The U.S. Navy battleship, USS Tennessee (BB-43) passing the camera while conducting trials on Long Island Sound, in October, 1920, after being fitted out following her commissioning at the Brooklyn Navy Yard on on June 3, 1920. Her triple turret 14-inch guns are clearly visible as is the name, Tennessee, on her stern. She is seen again, raising plumes of black smoke as she steams in the opposite direction. All four of her triple 14-inch gun turrets are visible in silhouette. She is making good speed in very calm waters. (The camera ship is challenged to keep pace.) The Tennessee maneuvers to port in a fairly sharp turn, and the camera ship moves into her wake. A civilian, in hat and overcoat, is seen momentarily on the camera ship. More views of the Tennessee, include some from a distance as she maneuvers and heads toward the camera ship.
United Nations meeting in Flushing Meadows, New York. U.S. ambassador to the UN , Edward Stettinius, is seen at conference table, seated next to Sir Alexander Catogan, of the United Kingdom. Meeting adjourns and members prepare to depart.
Native American Indians perform a buffalo dance in San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico. The roof of a pueblo building. Mountains in the background. Young Indian girls walk through a field. Indian men standing by. A man fills water from a tap. Native American Indian dancers climb down the steps of a building. They are from the Tewa ethnic group of Native Americans. A man plays a drum. The Indian dancers in regalia perform the buffalo dance. A group of Indian men play drums in a circle while the dancers perform. Civilians gathered to watch their performance. Huts in the background. Close-up views of the drum circle show that the drummers are also singing.
Tewa Native American Indian dancers of San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico, perform a Cloud Dance . Local native American Indian dancers perform the cloud dance in th pueblo village plaza. A local leader inspects the lined up dancers. Adobe homes in the background. A Native American Indian man plays a drum. The artists climb up the steps of a pueblo building.
First in silo launch of a liquid fueled ICBM Titan VS-1, code named 'Silver Saddle' . Titan VS-1 carries a dummy second stage from Silo Launch Test Facility or SLTF. Flames escaping from silo ducts during initial ignition of Titan VS-1. Missile emerges and climbs.03 May 1961.
First in silo launch of liquid fueled ICBM Titan VS-1 code named 'Silver Saddle'. It carries a dummy second stage from Silo Launch Test Facillity in Vandenberg. The test was to confirm silo launch configuration and feasibility of launch from with in a silo. Ground level surface of silo. Underground ignition of the missile. Flames emerge from silo ducts. Missile emerges from silo and climbs. Flames from missile rocket boosters. 03 May 1961.
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