Major "space race" and defense events of the year 1957. Laika, Soviet space dog prepared for the space flight. Laika takes off in Sputnik 2 in Soviet Union. An animation shows the spacecraft in outer space. In United States, Space Race efforts to launch a small "grapefruit" satellite on Vanguard TV-3 test rocket meet in failure as the rocket explodes at take off on December 6, 1957. View of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France. President Dwight D Eisenhower arrives in Paris, France to talk about the development of missiles with other NATO leaders. The French Prime Minister Felix Gaillard with President Eisenhower. View of Atlas missile SM-65A Serial 12A launched successfully from Cape Canaveral pad LC-14 in Florida, United States, on December 17, 1957.
War production and manufacturing of ordnance in United States. President Franklin D Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt and Henry Kaiser in a car outside an ordnance factory, United States. A large crowd gathered around the car. President speaks to a man. A woman presents a file to the President.
An ordnance factory in United States. Workers of an ordnance factory arrive for work in war production jobs in the United States early in World War 2. A guard on the gate of the factory checks a woman's bag. Men and women war production workers walk into the factory.
War production in the U.S. early in World War 2. Manufacturing of ordnance war materiel in United States. Metal gun barrels piled up in trolleys on factory floor of an ordnance factory. In background, machinists are seen turning gun barrels on a lathe. A worker removes a barrel from those on a trolley, inspects it and places it back in the trolley. Men push trolley carts loaded with gun barrels.
Henry Ford and his wife in United States. Henry and his wife, Clara Jane Bryant walk down the stone steps in a a garden in United States. They talk to each other as they walk down the steps.
General Lucius Clay, Military Governor of United States Zone of Germany, arrives in United States. General Clay salutes as he gets off a plane. He talks about the Berlin Blockade. He reveals about the strong position of American troops. He states that sufficient supplies are being carried to the people during the blockade via Berlin Airlift.
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