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Launching of SNAP (Systems Nuclear Auxiliary Power) 9A generators in space.

Rocket carrying SNAP (Systems Nuclear Auxiliary Power) 9A generator is launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. SNAP-9A generator in space center and men working. By animation it is explained how satellite operations are carried out in space by making use of chemical and solar energies but with limitations. It is further explained how SNAP-9A generators work by means of nuclear energy. Animated versions of Thermocouple and Radioisotopes are shown. Shows Atomic Energy Commission men working and Nuclear generators installed at two different sites on earth.

Date: 1963, September
Duration: 5 min 42 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675039685
Missile exhaust plume dissipate after missile malfunction in flight

Atlas missile malfunction after launching at Vandenberg Air Force Base California. A missile rocket exhaust plume can be seen gradually descend from the sky.

Date: 1966
Duration: 1 min 13 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675078668
Launched missile explodes, burning missile body falls

Missile malfunction after launching in Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. View of pad shortly before launch of a missile, likely a Titan I. Exhaust gas ignite from launching of missile. Missile gradually ascends during launch. Missile with orange exhaust plume in-flight. Missile explodes in-flight. Burning missile body falls to the ground.

Date: 1966
Duration: 2 min 51 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675078669
Missile explodes in-flight after launch from silo

Missile malfunction after launching in Vandenberg Air Force Base California. A missile rocket launches from tower, with exhaust gas explodes beside launch tower. Exhaust gas ignites from missile inside silo. Missile gradually ascends in the sky. Missile explodes in-flight.

Date: 1966
Duration: 2 min 3 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675078670
United States of America and Britain test Nuclear Weapons.

United States of America and and Britain test Nuclear Weapons. The Titan II missile undergoes its first test at Vandenberg Air Force Base in a shoot from an underground pad. The missile gets destroyed in air with an explosion. The British unveil their Blue Steel, a nuclear air-to-ground bomb designed to fill the gap left by the scrapped skybolt. View of Royal Air Force V bomber taking off.

Date: 1963, February 18
Duration: 1 min 31 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675039127
A USAF B-58 Hustler aircraft flies low over deserts and mountains and lands at Edwards Air Force Base in the United States.

A film about the low angle flying ability of United States air Force B-58 Hustler aircraft in the United States. A B-58 aircraft in flight over lush green fields in New Mexico while on its way to Edwards Air Force Base. A pilot at the controls in the cockpit of the aircraft. Aerial view of mountains. The aircraft in flight over Vandenberg Air Force Base. The aircraft flies over a lake. The B-58 in a low flight over mountains and deserts. It flies low over the Edwards Air Force Base. The aircraft carries a free fall bomb pod while in flight. The aircraft lands at Edwards Air Force Base. The aircraft taxis and comes to a stand still. The pilot gets off the B-58 aircraft.

Date: 1959, September 18
Duration: 4 min 31 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675066999