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VB-13 Tarzon missile preparation.
Men prepare a VB-13 Tarzon missile (also known as ASM-A-1 Tarzon), a freefall vertical guided bomb. The missile contains a British Tallboy 12,000-pound (5,400 kg) bomb.
Test launch of the Model 601 and Model 602 missiles in the United States
Men stand at the entrance of the Boeing GAPA project building at the Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico. A small high-velocity rocket is fired prior to launching. Launching of the Model 601 missile. Streak of smoke arises from the missile in the blue sky. Men using theodolite to track the rocket. A radar dish rotating while tracking rocket. Rocket smoke trail forming an arc-shape. The 602 Model missile launches from launchpad.
Acid fueled rocket fails to launch.
A Jeep or hauls a 13 foot rocket to launch tower. Men putting the rocket into place in launcher. The smoke flare signal rises on top of the control house. The rocket and its flame from exhaust is seen from its vertical tower launch pad. The acid fueled rocket misfires and fails to launch.
The third Matador MX-771 missile launching in the United States
Men prepare to launch the Martin Matador MX-771 missile, a surface-to-surface guided missile. Civilian and military spectators, Captain McGovern stand beside a control truck. The third Martin Matador MX-771 missile before launching. A red smoke emits as a flare on signal truck. A man signaling. The Matador MX-771 missile firing as JATO bottle drops off from the missile after its launch.
British steamship 'Galician' is stopped at sea by German cruiser off the Canary Islands, in World War I
Slate reads: "The Union Castle Steamship, 'Galician' from Capetown to Southhampton, was on August 15th, when off Teneriffe, signalled to stop by the German Cruiser, 'Kaiser Wilhelm Der Grosse.' Next slate reads: "The 'Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse,' had been transformed from a liner, whilst at sea, six heavy guns and 24 machine guns being mounted." A brief view from the "Galician" of the German four-stacker auxiliary cruiser, "Kaiser Wilhelm Der Grosse." The next slate reads: "Bearing down on the 'Galician' at a speed of 24 knots, the cruiser signalled to the liner to 'Heave To.' The marconi operator sent out the 'S.O.S.' distress signal and the cruiser ordered 'Cease communication or we will sink you." Two officers photographed on deck of the "Galician." View of the Cruiser near the "Galician." Boat carrying German boarding party arrives at the ship and they climb the ladder to board. A German sailor seen aloft at the "Galician's" mast, disabling her marconi wireless antenna. A torn white ensign (missing a canton) flies from the mast. Captain and officers of the "Galician" pose for photographer (marconi operator). Slate lists British military personnel aboard, who were taken as prisoners of war. One of them is photographed. The German boarding party leaves the ship taking their prisoners with them. The German Cruiser seen departing. Civilian passengers and crew aboard the "Galician," pose celebrating their relative good fortune.
