Views of the first Nike-Hercules missile unit placed in operational service in Taiwan. Chinese soldiers install fins on the missile. Commander-in-Chief of Chinese Army, General Lo Lieh on an inspection tour of the base. A Chinese officer briefs the General during the tour. Four Nike-Hercules missiles seen on launch pad. Missiles being raised to firing position.
First Nike-Hercules missile service by Chinese Army in Taiwan. Nike-Hercules missile being raised into firing position at a base in Taiwan. Chinese troops within an enclosed area.
U.S. Army Major Achille C. Tisdell testifies before a military tribunal in Manila, Phillipines during the trial of Japanese Army General Masaharu Homma for World War II crimes. Major Tisdell, aide-de-camp to Commanding General of the American forces in Luzon Major General Edward King, is asked about a base hospital. He says that injured American soldiers were taken care of. He also says that enough ration was available for American troops in Bataan. He testifies that Major General Edward King was taken from Camp O'Donell to a camp at Tarlac. A member of the tribunal asks about the time when the order of the surrender was issued. Tisdell replies that he does not remember the exact time. He also talks about December 1941 when he worked in an artillery section in Manila. A woman at a typewriter as Major Tisdell testifies.
A film about assembling of a sea mule tug in the United States. A control tower aboard the tug being placed on a tapping plate. Bolts being tightened at the base of the tower. The tapping plate being welded and bolts being removed. The control tower lifted off the tapping plate and replaced after welding the outer edge. A steering cable being made to pass through a steering cable shield. Men on the deck pull the cable. A steering chain being inserted and a man works on a cable guard. The steering chain and the cable being fastened together. A control column and another column being inserted. A lever being forced up the control column. Choke control lever being placed in position. A bolt being tightened. Choke control rod being connected to the choke control lever. Reverse control rod being connected to reverse control lever. Steering wheel being assembled. Hand rail being welded.
Flames pour from base of an A-4 missile during tests in Peenemunde, Germany. As flames intensify, cable from adjacent tower fall away from the Rocket, which momentarily emits a circle of vapor around its midsection, as it rises from ground. the V-2 rocket rises rapidly and soon vanishes as a pinpoint of light in the distant sky. (World War II period).
View of German V-2 (A-4) ballistic missile test at dawn in Peenemunde, Germany. Missile is seen on launch pad across a snowy field. Small flame appears at base of rocket, followed by intense fire and a puff of vapors, as the missile rises. A trail of smoke, perhaps from an earlier failed launch, is seen to the right as Missile lifts off in a blast of flame. (World War II period).
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