Dating to the mid-1960s, this silent film shows activities at the U.S. Air Force's Eastern Test Range located at Cape Kennedy. It starts with shots of the facilities (:30) before showing the aborted launch of what appears to be an Atlas missile. At 2:41, a similar missile is destroyed on the pad. At 3:35, a Polaris missile submarine is shown operating off of Florida and launching a Polaris or more likely a Poseidon missile from underwater (3:58). At 4:26 the missile streaks skyward. At 4:57 a large mobile launcher is shown being erected. At 5:24 the missile (possibly a Pershing II ) is launched. At 6:07 two astronauts are shown preparing for launch into space as part of Project Gemini. Staff from McDonnell assist them as they climb into the capsule (7:33). At 8:06 the countdown reaches 0 and the Titan rocket lifts off. At 8:34 an Agena target vehicle is shown rendezvous in space with the Gemini capsule. (Possibly Gemini 8 mission). At 10:10 a Titan III rocket is prepared for launch.
The Eastern Range (ER) is an American rocket range that supports missile and rocket launches from the two major launch heads located at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station and the Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Florida. The range has also supported Ariane launches from the Guiana Space Centre as well as launches from the Wallops Flight Facility and other lead ranges. The range also uses instrumentation operated by NASA at Wallops and KSC. The Florida Missile Test Range was renamed the Atlantic Missile Range in 1958 and the Eastern Test Range in 1964; the Air Force Missile Test Center was redesignated the Air Force Eastern Test Range (AFETR) in 1964, then control of the range was transferred to Detachment 1 of the Space and Missile Test Center located at Vandenberg Air Force Base when AFETR was deactivated on February 1, 1977, which put both the Eastern and Western ranges under the same leadership.
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