FACILITIES (l957) Part 4

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Summary: A special report by the ARDC Ballistic Missile Division on the acquisition, development, and construction of facilities for the Air Force Ballistic Missile program since 1954. Superimposed over the ARDC insignia, AIR FORCE MISSILE BALLISTIC DIVISION HEADQUARTERS ARDC PRESENTS: SPECIAL REPORT FACILITIES. 10' 1/4 frame special effects scene -- the Atlas missile on its special trailer, an Atlas missile lying horizontally on the launching pad, the inspection of the Atlas rocket engine, and an Atlas missile leaving the launching platform. 13' Artwork of an upright Atlas missile with a red nose cone. 26' A map showing the location of two major ballistic missile contractors prior to 1954 -- Convair and North American. 31' AV Convair San Diego facilities. 34' Map showing the location of sixteen major ballistic missile contractors throughout the United States. 36' Several views showing the construction of Atlas missiles in the Convair San Diego plant. 40' Several views of a tabletop model of the Airframe plant to be constructed at the Convair Astronautic, Montgomery Field. 48' Several scenes showing the construction of Martin facilities for the production of the Titan missile at Denver. 63' Several views of the Convair Atlas test facilities at Point Loma, California. 67' Several AV's of the Sycamore Canyon test facilities for the captive testing of the Atlas missile. 79' MS RV inside of a test stand blockhouse during a firing. 81' Superimposed over the scene of an Atlas missile on its trailer at the base of a captive test stand is: CONTRACTOR 21.75 AIR FORCE 34.23. 85' The words and numbers fade out, the Atlas missile starts to rise into the captive test stand. 86' AV low altitude North American facilities at Downey, California. 90' MS pan to the left of North American facilities under construction at Canogo Park. 94' MS dolly to right, showing several sizes of North American rocket engines in the North American Rocketdyne Plant. 99' MS RV Thor rocket engine being laboratory tested. 102' CU instrument test panel in the laboratory. 105' CU Thor rocket engine on the vertical test stand. 109' Several AV's of the North American Santa Susanna propulsion field laboratory. 114' Dolly in to a rocket engine being tested on one of the vertical test stands at Santa Susanna. 123' Several scenes of the North American operated plant at Camp Carter to be used as a second source of production for large rocket engines. 135' Superimposed over the scene of a rocket engine being fired in one of two test stands at the Santa Susanna facilities are the words: CONTRACTOR 10.88 AIR FORCE 38.35. 39' The superimposed wording fades out. 141' MS pan to the left, American Machine and Foundry Turbo Division, at McCormick, California. 145' MS workmen building ballistic missile auxiliary power units at the American Machine and Foundry plant. 149' MS two of the workmen testing one of the auxiliary power units. 153' MS pan to the left, Burroughs Corp. facilities under construction at Paoli, for the building of the Atlas ICBM computor and inertial guidance system. 164' Artwork of an upright Thor missile with a red nose cone -- superimposed over this is IRBM THOR. 169' MS high angle, pan to the left, Thor IRBM production line at the Douglas Santa Monica plant. 74' Several scenes of the Douglas captive test facilities at Sacramento, California. 180' Several scenes showing a Thor missile on its ground handling dolly, being positioned inside of a hangar at the Douglas Sacramento test facility. 190' Artwork of a Titan missile -- superimposed over missile, ICBM TITAN. 195' Several AV's of the Martin Company Titan Production and Test Facilities near Denver, Colorado. 204' Several scenes of the Martin Co. Titan test stand facilities under construction -- a cold-flow chamber and allied test facilities near Denver. 213' Several shots showing production of the Titan missile at the Martin Denver facilities. 218' Series of shots of the Martin Denver test stand facilities. 229' AV of the Aerojet General Corp. at Sacramento, California. 234' Several views of the Aerojet General Administration Building. 238' The LOX Manufacturing Plant. 240' The cold-flow laboratory. 241' A triple test stand facility. 244' MS high angle, several partially completed rocket engines inside the plant. 246' MS the simultaneous testing of two liquid rocket engines on the test stand. 253' Several views of LOX being transferred from several liquid oxygen trailers at the base of a launching platform. 259' MS ballistic missile in the service tower on the test stand -- three liquid oxygen trailers are parked at the base of the stand. 262' Sequence of shots of a liquid oxygen manufacturing facility at one of the test centers. 275' MS Thor missile in the service tower on the test stand -- four liquid oxygen trailers are lined up in front of the stand. 281' A chart showing the amount of funds provided by the contractor and the Air Force through FY 1957 for the ballistics missile program for the Atlas, Titan, Thor, and MIT/LOX. 297' Chart showing the facilities invested, in millions, by the contractors and the Air Force through FY 1957, and the amount for FY 1958 and FY 1959. 317' High angle of one of the ballistic missile tent facilities at the Edwards Flight Test Center. 322' AV several of the vertical test stands at Edwards Air Force Base. 325' Several scenes of one of the complete systems test stands at Edwards AFB, containing an Atlas missile. 331' FV & SV of one of the large, complete systems test stands at Edwards AFB. 336' MS SV Atlas missile in the test stand undergoing a duration firing test (night scene). 344' Several scenes looking down the 35,000 ft. sled track under construction at the Air Force Missile Development Center near Alamogordo, New Mexico. 352' AV Air Force Missile Test Center at Cape Canaveral, Florida. 357' MS sign at the entrance to Patrick AFB reads: AFMTC, AIR FORCE MISSILE TEST CENTER, PATRICK AIR FORCE BASE, AIR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT COMMAND. 360' AV two ballistic missile launching pads at Cape Canaveral, Florida. 364' MS RV group of technicians on top of a blockhouse near one of the launching platforms -- what appears to be an Atlas missile is on the launching platform in the bg -- service tower moves away. 367' MS RV four men at the control panel inside one of the instrumented blockhouses. 368' MS SV service stand being moved away from an Atlas missile on the launching platform at Cape Canaveral. 370' MS rooftop of one of the telemetry and tracking center buildings. 372' MS contractor's test stand facilities as seen from the launching platform. 373' MS pan to the left, Atlas missile special trailer being towed in front of hangar "J" at Cape Canaveral. 378' Several shots of a map on which is portrayed the extension of the Cape Canaveral Test Center range. 389' AV one of the telemetry and instrumentation stations in the extended range. 400' Chart depicting facilities investment, in millions, through FY 57 by the contractor and the Air Force, and through FY 58 and FY 59. 419' Several AV's of Cooke AFB facilities to be used for ballistic missile training. 428' MS high angle showing construction beginning on a ballistic missile IOC at Camp Cooke. 432' MS SV Thor missile on a launching platform at Cape Canaveral. The engine is ignited and camera pans up with the missile as it rises from the platform (48 FPS). 452' Superimposed over the ARDC insignia AIR FORCE BALLISTIC MISSILE DIVISION HEADQUARTERS ARDC, THE END, PRODUCED BY PICTORIAL STAFF SERVICES, BMD, BMC, AND GMRD. Good (Basic: Comp color print)

Collection

Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities