Streets in old English village. Man cycling alongside canal. Air Force personnel cross a street and look in shop window. Cars move on streets.
AN/FPS-50 Ballistic Missile Early Warning System search radar site at Clear, Alaska with dogs pulling musher on sled in snow in foreground. Musher and dog sled going down trail toward BMES search antenna.
Rocket carrying SNAP (Systems Nuclear Auxiliary Power) 9A generator is launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. SNAP-9A generator in space center and men working. By animation it is explained how satellite operations are carried out in space by making use of chemical and solar energies but with limitations. It is further explained how SNAP-9A generators work by means of nuclear energy. Animated versions of Thermocouple and Radioisotopes are shown. Shows Atomic Energy Commission men working and Nuclear generators installed at two different sites on earth.
Technicians work at AEC (Atomic Energy Commission) facility on SNAP (Systems Nuclear Auxiliary Power) generators to be launched in June and November months of year 1961. Design of SNAP generator is explained and shows generators at a pole and carried by a rocket in space. SNAP 9A modified by an added AC-DC converter. AEC personnel in fields to test missile launch effects of SNAP 9A. Simulated missile explosions are carried out to check if fuel capsule can withstand fire and explosions. After successful tests, SNAP 9A is launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
Animated demonstration of four important space missions of SNAP(Systems Nuclear Auxiliary Power) 9A generator. Missions include long life missions, lunar explorations, sun probes and deep space missions. Generator revolves around earth. Atomic Energy Commission technicians check SNAP 11 generator for unmanned lunar explorations. Effect of sun's temperature on generator in space is explained. Sun and earth are shown in space.
Large crowd gathers at Hickam Air Force base awaiting the arrival of Astronaut Gordon Cooper. Large crowd and hangars in the background. Admiral and Mrs Harry D Felt greet Mrs Cooper and daughters prior to arrival of Mr Cooper. VIPs wait on the field for arrival of Cooper. Mrs Cooper speaks with Governor Burns of Hawaii and Admiral Felt. Mrs Cooper holds some leis in her hand. SH3A helicopter taxis. Astronaut Cooper departs from the helicopter in civil clothing. Mrs Cooper places leis around the neck. Governor Burns speaks with Cooper and family. Cooper congratulated as he walks along the receiving line of VIPs. Cooper on a small stage. Crowd in the background, many photographers in the foreground. Cooper stands before battery of microphones and speaks to the crowd at Hickam.
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