Launching of a Martin Marietta MGM-31 Pershing missile in Cape Canaveral, Florida (Atlantic Missile Range, Pershing Launch Area No. 30, Army Ballistic Missile Agency). Interior of a blockhouse. Technicians at various instrument control panels. The Pershing missile is launched. The technicians work in the blockhouse.
Launching of a Pershing missile in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Technicians look at the launching pad after the firing of the missile. A gantry is pulled back from the missile. The Pershing missile on the launching pad. The technicians at instrument panels during the countdown. The blockhouse window as the Pershing missile is fired.
Launching of a Pershing missile in Cape Canaveral, Florida. A sign reads: "Atlantic Missile Range, Pershing Launch Area No. 30, Army Ballistic Missile Agency". A missile hangar. Views of a gantry and a blockhouse. Signs read "Cape Canaveral". " Patrick AFB", "Welcome to Cocoa Beach, Space Capital USA", "Atlantic Missile Range, Station No. 1, Air Force Missile Test Center".
Launching of a Pershing missile in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The Pershing missile is fired and it goes up vertically. It travels past the clouds in the sky.
A weather satellite is placed in an orbit from Cape Canaveral, Florida. A rocket loaded with a weather satellite is ready for launching. TIROS weather satellite revolves. Personnel work with a camera and tape recorders. Satellite cameras record and broadcast back the first systematic view of the earth's weather. Personnel working in a control room. The rocket is launched. It goes up vertically. It places the weather satellite in the orbit. A globe rotates. Animated diagram depicts how TIROS performs its historic mission. A personnel works in front of screens. Weather conditions shown on the screen.
French personnel test the second A- bomb in the Sahara Desert in Algeria. The A-bomb test site for France in the Sahara desert. French personnel assemble for the country's second atomic bomb test and discuss. An official talks over a telephone. A button of equipment is pressed to initiate detonation of the bomb. The nuclear device explodes. A mushroom cloud rises.