ICBM Atlas F missile 11F is seen on the launch pad LC-11 ready for suborbital test number 71, at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, United States. Immediately after ignition, it explodes and the camera records nothing but overwhelming fire and smoke. The accident was attributed to liquid oxygen turbopump failure. Officially, the missile was recorded as having exploding, one second after starting liftoff. L
Popular 1970s vocal group the "5th Dimension" sings the song " A pocketful of seeds" by Elliot Willensky as they dance. Scenes of engineers working in the background, on screen, on various engineering projects in the United States. Engineers working at night. Men build railway track.
Clock on wall shows time as 11:15. Two male workers sit at desk in an office building. They look out of window to see the aircraft passing overhead. One of them speaks over phone and delivers message of aircraft passing overhead with time and its location, as part of civilian air defense measures in the United States.
View of a timber seed tree. Timber trees in a field. View of a fire swept non productive land with burnt timber trees. The damaged area planted with nursery stock. Broadcast sowing of seeds in field. Man walks across a timber forest that was cut in 1899 and was ready for another cut. Town next to timber forest. A goose and the slogan "indiscriminate cutting of timber is like killing the goose that laid the golden eggs." Seal of the United States Department of Agriculture, with dates 1862 and 1889 on it.
ECW (Emergency Conservation Work) members (later called the Civilian Conservation Corps or CCC) fell trees and stack wooden logs in forest area. Men fall timber trees. Map of United States shows Manned Emergency Conservation Work camp area. Workers dive into water stream. ECW members build houses. Emergency Conservation camp area during the Great Depression.
Montage of vintage scenes showing the Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey circus in the United States. Circus tents being erected. Circus train in background with Barnum Bailey lettering seen on it. Aerial view of the "Big Top" circus tents. A strapped small dog moves on grass. Men sit outside tents and animal wagons are seen in the background. Group of men in indigineous tribal costumes. A woman climbs a horse. Men and women in costumes and animals move in a circus parade. Views of circus performing bears, giraffes, elephants, horses, dogs. Acrobatic artists perform on the trapeze. Dancers and performers in costume. Man crosses tightrope bouncing along on his head. A man on a trampoline. Two clowns in conversation.
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