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Officers watch the preparations of the launch of an Atlas 12 D missile at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, U.S.

Preparations for the launch of an Atlas 12 D missile at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, United States. Strategic Air Command (SAC) Commander in Chief General Thomas S. Power, Commander of the 1st Missile Division Vandenberg AFB Lieutenant General David Wade and Commander of the 15th Air Force Lieutenant General Archie J. Old Jr, and the staff watches the launch. SAC insignia and emblem on Atlas missile in the service structure. The missile on a launching pad. Mark II nose cone on the missile. Base of the missile and the service structure. Number 630 is visible on the missile. Airmen check parts and sections of the missile on the launch pad prior to the launch. Major Ernest E. Bankey Jr. is the officer in charge of the launching pad and procedures. The airmen check equipment and the missile at the launching platform.

Date: 1959, September 9
Duration: 2 min 29 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675070420
The launch of an Atlas 12 D missile at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, United States.

Preparations for the launch of an Atlas 12 D missile at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, United States. A service structure is backed away from the missile. The Mark II nose cone on the top of the missile. United States Air Force personnel operate control panels in the launch control room. The countdown clock and TV monitors in the background. The missile on the launching platform. LOX vapors stream from the missile. USAF personnels at the launch control panels and watch TV monitors. A countdown clock. Personnel at the control panels of the consoles. Atlas on launch pad. LOX vapors around the missile.

Date: 1959, September 9
Duration: 2 min 35 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675070421
People gather and Mamie Eisenhower christens the NS Savannah during its launching in the U.S.

Launching of the NS Savannah, the first nuclear-powered cargo and passenger ship in the United States. View of her bow, with banner reading: "New York Shipbuilding Corporation, NS Savannah." Spectators seated while a brass band plays. Shipyard crews knock supports out from beneath the Savannah's hull. U.S. First Lady, Mamie Eisenhower, swings bottle of champagne to christen the NS Savannah, and the ship slides down the ways, sternfirst. View of the Savannah in the river.

Date: 1959, July 21
Duration: 57 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675070688
A unit of engineers and officers assembles, places and checks the nuclear reactor and its parts on the NS Savannah in the U.S.

The nuclear reactor of the Nuclear Ship ( NS ) Savannah and its parts are assembled in the United States. The reactor component is lowered. A unit of engineers place the reactor. An engineer inspects the fitting of the parts. The engineers use specially designed handling tools to assemble and disassemble the reactor. They place the fuel container. A unit member lowers equipment with an electric chain. A component is lowered and placed. An engineer of the Savannah and a Coast Guard officer check the Savannah unit to convert the reactor power to ship power. A unit member takes readings for natural radiation level. A unit member checks a wheel by turning it. The final assembling and fueling takes place. All unit members wearing nylon suits, boots and caps work on the final assembling. A unit member speaks on headsets. The head of the reactor is installed. It is placed after completing the fueling. The reactor is ready for starting. An operator controls the dials in a control room. The power range is increased.

Date: 1959
Duration: 4 min 57 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675070689
United States Marine Corps Reserves advertisement presented by Dennis James

Television host, Dennis James, talks about the United States Marine Corps Reserves. United States Marine Corps reserves marching, standing in formation. A band plays while Marine Corps reserves march. Marine Corp reserves marching, salute to their officers, and hold their rifles.

Date: 1959
Duration: 2 min 10 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675078920
Castro rebel troops victory parade, Fidel Castro talks to crowd, visit of foreign dignitary in Havana, Cuba

Castro rebel troops (Also known as the “M-26-7”) march in a street in Havana, Cuba. Air force planes strafing. Cuban residents evacuate the bombings and attacks from planes. Plane firing at night with tracer rounds. Castro rebel troops on rooftop of building with bullet holes. A female Communist rebel, likely Celia Sanchez, holding a machine gun (likely an AKM). Fidel Castro hugs and talks to Cuban women. Castro rebel troops, on top of trucks and tanks, parading in Havana street after Castro takeover of Havana. A man, likely Che Guevara, smokes a cigarette outside a crowded estate. Fidel Castro speaks to crowd. Fidel Castro converses with U.S. Ambassador Earl E. T. Smith. Fidel Castro speaks with a woman. Crowd gathers around a Cubana Airlines plane. Closeup of Cuban provisional president Dr. Manuel Urrutia. President Urrutia conversing with Castro. Cuban flag is hoisted aloft. President Urrutia acknowledging applause from crowd at outdoor gathering. President Urrutia seated in the stands with his wife.

Date: 1959
Duration: 1 min 39 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675078505