject system being connected to detach umbilical cable. A black reflector shield being fitted out. Launcher being elevated to the firing position. Final checks being made. The umbilical cable ejects and missile being launched. USS Tunny submerges in water. Men at controls in the missile room. Radar and radio antennas aboard USS Tunny break through the water surface. A plot being maintained on the position of Tunny. A missile guidance officer guides men as they work on a plot.
United States President Harry S. Truman addresses the nation from White House in Washington D.C., United States. U.S. President Truman at a desk in the White House as he addresses the nation over national radio. The President says that war is not inevitable (Korean War period). President Truman says that they will try their best to avoid general war but will not accept appeasement. A map of United States show aircraft in flight over Korea. President Truman talks about the threat of Communist aggression in Europe and Asia. Allied soldiers march. U.S. Secretary of State Dean Acheson, French representative Robert Schuman and British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin at NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization). A naval port with oil barrels and supply bags lined up. The United Nations Security Council meeting.
Funeral services for former U.S. President John F. Kennedy in Washington DC. A horse-drawn caisson with President Kennedy's flag-draped casket moves along Pennsylvania Avenue and heads for the U.S. Capitol (First St SE, Washington, DC 20004, United States). United States President Lyndon Johnson, former President Kennedy's wife Jacqueline Kennedy and his brother Robert Kennedy get off a car outside the Capitol. President Kennedy's casket lies in state in the Capitol Rotunda. President Johnson places a wreath in front of the casket. Jacqueline Kennedy moves towards the casket along with her daughter Caroline. Thousands lined up outside the Capitol to view the casket. People cry in the Rotunda of Capitol. The cortège to Saint Matthew's Cathedral (1725 Rhode Island Ave NW, Washington, DC 20036, United States) shows dignitaries and leaders from all over the world walking along a road. The casket is carried by pallbearers into the cathedral for a Pontifical Funeral Mass followed by dignitaries. Priests conduct the ceremonies in the cathedral. Richard Cardinal Cushing conducts the Pontifical Requiem Mass. The casket is carried back to the caisson by the pallbearers.
A city tour bus in Washington DC, United States. The city tour bus driving in front of the Lincoln Memorial (2 Lincoln Memorial Cir NW, Washington, DC 20002, United States). The driver of the bus speaks into a microphone fitted on a rod beside the steering wheel. The driver says that the Lincoln Memorial had 36 columns to represent the 36 States of the United States during the Presidency of Abraham Lincoln.
United States Headquarters Compound in Berlin, Germany. View of the Headquarters Compound, United States Headquarters, Berlin. A flag flutters in wind on a flagpole in front of the building. A guard at the gate waves at vehicles passing by. A sign on fence reads "United States Headquarters Berlin". Men walk in the garden area of the headquarters. View of the U.S. Consulate building. A seal reads "Consulate,United States of America".
Texas State Capitol in Austin, Texas. The Texas State Capitol building (1100 Congress Ave., Austin, TX 78701, United States) in Austin. Trees in the foreground. The Red Cross Totem Pole at the Capitol. The business district of Austin. Traffic moves on the street. The Texas Governor's Mansion (1010 Colorado St, Austin, TX 78701, United States). Tourists walk in the front garden.
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