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CU DCU-9/A dial being switched to arm on jet fighter. High angle MS missile being dropped over ocean (cam in bomb bay). TLS missile with deployed parachute falling into ocean (no explosion). Stunning LS underwater nuclear explosion at Pacific Proving Ground, humongous plume of radioactive foam & water bursting through the surface & rising high & wide. Closing credits.
Space Shuttle Flight STS-61 Mission Highlights
Animated NASA logo. Excellent animation of the Hubble Telescope. STS-61 badge w/ names of astronauts. Aerial of launch pad 39B, pre-dawn 12/2/1993, space shuttle Endeavor on launch tower, all lit up. TLS mission control, American flag hanging from ceiling near windows. WLS launch tower all aglow, American flag flying from pole in midground, digital clock reading T minus 3 hrs. MS Commander RICHARD COVEY wearing orange flight suit & helmet, sitting in chair in fitting room, followed by Pilot KENNETH BOWERSOX, Payload Commander STORY MUSGRAVE. MS Mission Specialist KATHRYN THORNTON in flight suit, talking to people, travel to Mission Specialist THOMAS AKERS, travel to Mission Specialist JEFFREY HOFFMAN relaxing in chair, travel to European Space Agecy Mission Specialist CLAUDE NICOLLIER putting on gloves. MS STS-61 astronauts exiting building, waving to crowd, wallking to transport van. Security cam shots astronauts walking from elevator to shuttle. MSs Jeffrey Hoffman & Richard Covey donning final equipment in walkway outside shuttle hatch. LS Endeavor, solid rocket boosters & extra fuel tank on launch pad (mobile launch platform), night. MS Kathryn Thornton strapping on white cap outside hatch. TLS Endeavor nose in vertical position. MS closeout crew assisting Story Musgrave with final equipment outside hatch. MS ESA astronuat Claude Nicollier doing same.
Space Shuttle Flight STS-61 Mission Highlights
LS Space Shuttle Endeavor on launch pad. TLS Endeavor nose. MS walkway pulling away from shuttle, "Endeavor" on side. TLS Endeavor nose, walkway pulling away. WLS launch pad, night. MSs steam seeping from three main engines. TLS/LSs oxygen vent hood being moved from top of booster. LS mission control room. MS sparks shooting across main engines, engines kicking in. Excellent LS/WLSs lift-off (launch, blast-off) of Space Shuttle Endeavor, 4:26 AM. Tilting shots of STS-61 ascending into sky, throttling up, twin solid rocket boosters separating.
Space Shuttle Flight STS-61 Mission Highlights
Animation of external fuel tank separating from shuttle. TLS mission control room. Great shot of Endeavor in space with payload doors open, massive Earth overhead with mass of swirling brown (sandstorm?). MS astronaut Kenneth Bowersox & Kathryn Thornton in zero-gravity, Bowersox with laptop computer. MS Thornton & ESA astronaut Claude Nicollier removing chair in zero-g. MS Nicollier, followed by Jeffrey Hoffman & Bowersox & the rest peeking out window into open payload, waving to cam, mission control saying hull-o.
Space Shuttle Flight STS-61 Mission Highlights
TLS mess of equipment in open payload of space shuttle Endeavor, robotic arm marked "Canada" moving & angling like a weary dinosaur. TLS/MSs replacement solar arrays in cargo hold (view from camera mounted on arm-- note the American flag and IMAX logo on wall). More shots support (including solar array carrier & solar arrays) & scientific equipment in payload.
Space Shuttle Flight STS-61 Mission Highlights
MS astronauts Jeffrey Hoffman, Claude Nicollier & Richard Covey wearing shorts, eating lunch in zero-gravity. Same with Story Musgrave, Kathryn Thornton, Thomas Akers.
Space Shuttle Flight STS-61 Mission Highlights
MS Hubble Space Telescope floating over planet Earth, as seen through Endeavor window port. Great MS Hubble Space Telescope (HST) in space. TLSs mission control room, youngish white men & women working at monitors. TLS robotic arm capturing HST (intercept mission); nice subjective traget shot of grapple linkage. TLSs mission control applauding the success. TLSs HST-Endeavor hook-up. MSs HSTs solar arrays, including one bent one. Great TLS shiny Hubble telescope. MS astronuats Jeff Hoffman & Story Musgrave getting ready for space walk. More shots of Hubble.
Space Shuttle Flight STS-61 Mission Highlights
MS astronauts Story Musgrave and Jeff Hoffman in space suits, mugging for cam aboard Endeavor. MSs Hoffman passing through hatch, entering open cargo bay (bright sunlight). Great shot Hoffman straped on foot restraint attached to robotic arm, hitching ride to HST, cam on arm. TLS Hoffman opening gyroscope doors of Hubble Space Telescope, Musgrave assisting effort. TLS/MSs astronauts on space walk, sometimes strapped to robotic arms, working on replacing Remote Sensing Units & electrical control units aboard Hubble Telescope.
Space Shuttle Flight STS-61 Mission Highlights
More TLS/MSs astronauts Jeffrey Hoffman and Story Musgrave working on replacing RSU & ECU units & gyroscopes aboard the Hubble Space Telescope (HST); upon completion they close gyro doors, return to cargo hold of Space Shuttle Endeavor; nice astronaut in space suit with bevy of tools attached to pole, floating somewhat. Nice TLS Hubble solar array, swirling clouds of earth below; array retracts completely. Diff angle TLS array bending. MS astronaut Jeff Hoffman aboard Endeavor, wearing shorts, holding handdrawn sign-- "Happy Birthday, Barbara"-- blowing kisses, then showing another sign that says, "The preceding message was prerecorded."
Space Shuttle Flight STS-61 Mission Highlights
MS astronaut Thomas Akers putting on lower half of space suit during preparations for space walk. MS Story Musgrave assisting Kathryn Thornton with her space suit, putting on communications cap (Snoopy cap). TLS astronaut passing through hatch, entering cargo bay. TLSs Thornton attached to robotic arm, working on solar array of Hubble Space Telescope; damaged array is released into space. Great TLS damaged solar array floating away, rotating, hazy blue Earth below it-- "it looks like a bird!" Another view (shot on film) of space debris, the solar array floating away.
Space Shuttle Flight STS-61 Mission Highlights
MSs astronauts in space suits unsecuring new solar array from cargo bay (film). TLS/MSs Kathryn Thornton directing new array from payload to Hubble Space Telescope, installing it with assistance from Thomas Akers (video & film).
Space Shuttle Flight STS-61 Mission Highlights
TLSs mission control room, workers sitting at embankment of monitors. Great MS astronaut in space suit entering hatch after completion of EVA mission (film). MS astronauts Kathryn Thornton & Thomas Akers mugging for camera in zero-gravity aboard Endeavor (video). TLS astronaut in space suit easing out of hatch, entering open payload. TLSs astronauts Jeffrey Hoffman & Story Musgrave on EVA (spacewalk), doing pre-installation work of a new Wide Field Planetary Camera (WFPC) aboard the Hubble Space Telescope.
Space Shuttle Flight STS-61 Mission Highlights
Astronauts Jeffrey Hoffman and Story Musgrave on EVA (space walk), removing old Wide Field Planetary Camera (WFPC) from Hubble Space Telescope and installing new 620 lb. Higher rated WFPC. Hoffman strapped to robotic arm, Musgrave free-floating (untethered). Old WFPC is secured aboard Endeavor.
PATRICK HENRY Berths in Holy Loch After Record Cruise
PATRICK HENRY Berths in Holy Loch After Record Cruise Atomic Submarine. USS Patrick Henry. Two sailors reviewing letters, sailor smoking cigarette. Submarine docked. Seagulls fly past.
X-15 ROCKET
X-15 ROCKET B-52 bomber plane carries X-15 rocket. Rocket dropped from plane. Rocket in flight. Landing. Pilot emerges from rocket. He shakes hands with man.
A Vision of things to Come
A Vision of things to Come Engine Conference. Displays. Futuristic dream car. Roof raised up, lady in drivers seat, while another woman gets in passenger side, and roof lowers down. Turning ignition and dash board. Deceleration air flap. Under hood.
Flower Show
Flower Show Convention hall crowds. Vendors. Flowers. Girl taking picture of flowers. Showroom with landscaped gardens. Tulips. Aquarium. Pagoda garden.
Easter Fashion Parade
Easter Fashion Parade Models lined up with backs facing camera. Wearing hats, each one turns towards camera. Easter Bonnets.
WOMEN JOCKEYS
WOMEN JOCKEYS Lady Jockeys being weighed in. Crowds. Horse race. Man looking through binoculars. Finish.
Traditional Parade
Traditional Parade Parade of the Charos. Men wearing sombreros, ride horses. Spectators. Bull chased out into arena by horseman. Bull is knocked down by rider.
Peace Corps
Peace Corps Kennedy Outlines Global Program - American exchange students build houses in depressed areas of the world. Man washes face outside. Serving food. Eating at tables. White House. President Kennedy sitting in chair. CU Kennedy. Kennedy speaks about the Peace corps.
Twenty Five Years Ago
Twenty Five Years Ago Ice Flows. Men repair telephone poles, after ice jams knock them down. Kids climbing on ice jams. Men breaking up ice. Hatchet cutting away ice. Bent pole. Rushing flood waters. Water rushing over bridge. Flooded towns. Houses destroyed. Damage. Icy current flowing down streets. Two men in rowboat travel down business district of town. Crowds of people running down street. People watch debris flow down river. Car laying on side in middle of street. Another car laying on side, in front of house. Destroyed pianos in street. Flooded street with cars and trolly (?) Damaged cars. Locomotive on side (?)
TROOPS TO CONGO Indian Units Join United Nations Force
TROOPS TO CONGO Indian Units Join United Nations Force Indian troops, packing up camps. Soldiers picking up rifles. Riflemen. Soldiers in berets. U.S. Air Force transport Plane.
Ice Breaker
Ice Breaker Canadian Ice Breaker. Broken ice. Aerial of ship. Beluga whales in frigid waters. Side view of ship. Interior of ship. Helicopter on board. Rotating blades. POV from helicopter upon take-off. Pilot. Heavy ice. View of freighters from ship. Naval officers. Aerial of ships path.