Members of President Kennedy's cabinet alighting from aircraft VC-137B. Secretary of State Dean Rusk, in center talking with newsmen. With him, from left to right are Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman, Secretary of Treasury C. Douglas Dillon, Secretary of Interior Stewart Udall, Secretary of Commerce Luther H. Hodges, Dr. Walter Heller, Chairman of Council on Economic Advisors and Secretary of Labor W. Willard Wirtz. View of VIPs leaving in car.
A high-lift truck moving near the rear door of VC-137C aircraft from where the casket bearing John Kennedy's body is to be taken in ambulance. VIPs arriving in car. Ambulance pulling out. Bank of microphones in foreground. VIPs leaving in cars. Newsmen at terminal. President Lyndon B. Johnson, with his wife at one side, reading his first public statement before the bank of microphones.
Experimental flight tests of Horton Wingless Airplane. Aircraft take off on runway. Sketches of designs proposed for Horton aircraft designed by William Horton, including the HW-X-26-52. Wingless Aircraft taxi for take off and other aircraft parked on airfield. Sign of 'Entrance - Orange County airport publicly owned'.
Various helicopters and aircraft at Andrews AFB, Maryland. An aerial view of the Jefferson Memorial and the Washington Monument. An aerial view of Ft. Lesley McNair War College. Aerial views of Andrews AFB showing a H-43 Huskie helicopter in flight, a H-21 helicopter touching down and a VC-137 taxiing on the runway.
Activities involved in a LGM-30 Minuteman missile operational test launch at Vandenberg AFB, Lompoc. A crew of two men comes out of a silo. Task Force Munitions team at work on the missile components in an underground silo. View of the MIRV, Multiple (three) independently targeted reentry vehicles (warheads). The missile booster is removed, loaded on a transporter, transferred to the missile complex ,and loaded in the launch facility. Reentry system is added to the missile and start up is accomplished. Various officers of Task Force at controls. Data analysis by officers which involves flight data recording. Training of the countdown team. Final enabling of launch facility by crews prior to launch. A radar outside a facility. A Task Force commander in conference with his team.
The activities involved in a LGM-30 Minuteman Intercontinental Ballistic Missile operational test launch at Vandenberg AFB, Lompoc. Countdown crews at controls in launch center located in launch facility. Shows control officer, countdown director, and countdown crews working prior to launch. A monitor operator at controls. Space and Missile Test Center building. Interiors of the building shows members of technical staff and Launch Squad Commander. Supervisor and other officers at work in Range Operations Control Center. View of radars and radomes. Radomes on a ship underway at sea. Task force crews in Launch Control Center. A man sets up road barricades. Final communication checks are completed beginning the final countdown. Countdown control officer takes down messages in launch center located in launch facility.
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