00:33:55 4.07 |
"NIKE HERCULES - A REALITY"
AN ON-THE-SCENE STORY FROM CHATSWORTH, CALIFORNIA, ABOUT BATTERY "C" AND IT'S HERCULES SITE |
00:34:00 9.07 |
SMALL BUSY TOWN OF CHATSWORTH, CALIFORNIA.
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00:34:16 25.07 |
TEACHER WATHES CHILDREN AT PLAY OUTSIDE SCHOOL.
CHATSWORTH'S SUBURBAN HOMES. (PAN) |
00:34:57 66.07 |
THREE GIS ARE DWAFTED BY HUGE HERCULES 'NIKE'
MISSILE ON IT'S PAD FACING SKYWARD. THE GIS CLEAR THE AREA AS THE MISSILE IS LOWERED FROM IT'S FIRING POSITION. |
00:35:57 126.07 |
ENT AIR FORCE BASE, COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO,
HEADQUARTERS OF THE NORTH AMERICAN AIR DEFENSE COMMAND COMMANDED BY GENERAL CHARLES E. HART. |
00:36:15 144.07 |
CU MERCURY EDSEL PULLS UP WITH THE INSIGNIA OF
A LIEUTENANT GENERAL ON GRILL. GENERAL HART STEPS OUT AND IS ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT HIS MISSION. |
00:36:37 166.07 |
CU HART TELLS ABOUT THE HERCULES MISSILE AND THE
ANSWER TO ANY FUTHER THREAT |
00:38:41 290.07 |
THE ORDINANCE MISSILE PLANT AT CHARLOTTE, NORTH
CAROLINA, OPERATED BY DOUGLAS AIRCRAFT, WHERE THE HERCULES 'NIKE' MISSILE IS MASS PRODUCED. |
00:38:45 294.07 |
HIGHLY SKILLED WORKER, ON AN ASSEMBLY LINE, PUTS C
COMPONENTS IN THE NOSE OF A MISSILE. OTHERS PLACE TAIL SECTIONS ON A RACK |
00:39:22 331.07 |
HERCULES IS SLOWLY RAISED INTO FIRING POSITION.
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00:39:39 348.07 |
TWO WORKERS PLACE A SHEET OF ALUMINUM IN MACHINE.
THE HUGE MACHINE PRESSES THE FLAT SHEET INTO A CONTOURED SHAPE WHICH IS TAKEN OUT & LINED UP WITH HUNDREDS OF OTHERS. |
00:40:22 391.07 |
WOMEN SIT AT TABLES AND ASSEMBLE ELECTRONIC PARTS.
ARMY INSPECTORS EXAMINE SECTIONS OF THE MISSILE AT THE PLANT |
00:42:08 497.07 |
WORKERS PLACE THE 'HERCULES' IN LARGE STEEL CANS
FOR SHIPMENT AND DELIVERY. |
00:42:33 522.07 |
MISSILE IF FIRED. MEN IN THE CONTROL ROOM GUIDE
IT'S COURSE |
00:43:07 556.07 |
SOLDIERS MARCH INTO MISSILE TRAINING SCHOOL AT
FORT BLISS, TEXAS. STUDENTS WORK AT A WORK BENCH ON ELECTRONIC GUIDANCE AND FIRING SYSTEMS. |
00:44:45 654.07 |
MONTAGE VARIOUS TYPES OF RADAR AND EARLY WARNING
SYSTEMS AT THEIR SITES. CU RADAR SCOPE SCANS IN A CIRCLE AS TECHNICIANS WATCH CLOSELY. |
00:46:09 738.07 |
BLACK GI INSPECTS A MISSILE COMPONENT THROUGH A
SMALL PANEL ON THE MISSILE. |
00:46:20 749.07 |
SERIES OF MISSILES FIRED ONE AFTER THE OTHER.
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00:46:46 775.07 |
CAPTAIN F. DUFFY, COMMANDER OF THE CHATSWORTH
BATTERY PULLS UP IN HIS CONVERTIBLE CADILLAC AND UNLOCKS A LONG CHAINLINK FENCE AND LETS HIMSELF IN FOLLOWED BY A CAR POOL WITH SOME OF HIS MEN. |
00:47:41 830.07 |
AS SOME OF HIS MEN PREPARE A NEW HERCULES MISSILE,
SERGEANT-IN-CHARGE HARRY MILLER EXPLAINS THE PROCEDURES. |
00:50:18 987.07 |
CAPTAIN DUFFY EXPLAINS THE MISSION OF HIS BATTERY
WHICH IS MAINLY READINESS AND PRACTICE. |
00:52:24 1113.07 |
BLACK LIEUTENANT WILBUR JENKINS, IN CHARGE OF
A MOUNTAIN TOP INTEGRATED FIRE CONTROL (IFC) AREA WHICH CONTROLS THE FLIGHT OF THE MISSILE TELLS OF HIS MISSION. |
00:53:06 1155.07 |
CU HANDS OF A GI TESTING CIRCUITS ON AN
ELECTRONIC UNIT WHICH HAD A MINOR BREAKDOWN. HELICOPTER, DELIVERING A SPARE PART, LANDS AT THE MOUNTAIN OUTPOST. |
00:54:29 1238.07 |
HERCULES MISSILES RISES FROM UNDERGROUND STORAGE
AREA AND ARE LINED UP SIDE BY SIDE. |
00:54:41 1250.07 |
WARRANT OFFICER MELVIN SMITH, IN CHARGE OF THE
LAUNCHING GROUP EXPLAINS HIS ACTIVITIES & REASON FOR UNDERGROUND STORAHE OF THE MISSILES. |
00:56:17 1346.07 |
OWNER OF A CHATWORTH LUMBER COMPANY TELLS WHAT HE
FEELS ABOUT THE MISSILES BEING NEAR HIS COMMUNITY |
00:56:33 1362.07 |
CHILDREN PLAYING IN THE SCHOOLYARD OF A LOCAL
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WITH HIGH CHAIN LINK FENCE (PAN) THE SCHOOL TEACHER EXPRESSES HER THOUGHTS ABOUT THE MISSILES IN CHATSWORTH. |
00:57:42 1431.07 |
AN ACTIVE COMMUNITY LEADER GIVES HIS OPINION OF
THE MISSILE SITE AS HE STANDS OUTSIDE A LOCAL LUNCH SHOP. THE LOCAL MINISTER SPEAKS FROM IN FRONT OF HIS CHAPEL |
00:59:00 1509.07 |
COWBOY ACTOR ROY ROGERS, RESIDENT OF CHATSWORTH,
WALKING HAND IN HAND WITH 2 LITTLE GIRLS, TELLS WHAT HE THINKS ABOUT THE MISSILES. |
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