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Documentation of missile attack mission by United States Navy F8U-2N Crusader fighter aircraft, United States.
U.S. Navy F8U-2N Crusader aircraft missile attack operation using the acquisition and fire control system, United States. F8U-2N in flight with engine on afterburner. Various gauges on instrument panel. F8U-2N in flight. Pilot turns on the engine, anti-icing system and indicator lights glow. APQ-83 radar mounted in nose cone of F8U-2N. Pilot turns clutter limiting switch, scan switch to normal and turns on fire control system. Pilot sets up armament panel. Radar power switch being set to normal and antenna being tilted up by pilot, radar scope being adjusted. Pilot uses radar control stick and sets the brilliance and the gain. Antenna being restored to normal. Artificial horizon on radar scope. Test button being pressed by pilot. Target is located. Pilot tilts antenna up and down and moves hand control until the acquisition circle is centered over target. Acquisition switch being pressed to lock on. Radar enters acquisition mode. Radar scope indicates radar being locked on target. Autopilot being disengaged by pilot. Radar scope in track mode. Target range and maximum range is displayed on radar scope. Target in attack position. F8U-2N pulls up towards target and missile being fired. Target exploding.
United States Marines fire sidewinder, Hawk, and other rockets and missiles during training in the United States.
A United States Marine aircraft in flight. The aircraft fires a sidewinder missile at a target in the air. The hit target in flames descends towards the ground. A Hawk missile in a ground launcher is seen as it is launched ground to air and strikes an aerial target. Marines fire a single rocket launcher. A Marine aims a Redeye launcher. Camera view as seen through launcher tube.
U.S. President John F. Kennedy comments publicly about the successful Soviet orbit of a man in space
Film opens showing slate reading: "Cosmos Pioneer, Soviets Orbit Man In Space" (referring to the sucessful space flight of Soviet cosmonaut, Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin who orbited the Earth in a Vostok spacecraft on 12 April 1961, during the "space race."). Next, U.S. President John F. Kennedy is seen at a podium commenting on this Soviet achievement and reassuring Americans that he does not consider this a sign of the weakening of the free world.
Dramatized Pictorial History of the U.S. through the Civil War and its aftermath showing transition towards industrialization
'A nation rises ' Dramatization showing reenactments of scenes from civil war and aftermath in America. Still photographs of destruction from the civil war. Destroyed buildings and rubble in a Southern city. Numerous sets of railroad train wheels along with destroyed rails. Destroyed buildings in background. Dramatization showing postwar recovery efforts in rural areas, where men harness horses to help clear land. Settlers moving into the West. Buildings being constructed in the American Southwest. Herds of cattle moving through desert where cactus are growing. Illustration of a sailing ship carrying immigrants into New York harbor, with statue of Liberty in background. Reenactment of travelers boarding a large River boat. Smoke issuing from twin stacks of the river boat, as its horn blows. Bell ringing on the boat. Passengers watching from the boat as it moves along a river. Views of river and surrounding woods. A woman and baby on board the boat. Views of forests along river bank. View from water behind a moving sternwheeler river boat. A woman feeding chickens on a farm. A farmer harvesting a crop by hand, and another building a wall from stones taken out of the ground. A man stepping from a log house. An 18th century shop equipped with foot-operated wood working machines. Several farmers watching as one demonstrates Cyrus McCormick's reaper. (Note: period shown is from 1861 through about 1880. Film created about 1961)
Alcohol and Tobacco Taxation division film covers illegal and concealed firearms and bootleg alcohol.
Alcohol and Tobacco Taxation (A&TT) division film begins with sign reading "Bootlegging Breeds Crime. Stamp it Out" Closeup of handgun. Man steps out of a 1961 Plymouth Savoy and drops a violin case containing a machine gun on the ground. Vault at department of Alcohol and Tobacco Taxation contains many guns. Flashlight guns, cigarette lighter guns, and cane guns are displayed. Laboratory where substances are tested show boiling liquid in a flask. A scientist catalogs substances in a book. Molten glass is formed into beer bottles on the assembly line. Barrels of whiskey on the assembly line. Interior of mixer where mash for whiskey alcohol is being agitated.
President John F. Kennedy hosts a diplomatic reception at the Quai d'Orsay, and addresses NATO representatives in Paris
View of chandelier and tapestries in reception rooms of the Quai d'Orsay (37 Quai d'Orsay, 75007 Paris, France) in Paris, France. United States President John F. Kennedy and James Gavin, the United States Ambassador to France, stand in a receiving line during a diplomatic reception hosted by the President, during his visit to Paris, in June 1961. The President greets members of the Paris diplomatic corps. Scene shifts to exterior of NATO headquarters- the building now as Paris Dauphine University (Place du Maréchal de Lattre de Tassigny, 75016 Paris, France), where flags of the NATO nations fly in flag poles. Inside, President Kennedy addresses representatives of the organization.
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