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Tests of the Vierstabers, 4-nozzle rockets in Germany

Several views of preparations for the 10th test of a four nozzle (Vierstaber) rocket at Klaus Riedel's farm in Germany. Refueling the rocket. A young man standing with pieces of the rocket that exploded during the test. Change to another test, the first test of the Vierstabers rockets,on Lindwerder Island in Lake Tegel, Berlin, on July 14, 1933. The rocket set up for launch and being refueled. Lake Tegel in background. People gathered around it during refueling. Dense clouds of condensation around the rocket. The rocket is launched and rises high into the sky before falling into the lake with a splash. View of the rocket upside down in shallow waters of the lake.

Date: 1933, July 14
Duration: 2 min 39 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675024411
Segment of U.S. Information Agency film about its so-called "Operation Vagabond."

Film about USIA "Operation Vagabond," employing Coast Guard Cutter (USCGC Courier WAGR-410). View of the "Courier," at sea. It is bristling with antennas, and displaying numerous flags, permitting it to operate in many territorial waters. View from her deck to land on the Island of Rhodes in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. View of sign over a ship's hatch, reading,"Relay Broadcast Receiving Room." Inside, two crew members are seen operating equipment that instantaneously re-transmits Voice of America broadcasts. A sign "On Air," is illuminated in the compartment. Operators seen adjusting various pieces of broadcast equipment. Back on deck, camera focuses on a helium-filled balloon, holding the ship's transmission antenna, aloft. View from another ship, of the "Courier," and the helium balloon, in the distance. Illustrated chart shows fractions of VOA listeners behind the "Iron Curtain," and in mainland China. Cartoon illustrating penalties for VOA listeners. Polish escapee, interpreter, Jan Hajdukiewicz, is seen broadcasting on VOA microphone. He fled the Communist delegation during Korean truce talks at Panmunjom.

Date: 1954
Duration: 2 min 18 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675024529
Motorcade carries Astronaut Scott Carpenter and his wife from Patrick Air Force Base to Cape Canaveral in Florida.

Following his return to Patrick Air Force Base, from Grand Turk Island, at the conclusion of the Mercury-Atlas 7 mission, a motorcade honoring Astronaut Scott Carpenter and his wife, Florence, proceeds from Patrick Air Force Base to Cape Canaveral in Florida. The car carrying Lieutenant Commander Scott Carpenter and his wife is surrounded by accompanying motorcycle policemen. Crowds line the streets to watch the motorcade. People take photographs of the Carpenters and he waves to them.

Date: 1962, May 27
Duration: 2 min 25 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675024603
Mrs Carpenter and children greet Astronaut Scott Carpenter as he steps from C-121G aircraft at Patrick Air Force Base, Florida

Mrs Florence Carpenter and children greet Lieutenant Commander Scott Carpenter, as he steps from a MATS C-121 aircraft, at Patrick Air Force Base, Cape Canaveral, Florida. He has just returned from Grand Turk Island, following his successful Mercury-Atlas 7 orbital mission in space. His children greet and talk to Scott Carpenter. Photographer takes pictures. Astronaut Carpenter speaks with a lady and says a few words into a microphone.

Date: 1962, May 27
Duration: 1 min 43 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675024605
Advertisement for Lincoln-Mercury car featuring rear hinged doors (sometimes called suicide doors).

View of Southern State Parkway on Long Island in New York. Advertisement for Lincoln Mercury automobile. Lincoln-Mercury car displayed in showroom. Model demonstrates opening of a rear hinged door (sometimes referred to as a "suicide door".)

Date: 1949
Duration: 22 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675024711
Hotel Del Coronado in San Diego, California.

Views of Hotel Del Coronado on Coronado Island, in San Diego, California.

Date: 1976, December 1
Duration: 1 min 28 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675024767