"ATOMIC BATTLEFIELD"
"OBSOLETE" FILM. FEATURES ATOMIC SHOT AT DESERT ROCK,
NEVADA WHERE ARMY UNIT WAS ACTUALLY EMPLOYED IN THE
FIELD IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE DETONATION.

AERIAL NEVADA NUCLEAR TEST SITE WITH SUPPORT
HEADQUARTERS OF CAMP DESERT ROCK.

ANIMATED DRAWING OF A-BOMB MUSHROOM CLOUD SHOWS HOW
BLAST GENERATES VARIOUS EFFECTS SUCH AS HEAT, BLAST &
RADIATION.

EXERCISE DONE SEVERAL YEARS AGO SHOWS GIS MARCHING
INTO LONG DEEP TRENCH & ATOMIC BOMB EXPLODING IN
DISTANCE.

MONTAGE OF MUSHROOM CLOUD STILL HANGING IN AIR &
TROOPS LEAVING THEIR TRENCHES. ADVANCE TOWARD CLOUD.

MONTAGE- THE TROOPS ARE INSTRUCTED BY AN OFFICER
AND THEY PROCEED IN SETTING UP A TENT CITY IN
CAMP DESERT ROCK IN THE NEVADA DESERT.

LS- A HUGE MECHANICAL DITCH DIGGER CUTS A LONG
TRENCH IN THE SAND AS SHELTER FOR THE TROOPS.

MS- ENTERTAINERS FROM LAS VEGAS, INCLUDING TAP
DANCERS AND SINGER EYDIE GORME PERFORM FOR THE
TROOPS ON A STAGE IN THE OPEN DESERT.

MS- A CHAPLAIN REASSURES A FEW GIS OF THE SAFETY
OF THE TEST AS THEY SIT IN THE SAND AT NIGHT
HE TELLS THEM WHAT IT'S LIKE.

MS- A BLACK 'RAD SAFE' GI USES AN INSTRUMENT TO
MEASURE GAMMA RADIATION AS HE RIDES TOWARDS THE
BLAST IN JEEP, 1 HOUR AFTER THE BLAST.

MS- MEN OF TASK FORCE 'WARRIOR' MOVE OUT OF THEIR
TRENCH AFTER GETTING WORD FROM THE RAD SAFE TEAM
THAT THE AREA IS SAFE.

MONTAGE- LARGE UNITS OF THE PANTOMIC TASK FORCE
MARCH INTO THE BLAST AREA OF THE DESERT.

MS- A 'PATHFINDER' GROUP SETS OFF SMOKE BOMBS TO
GUIDE HELICOPTERS TO THE OBJECTIVES. MS- GI TALKS
ON PHONE AS HEAVY SMOKE BELLOWS OUT OF SMOKE BOMB

"ARMY SATELLITES"
COVERS THE CRUCIAL 84 DAYS BEFORE LAUNCH OF
EXPLORER I. FEATURES DR. WERHNER VON BRAUN AND
MAJOR GENERAL JOHN B. MEDARIS. NARRATED BY
ALEXANDER SCOURBY. FIRST COMPLETE DOCUMENTARY ON
EXPLORER I AND III.

GENERAL JOHN B. MADARIS, COMMANDER OF THE ARMY
BALLISTIC AGENCY,HAS MEETING WITH HIS GENERAL
STAFF ON NOVEMBER 8, 1957, & ANNOUNCES BEING
GIVEN MISSION OF LAUNCHING "EXPLORER 1" SATELLITE
WITHIN 90 DAYS

LS- VANGUARD ROCKET EXPLODES ON IT'S PAD IN A
SPECTACULAR FIREBALL, AS THE 1ST U.S. ATTEMPT TO
LAUNCH A SATELLITE FAILS.

MONTAGE- MEN AND WOMEN SCIENTISTS WORK IN LABS
WITH VARIOUS MODEL DESIGNS AND AT DRAFTING BOARDS

MS- TECHNICIAN SITS IN CONTROL ROOM WITH WALL
FULL OF GAUGES.

MS- SCIENTISTS AND WORKERS SHADE THEIR EYES AS
THEY LOOK UP AT THE 'REDSTONE, IN A SUCCESSFUL
TEST FLIGHT.

LS- A TORRENT OF WATER IS RELEASED BENEATH THE
MISSILE FOR COOLING AT THE FIRING.

LS- THE REDSTONE MISSILE IS LOADED ON HUGE CARGO
PLANE FOR TRANSFER TO THE LAUNCH SITE

CU- AN ENGINEER ASSEMBLES THE SMALL SATELLITE AT
THE LAB.

MONTAGE- ROCKET CREWS CHECK THE MANY GAUGES.

CU- THE LAUNCH DIRECTOR SPEAKS OVER HIS HEADPHONE
AS HE INSTRUCTS EACH STEP BEFORE LAUNCH.

CU- AS GAUGES MOVE THE SOUND OF THE SATELLITE IS
HEARD INDICATING THE 'EXPLORER 1' IS IN ORBIT.

MS- AT A NEWS CONFERENCE IN WASHINGTON, DOCTOR
RICHARD PORTER, CHAIRMAN OF NATIONAL ACADEMY OF
SCIENCE ANNOUNCES THE SUCCESSFUL ORBIT

MS- VON BRAUN, DR. JAMES A. VAN ALLEN, HEAD OF
PHYSICS DEPARTMENT OF STATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA
AND DR. WILLIAM H. PICKERING, DIRECTOR OF THE JET
PROPULSION LABORATORY ARE INTRODUCED TO THE
NEWSMEN AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE.

MONTAGE- BROADCASTERS OF MANY COUNTRIES AIR THE
NEWS OF 'EXPLORER 3'. ON-AIR NEWSCASTER HANDED LATE
BREAKING NEWS