U.S. Air Force X-15A rocket powered aircraft in flight in the United States. An X-15A aircraft in flight. Men on top of a building as they look through binoculars at the X-15A aircraft during its test flight. Technicians at controls in NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) facility. A technician takes a reading. A graph of the course of flight of the X-15A aircraft is plotted. The aircraft comes in for a landing. The aircraft lands and taxis. A woman and man controlling an IBM 701 EDPM computer. A paper being printed. The woman hands over the paper to the technicians who look at it and converse.
Flood damage in the United States in 1936. The Kennebec River, Maine: men stand on blocks of ice and view a broken bridge due to flooding. Ice jams loosened on the Penobscot River threaten towns near Bangor, Maine. View of giant ice flows and downed utility poles The Housatonic River, Connecticut: Broken electrical towers on the blocks of ice. Men walk on the ice blocks. Men clear the ice from road. Passaic River, New Jersey: the water of the river flows above limits over a bridge. Lake Conemaugh, Pennsylvania: View of submerged houses from flooding. The destoyed houses due to flood. The people stand on a bridge and heavy flow of water under the bridge. Ohio River: the submerged buildings from flooding are seen. Men on boats in front of the submerged shops. People on bridge run. The damaged cars,trains and trams lie on the streets. The streets filled with water. From a 1961 newsreel recounting events 25 years earlier.
Japanese people and Japanese American people in the United States before the attack on Pearl Harbor during World War II. Exterior of a Japanese temple. Young Japanese girls enter the temple. The girls remove their footwear and then enter the temple. They are taught religion in the temple. A Shinto priest explains that Hirohito is God. Japanese temples and architecture. A dramatization: two men discuss about the Japanese practicing their religion and argue as to whether they are disloyal.
A film about missile launches in the United States. U.S. Army 2nd Missile Battalion of 44th Artillery conducts a test under simulated operational conditions. A mobile launcher and support equipment mounted on a half truck moves over a scrub land at Cape Canaveral. A Pershing missile being erected at a firing site. Personnel go through a countdown and check out the missile launch. Tracking of the Pershing missile. The missile being launched.
A film about missile launches in the United States. The Aerothermodynamic Elastic Structural Systems Environmental Tests (ASSET) ALV-I on a handling trailer being moved to a pad. It is hoisted on the top of gantry atop SLV-II. The ASSET being launched on 16th September, 1963. A Delta missile on a launch pad. A Delta Syncom launched.
A film about missile launches in the United States. Scientists place a measuring device for ion band on a payload. The pay load is mated to an SLV-I missile. Men work on communication devices in a blockhouse. The SLV-I is launched. The tracking of the missile.
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