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Missile explosion during an attempt to launch at Vandenberg Air Force Base

Disastrous missile launching at Vandenberg Air Force Base California USA. Explosion during attempt to launch, causing the missile to fall from tower and explode in the area. Missile explosion causes thick smoke to cover the whole place.

Location: California United States USA
Date: 1966
Duration: 20 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675078672
Discoverer XIV taking off from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.

Discoverer XIV, the first satellite launched by United States on launch pad. Launching is done from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, United States. Discoverer XIV ignites and takes off.

Location: Vandenberg Air Force Base California USA
Date: 1960, August 18
Duration: 3 min 51 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675032438
Launching of Thor-Agena vehicle flight as C-119 recovery unit makes practice snatch of parachute and capsule.

Thor-Agena orbital vehicle being launched from Vandenberg air force base, California. Missile launch crew in blockhouse prepares for launch. Thor-Agena engine ignition, lift-off and climb. Launch crew in blockhouse after Thor-Agena firing. Animation depicts flight of Thor-Agena including second-stage separation. Agena pitches to horizontal position and ground radar antenna receives signal from Agena. Second stage ignition and cut-off, and nose cone separation and re-entry over the Pacific. U.S. Air Force RC-121 aircraft in flight. U.S. Air Force C-119 recovery unit makes practice snatch of parachute and capsule. C-119 Flying Boxcar planes in flight. Recovery unit in the Pacific. C-119 aircraft equipped with trapeze. Us Air Force Captain speaks at Vandenberg AFB. He stands beneath a dish shaped radar in operation. Agena vehicle travels through star-studded sky.

Location: California United States USA
Date: 1968, March 8
Duration: 5 min 33 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675059986
Launching of Atlas D intercontinental ballistic missile from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.

Coverage of missile squadron training at Vandenberg AFB, California. Staff car driving to Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star airplane on flight line. Two colonels getting out and talking. T-33 (with SAC riband) taking off. Colonel in staff car. Car comes to halt. Driver opens the door of car. Atlas D with Mk II and Mod II nose cone erect in coffin shelter. Atlas assembly line in factory with workers at work. View of Atlas during engine ignition, lift-off and climb. View of launch control building. Airmen working on Atlas instrumentation pod. Airmen studying target maps, then airmen inserting cards in sorter to obtain target data.

Location: Vandenberg Air Force Base California USA
Date: 1968, May 8
Duration: 7 min 52 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675053319
The launch of an Atlas 12 D missile at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, United States.

Preparations for the launch of an Atlas 12 D missile at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, United States. A service structure is backed away from the missile. The Mark II nose cone on the top of the missile. United States Air Force personnel operate control panels in the launch control room. The countdown clock and TV monitors in the background. The missile on the launching platform. LOX vapors stream from the missile. USAF personnels at the launch control panels and watch TV monitors. A countdown clock. Personnel at the control panels of the consoles. Atlas on launch pad. LOX vapors around the missile.

Location: California United States USA
Date: 1959, September 9
Duration: 2 min 35 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675070421
Test launch of LGM-30 Minuteman Intercontinental Ballistic Missile at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Lompoc, California.

A LGM-30 Minuteman Intercontinental Ballistic Missile operational test launch at Vandenberg AFB, Lompoc. Countdown crew at controls in launch center located in launch facility. Shows control officer, countdown director, and countdown crew working prior to launch. A message received on a radio gives details about a boat in danger area around the launcher. View of shoreline. Issuing launch command by phone. Last minute checks are accomplished. Count is continued. Men work at consoles. An operator in the control room handles launch switch. Two LGM-30 Minuteman missiles are launched and their multiple reentry vehicles can be seen glowing as they enter the atmosphere, descending toward the test target area at Kwajalein Atoll in the Pacific. Views of crew working with Mark 12 MIRV (multiple independently targeted reentry vehicles) in underground silo. Maintenance crews coming up a launch tube. Airmen at consoles and data analysis prior to launch.

Location: Vandenberg Air Force Base California USA
Date: 1979, July 10
Duration: 5 min 39 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675053259
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