Synopsis
This is a 1960’s era, color film about the strides that General Dynamics is making in the design and production of various military weapons, aircraft, vehicles and technology around the world. 3 Seamen board the Navy ship, Vanguard. The ship is packed with telemetry systems and equipment. The ship is seen at sea. Her mission is to rendezvous with the spacecraft housing the first manned flight to the moon. She will track the location and progress of the Apollo spaceship from her station in the Atlantic Ocean. Her sister ships, the Mercury and Redstone, will be stationed in the Pacific and Indian oceans for support 1:05. Antennas, satellites and computers will be used as part of the tracking communication project 1:20. Control centers on the ship 1:26. General Dynamics Today. 1:40. Men in the control room listen and talk on headphones 1:58. General Dynamics produced the Apollo instrumentation ships providing their instrumentation systems, antennas, testing systems, components and the telephone equipment aboard 2:20. The Apollo ships are Marine systems 2:32. The engineering team discusses their responsibilities on the job 3:00. Fast cargo transfer system passes missiles to ships from land in less than 90 seconds 3:38. A modern Polaris nuclear ballistic submarine the USS Will Rogers 4:04. General Dynamics has built more than 350 submarines 4:27. Will Rogers submarine is christened and launched 4:40. Research submersibles like Star 2 have been researched, built and launched 5:20.…
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- Running time
- 24 minutes
- Collection
- Ephemeral Films
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- Stock Footage