Washington Headquarters - Nuclear Propulsion in Space Part 3

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CATEGORY: Animation, Apollo Pg. 1 of 7 Ref No. SOURCE: Washington Headquarters DATE RECD. FILE ROLL NO. FILM SITE: 7-21-69 7711 FILMED: REMARKS: CLASSIFICATION MATERIAL FOOTAGE UN C/M as 0 872 FOOTAGE CAMERA START SUBJECT: Washington Headquarters - Nuclear Propulsion in Space. ANGLE FOREWORD: Nuclear Rocket Development Station, Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, Aerojet General Corporation, Nerva, Kiwi and Phoebus 1 B Engines, Nutron Reflector Control Rods, Fuel Elements, Water Modulated Nuclear Reactor, Thermocouple, Nuclear Rocket Engine, Test Cell A & D, MAD Building (Maintenance Assembly and Disassembly), Remote Control Chamber, Turbine and Liquid Controls, Deware, Control Room. Animation Lunar Module (LM), Command Module (CM), Spacecraft, Moon, Mars, Future Space Vehicles, Orbital Laboratory, Nuclear Cluster, Nuclear Engine & Propellant Tank and Fuel Injection, Chemical Engines. 10 Production leader. 17 NASA Seal and Atomatic Energy Commission Seal. 23 LS Mountains and Moon - tilt up and zoom in to Moon. 33 MS Animation of LM landing on Moon. 45 MS Animation of Orbital Space Stations. 53 MS Animation of Future Space Vehicles on the Moon. 59 MS Animation of Future Space Vehicles traveling through space. 62 MS Animation showing Spacecraft - zoom in to close up of Nuclear Engine. 70 CU Nuclear Engine. 83 CU Title reading "National Aeronautics & Space Administration and The Atomic Energy Commission Presents Nuclear Propulsion In Space." 92 MS Apollo Spacecraft and launch pad - tilt up. 104 MLS Apollo Spacecraft at launch pad. 106 LS Continued action, different angle. 110 CU Ignition. MSC Form 981 (Rev Oct 64) 16MM FILM SCENE LISTING NASA - Manned Spacecraft Center Pg. 2 of 7 Ref No. SOURCE: DATE RECD. FILE ROLL NO. 7711 REMARKS: CLASSIFICATION MATERIAL FOOTAGE FOOTAGE CAMERA SUBJECT: START ANGLE 113 LS Launch of Apollo Spacecraft. 119 LS Tracking of Apollo Spacecraft. 128 LS Continued action. 132 LS Stage separation. 138 MS Animation of Apollo Spacecraft. 146 MS Animation of Apollo Spacecraft. 155 LS Future space vehicle moving toward planet. 159 CU Drawing of Spacecraft. 163 MS Animation of Future Space Vehicles on the Moon. 168 CU Artist concept of Spacecraft. 172 CU Drawing of Nuclear Engine. 184 CU Nuclear Engine showing letters H 2 going through engine - then showing flame. Chemical engine appearing. 198 CU Nuclear engine - pan left to red arrow and letters ISPSEC. 201 CU Animation showing Nuclear and Chemical engines - one pound. 207 CU Letters ISP 253 seconds. Numbers changing from 253 to 259. 210 CU Animation of Chemical Engine reading "ISP 446 Seconds." Seconds changing to 450. 216 CU Nuclear Engine reading "ISP 892 Seconds.' Seconds changing to 900. 222 MS Animation of Nuclear and Chemical Engine. Engines disappear and titles reading "Nuclear ISP 900 Seconds. Chemical ISP 450 Seconds." 230 CAMERA RUNOFF. 233 LS Mountains - zoom in to test facility. 243 MS Men looking at drawings. 248 MCU Man pointing to drawing of Nuclear Engine on blackboard. 249 CU Man conducting Nuclear test. 251 CU Bare Critical Machine. 252 MS High angle view: Nutron Reflector and Control Rods. 253 MS Low angle view: Technicians working on core. 254 CU External fuel element. 255 MS High angle view: Water modulated Nuclear reactor. 256 MS Continued action, different angle. MSC Form 981 (Rev Oct 64) 16MM FILM SCENE LISTING NASA - Manned Spacecraft Center Pg. 3 of 7 Ref No. SOURCE: DATE RECD. FILE ROLL NO. 7711 REMARKS: CLASSIFICATION MATERIAL FOOTAGE FOOTAGE CAMERA SUBJECT: START ANGLE 257 MS Man remote handling of the reactor fuel element. 258 CU Artist concept of Kiwi A Reactor. 262 MLS Technicians loading Critical Assembly Mockup. 266 CU Technician loading Cells into Critical Assembly Mockup. 269 CU Continued action. 270 MS Kiwi Reactor in assembly stand. 273 MS Men working in control room. 274 CU Man at readout chart. 275 CU Man at consoles in control room. 276 MS Technicians installing thermocouple to Nuclear Rocket - zoom out to long shot. 282 LS Jachass Flats, Nevada - Nuclear Test Division - pan left. 290 LS Continued action - pan left. 296 MS High angle view: Kiwi Reactor being hoisted from assembly stand. 300 MS Technician signalling. 302 MS Kiwi Reactor being removed from assembly stand. 305 CAMERA RUNOFF. 306 CU Kiwi Reactor being removed from assembly stand. 307 MS Kiwi Reactor on test car in route to test site. 310 MS Kiwi Reactor arriving at test stand. 312 CU Circuit panel. 313 CU Man at control panel. 314 CU Finger pushing button on control panel. 316 CU Liquid hydrogen paint. 317 LS Liquid hydrogen paint in the foreground. Test stand in the background. 319 MS Control room. Men seated at consoles - pan left. 327 LS Kiwi reactor at test cell "A" during test run. 332 MS Continued action. 339 MS Kiwi reactor being removed remotely from test stand. 341 MS MAD Building. Maintenance Assembly and Disassembly. Kiwi reactor being moved into the MAD Building. 347 MS Engineers disassembling Nerva Engine remotely. MSC Form 981 (Rev Oct 64) 16MM FILM SCENE LISTING NASA - Manned Spacecraft Center Pg. 4 of 7 Ref No. SOURCE: DATE RECD. ROLL NO. 7711 REMARKS: CLASSIFICATION MATERIAL FOOTAGE FOOTAGE CAMERA SUBJECT: START ANGLE 349 CU Hand on remote control unit. 350 MCU Engineer operating remote control unit. 352 MCU Engineers operating remote control in the foreground. Zoom in to show fuel element being disassembled. 358 CU Fuel elements analysis. 360 LS Nerva Engine test run. 368 MS Men looking at drawing. 369 CU Recorder. 370 MS Men in control room. 371 MCU Men at consoles in the control room. 372 LS Nerva engine test run. 375 CU Engine nozzle. 376 LS Nerva engine on fire due to leak of Hydrogen around nozzle. 380 MS Men in control room. 381 CU Man at console. 382 LS Nerva engine test run. 386 MS Continued action. 388 MS Two men at consoles in control room. 390 LS Nerva engine test firing. 395 MLS Continued action. 401 CU Animation of Nerva engine - then title appearing "Nerva and SNPO - then Nasa Seal - then Atomic Energy Commission Seal." 420 MS Animation of Nerva Engine moving toward camera. 426 MS Nerva Engine. 429 CU Nerva Engine showing core. 434 CU Animation of core turning critical. 438 CU Core with Nutron reflector and control rod. 440 CU Animation of core showing hydrogen flow. 451 CU Fuel element turning critical. 458 MS Nerva engine and propellant tank. 465 CU Nerva engine attached to propellant tank. Fuel colored blue - showing fuel entering Nerva engine - traveling to nozzle - then entering pressure tank. MSC Form 981 (Rev Oct 64) 16MM FILM SCENE LISTING NASA - Manned Spacecraft Center Pg. 5 of 7 Ref No. SOURCE: DATE RECD. FILE ROLL NO. 7711 REMARKS: CLASSIFICATION MATERIAL FOOTAGE FOOTAGE CAMERA SUBJECT: START ANGLE 477 CU Animation of fuel entering engine. 479 MS Animation of fuel entering engine. 484 CU Fuel in pressure tank - entering core - passing through core - then showing ignition through nozzle. 492 CU Animation showing fuel in Nerva engine. 500 CU Animation of Nutron reactor, without reflector, then with reflector - then showing reactor going critical - then introducing control rods. 514 ECU Animation of Nutron reflector with reflector and control rods - showing poison side and fumes going into control rods - being asborbed. 521 CU Animation of reactor in critical stage - then shut down. Zoom in to close up of reactor. Reactor going critical. 537 CU Control rods on reactor. Zoom out. 546 CU Animation of Nerva Engine. 551 LS High angle view: Aerojet test stand. 555 MS Aerojet test stand where cold flow testing is done. 558 CU Turbine pump - tilt down. 563 CU Cold flow test. 570 LS Nerva A-3 engine. 574 CU Check point sign reading "Check with test cell manager upon entering area - red light means danger - area closed. Yellow light means - caution hazard condition. Green light means - area normal - do not enter when lights are off." 576 LS Test cell. 579 LS Nerva engines test firing. 587 MS Nerva ESP engine at test cell. 591 MS Technician working at turbine pump. 592 CU Continued action. 597 MS Turbine and liquid controls. Tilt up. 603 MS Men working in control room. 604 CU Technicians at consoles. 606 LS Nerva engine test run. MSC Form 981 (Rev Oct 64) 16MM FILM SCENE LISTING NASA Manned Spacecraft Center Pg. 6 of 7 Ref No. SOURCE: DATE RECD. FILE ROLL NO. 7711 REMARKS: CLASSIFICATION MATERIAL FOOTAGE FOOTAGE CAMERA SUBJECT: START ANGLE 611 CU Man at console. 613 MS Nerva engine test run. 615 MS Men at consoles in control room. 616 LS Nerva engine test run. 618 LS Phoebus 1 B being moved to test cell D. 621 MS Phoebus 1 B engine at test cell. 623 LS Continued action, different angle. 626 MS Phoebus Engine - tilt up to nozzle. 631 CU Sign reading "Phoebus 1 B, Los Alamos." 633 LS Nerva test run. 637 MS Nerva engine. 642 LS Nerva test run. 644 MS Test sound - zoom out. 650 MS Nerva engine in down position. 651 MS Nerva engine being moved. 654 LS Nerva engine at test cell. 658 MS Nerva engine in down position - tilt up. 668 MS Cold flow test. 676 MS Continued action, different angle. 681 MLS Continued action. 688 CU Animation of Mars - zoom in to extreme close up. 697 MS Animation showing Nuclear Propulsion in space. 704 CU Animation showing Nuclear engines clustering. 711 MS Nuclear cluster and Spacecraft joining. 715 CU Animation of Nuclear Cluster firing - then separating from Spacecraft. 726 LS Animation of Spacecraft in flight in the foreground. Two planets in the background. 728 MS RCS Cluster firing on CM - then Spacecraft turning - showing engine firing. 738 LS Spacecraft orbiting around Mars. 746 MS Spacecraft in orbit. Zoom out to future space vehicles on the moon. 756 MS Animation of Lunar Buggy. MSC Form 981 (Rev Oct 64) 16MM FILM SCENE LISTING NASA - Manned Spacecraft Center Pg. 7 of 7 Ref No. SOURCE: DATE RECD. FILE ROLL NO. 7711 REMARKS: CLASSIFICATION MATERIAL FOOTAGE FOOTAGE CAMERA SUBJECT: START ANGLE 761 LS Animation showing Spacecraft launching from moon. 766 MS LM rendezvousing with CM. 770 CU Animation showing LM separating from CM and CM rotating - then engine firing. CSM separating from launch vehicle. 785 CU Engine firing. 789 LS CM separating from SM. 796 CU Animation showing CM re-entry. 802 LS Animation showing CM re-entry. 808 MLS Animation showing parachutes deployed on CM during re-entry. 813 MS High angle view: Animation showing CM in the foreground. Ships in water in the background. Parachutes and CM exits bottom frame. 820 MS CM suspended from hoist - being hoisted to helicopter. 829 CU Animation of Spacecraft. 832 MS Nuclear Spacecraft showing Spacecraft with Cluster. 841 MS Stage separation. (This is not animation.) 847 CU Credits reading "Script - COE-Peacock, Inc., Music - Paul Novros, Director - Jay Gordon Legg, Producer - Lester Novros." 853 CU Credits reading "Production Supervisor for NASA - James B. Etheredge. Producer appreciates the cooperation of Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, Aerojet General Corporation, Nuclear Rocket Development Station.' 861 CU Title reading "Produced by Grafic Films Corporation, Hollywood, California, 1968, HQ152." 866 CAMERA RUNOFF. 872 END OF ROLL. MSC Form 981 (Rev Oct 64) 16MM FILM SCENE LISTING NASA - Manned

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Records of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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Moving Images Relating to Documentary Stock Footage