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1962 - Color, President Kennedy: JFK tour of Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Alabama. 11Sep62 R1

Reel Number: 221647-06

Color: Colour

Sound: SIL

Year / Date: 1962

Country: USA

Location: Alabama,huntsville,Redstone Arsenal

TC Begins: 01:50:10

TC Ends: 01:57:39

Duration: 00:07:29

1962 - Color, President Kennedy: JFK tour of Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Alabama. 11Sep62 R1 Air Force One & steps rolled up to front. Air Force One landing, taxing & military Honor Guard & band in edge of frame; VIPS waiting, steps rolled up & JFK descends w/ others. LSs. 01:51:19 Military Band playing National Anthem, military saluting. JFK w/ Wernher Von Braun, LBJ & others walking on tarmac; JFK up steps to microphones, speaks (MOS). Leaves. 01:53:01 Into open car w/ Von Braun. 01:53:21 Motorcade passing on rural road, stops & all get out. Photographers. Large group of military VIPs to covered viewing area w/ sign: George C. Marshall Space Flight Center. Large concrete firing stand w/ Saturn rocket booster mounted; steam or ?? spraying out. Fired w/ heavy flames diverted out at base. Final burst of flames & smoke. 01:55:38 Motorcade leaving towards test stand w/ viewing area visible in foreground. 01:56:15 JFK up steps to Air Force One; others boarding at both ends of plane - seen from front. 01:56:41 Air Force One rolls away past photographers. LS watched taking off. NASA; Technology; President Kennedy; Operation Paperclip; Cold War; Space Race;

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