German V-2 rocket being launched from White Sands, New Mexico. Rocket takes off from launching stand. Exhaust from rear of rocket before it takes off. Trail of rocket in sky. Technician woks on radar screen.
U.S. Navy launch German V-2 rocket from an aircraft carrier USS Midway at White Sands in New Mexico. German V-2 rocket launches from U.S. Navy ship Midway. Technician aboard USS Midway connects liquid oxygen lines. Firefighters crew stand by with hand extinguishers. Hydrogen peroxide containers kept in place in the background. Rocket takes off from USS Midway deck. Rocket in flight pass superstructure of a ship.
Film opens showing a picturesque stone church in Arizona. Camera pans up the church, to cross on the top. Man holds slate reading, “New Mexico, May 30th.” Then Pueblo buildings are shown (possibly in Pueblo of Isleta). Next, two women are seen walking away from the Palace of the Governors, in Albuquerque.
(Glimpse of misleading slate referring to Colorado River and Texas.) Next the Elephant Butte Dam on the Rio Grande River, near Truth or Consequences, New Mexico. It is seen from the spillway side, with large amounts of water being discharged. Several persons walk along a stone wall overlooking the spillways. Closeup of the water being discharged
Thomas E. Dewey announces his President candidacy in New York, United States. Thomas Edmund Dewey announces his candidacy for President of the United States in the 1940 election. Posters in the background. Photographers take pictures.
Scenes of Salt Lake City, Utah. Trees in the foreground. Views of Mormon Tabernacle. A large domed structure. Residents walk in a park. Children near a statue of Joseph Smith, founder of Mormonism. Bas relief images of major Mormon pioneers on a wall. Capitol Hill. Mountains in the background. Salt Lake City monuments. People swim and float in the Great Salt Lake. Sail and motor boats on the lake. Street scene. Buildings on either side of the street.
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