U.S. President Herbert Hoover in Washington D.C., United States. The President holds a trumpet carved out of buffalo horn presented to him by the Boy Scouts of America in celebration of his 56th birthday. Boy Scouts stand around the President. A Boy Scout holds the trumpet as President Hoover stands next to him.
United States 82nd Airborne Division Army soldiers march in Victory Parade in New York City to celebrate the World War II victory. Paratroopers march up New York 5th Avenue past a large crowd in a street in New York. Paratroopers carry American flags as they march on Fifth Avenue. Aircraft in flight during the parade. People shower ribbons and ticker tape on the marching U.S. Army soldiers. Soldiers drive past the crowd in jeeps. A sign on a vehicle reads 'Georgie Patton'. Police hold back the happy crowd. A disabled soldier in a wheelchair. A dog walks along the marching soldiers. United States flags and British flag. Dignitaries at the review stand including New York Mayor William O'Dwyer. Some ambient sound and crowd noise heard.
The 10th annual National air races in Chicago, Illinois. Nearly 70,000 people gather to witness the national air races. 18 U.S. Army Air Corps P-1A aircraft in flight. A large crowd inspects parked aircraft including the Pitcairn auto gyro. Two Pitcairn auto gyros in flight over the parked aircraft.
U.S. Navy 7th fleet activities in South China Sea during the Vietnam War. Two men push a large rack of trays in mess area aboard USS Coral Sea. Sailors move through the mess line. Men move along a salad bar as they help themselves to various salads and desert. Cooks hand out meat to sailors as they move through the chow line. Pork chops being taken off grill by a cook and being placed in a pan for steam table. Cook places fresh pork chops on the grill. Pork chops being cooked on the grill.
Missile development and build up facilities at Vandenberg Aerospace Air Force base in California, United States. Atlas Intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on a launch pad at the air base. Airmen around the Atlas missile. Shrouded Atlas missile on a trailer as it drives past a sign that reads ' Vandenberg Air Force Base, Pine Canyon gate ΒΌ mile ' . Atlas checkout building as airmen work on the missile. Thor intermediate range ballistic missile raised on an a launch pad. Officers talk on the launch pad of Thor missile. U.S. and British RAF airmen work around the missile. Atlas missile on the launch pad. Thor Agena missile being launched. Scene shifts to explosion of Hydrogen bomb in test at Eniwetok, Marshall Islands, in 1952.
.Strategic Air Command launches its first Intercontinental Ballistic Missile from new facilities at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. Shrouded Atlas missile on trailer enters the Pine Canyon Gate of Vandenberg AFB. Trailer being backed into the Missile Assembly Building (MAB). Electronic checkout of Atlas being carried out by computerized equipment at the MAB building. Views of Hollerith 88-column punch cards being loaded into the computer equipment and tape outputs being produced. Atlas on launch pad. USAF airmen and officers at controls and consoles at SAC (Strategic Air Command) headquarters and Vandenberg air base. The order to perform a test launch is issued by SAC headquarters and received by the launch control officers at Vandenberg AFB. The Atlas missile is successfully launched. (Note: According to a Convair technician, who was there, this launch was done in cooperation with Convair Astronautics of San Diego. Although this film shows only U.S. Air force personnel, it was the Convair Test Conductor and the Convair Crew that did the countdown for the launch, which was the final step to sell the Launch Sites (A-B-C) and the Block House to the Air Force. Reportedly, Convair celebrated with a launch party afterwards, that included James Dempsey, head of Convair Astronautics.)
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