A carrier aircraft launched by a steam catapult at sea in the United States. A U.S. Navy carrier aircraft taxis on a deck. Men hook the launch bar of the carrier aircraft to the steam catapult shuttle just before the launch. The aircraft takes off.
A press conference at the White House in Washington DC. Television and press photographers set their cameras. View of Lincoln statue. The seal of the President of the United States. Picture of Confederate General Robert E. Lee. U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower takes his seat at a desk and begins to speak.
A press conference at the White House in Washington DC. U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower seated at a desk in the President's Office at the White House. He addresses reporters about the Little Rock Crisis. He states the duties of the local authorities. He speaks about the functions of the Supreme Court and federal courts and individuals rights and duties. He lays stress on the need to maintain peace and order in the nation.
A military ceremony in Washington DC. Flags of various nations flutter in wind atop flagpoles. Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, of the United Kingdom, seated in a car, arrive to attend a ceremony at the U.S. Army Military District of Washington. A large crowd of spectators gathered during the ceremony. Soldiers of the "Old Guard" stand in formation. Queen Elizabeth II places a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
Development and use of fire power in the United States. Film begins showing a series of U.S. Army missiles being fired from silos and others from inclined launching pads. View of an atomic bomb burst (in a test). An Army Redstone missile being fired and burning through clouds and finally disappearing in the distance. Sketches of cave dweller humans from antiquity embracing the earliest of weapons, like clubs.
Development, testing and launching of missiles in the United States. Officers seated at a table during a conference. Dr. Werner von Braun rises from seat and explains something, using a model of a missile launch system. American engineers work on missile designs. Chemists work on propellants. Engineers undertake mechanical tests related to missiles. Fabrication and assembling missiles in an industrial plant. Welder doing multiple simultaneous welds on missile housing. U.S. Army 'Redstone' missile on launch pad. Soldiers operate switches and the missile is launched.
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