United States first radar guided missile cruiser USS Boston in the Pacific Ocean. A sailor stands with head phones on. A 'Terrier' missile comes up to the position on a launching pad. The launch pad at the cruiser. Missiles in position are aimed and fired.
Tornado destruction at the Midwest in the United States. Damaged houses in Hudson, Michigan. Wrecked cars and the ruins of houses. A broken couch in a house. Men search in the ruins of a house. Two men load beddings on a loader.
An elevator observatory at The El Cortez hotel (El Cortez Condominiums 702 Ash St, San Diego, CA 92101, United States) in San Diego, California. A woman dressed in a space cadet or astronaut-like uniform stands in the elevator, known as the "Starlight Express." Passengers seen boarding the all-glass elevator that rises outside the building to carries guests to a rooftop ballroom. The lift supported on a hydraulic ram 175 feet long, rises up to the roof of the hotel, Clip includes a brief elevated view of the city of San Diego as seen from the elevator.
The 38th Annual National Convention of the American Legion at the Colosseum (3911 S Figueroa St, Los Angeles, CA 90037, United States) in Los Angeles, California. Color guards with flags. Officers salute. Spectators watch and salute. National Commander J. Addington whitener waves. Miss Universe Carol Morris waves. A man dressed as Uncle Sam walks in the parade. A child participates in the parade. Veterans of war walk in parade.
Comments made by British journalist Grace Marguerite Hay Drummond-Hay, a female passenger arriving at Lakehurst, New Jersey, United States aboard the zeppelin airship Hindenburg. Lady Hay Drummond-Hay speaks about her experience traveling aboard the German Zeppelin Hindenburg (LZ-129). She had already made about 6 flights aboard Zeppelins. However, she says that she enjoyed the trip tremendously, that it was a real revelation.She felt the Graf Zeppelin was like a "stalking" experiment in such travel, but this was something real and "wonderful." She says that they used to talk to the crew. She speaks about lounge, dining room, flowers, cooking and cabins of the zeppelin.
View of the first three U.S. B-52 bombers (of a force of 15) landing at U-Tapao Airbase, Thailand on April 10, 1967. These bombers hit targets in Vietnam on their way to U-Tapao. (The entire force arrived during the period from April through July, 1967, on temporary assignment from the Strategic Air Command 4433rd Bomb Wing at Anderson Air Force Base, Guam.) The B-52s are under the command of the SAC 3rd Air Division. The aircraft land with wing flaps down and deploy drag chutes to slow their ground rolls.Officers of the 4258th Strategic Wing,and Royal Thai Air Force greet the arriving aircrews. The event is recorded by photographers, along with newsmen from Japan, Thailand, United States and Philippines. (Vietnam War period).
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