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U.S. Air Force Monthly Film Report (1965)

1965 · Short film · 18 min

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This U.S. Air Force Monthly Film Report shows the various operations conducted at the Air Force Eastern Test Range, Cape Kennedy in January and February 1965. The film opens with an aerial shot of Cape Kennedy. Astronauts Gus Grissom and John Young put on gear as part of the new man-in-space program, Project Gemini. A Titan II rocket sits at a launch pad (01:27). Men sit in control room waiting for launch. The Titan II takes off on 19 January and flies through the air carrying the unmanned Gemini Capsule into space. A Navy submarine (presumably USS Sam Rayburn) cruises along the surface of the water (02:38). A Polaris A3 missile is fired from a submerged submarine. On 22 January, space technicians prepare a Thor-Delta C rocket to place the Tiros 9 weather satellite into orbit (03:15). Viewers watch as the rocket launches at night. Next, the film shows the 28 January launch of the XRM-91 Blue Scout Junior rocket, designed to measure the Earth’s magnetosphere (04:18). Footage shows Cape Kennedy grounds (05:25), and men working on a missile. Men wait in the control room on 28 January (05:50), waiting to launch the LGM-30F Minuteman II missile. The missile is launched from an underground silo. Viewers see the February 3 launch of the OSO-2 on a Thor-Delta rocket (06:22). At Launch Stand 20, a Titan IIIA rocket stands (07:20). Men check the satellite that is included in the mission. Footage shows the control room of the Space Division of Air Force Command, and then the Titan…

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Running time
18 minutes
Collection
Ephemeral Films

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