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1940-1962NEWSREELS
-SOLID PUNCH
DOCUMENTS THE HISTORY OF U.S. ARMY MISSILES AND SHOWS EXAMPLES OF TYPES, USES, AND VERSATILITY OF ARMY MISSILE POWER.

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U.S. ARMY MISSILES LAUNCHING SITE. NEWSCASTER, CHET HUNTLEY STANDING IN FRONT OF AN ARMY MISSILE INTRODUCES WHAT'S COMING UP IN THE FILM ABOUT "THE SOLID PUNCH" MODERN U.S. ARMY WEAPONS OF WARFARE.
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C/U "THE CLENCHED FIST" - ARMY MISSILE MOTOR. WORKERS WORKING ON THE MISSILE.
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W/S LIVE MODEL OF THE LACROSSE ARMY SOLID FUEL MISSILE USED FOR CLOSE TACTICAL SUPPORT OF GROUND TROUPS.
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LIVE MODEL OF THE HONEST JOHN ROCKET MISSILE DESIGNED TO PROVIDE FIRE SUPPORT FOR GROUND COMBAT OPERATIONS.
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LIVE MODEL OF THE SARGEANT SHORT RANGE SOLID FUEL MISSILE SURFACE TO SURFACE GUIDED.
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LIVE MODEL OF THE PERSHING BALLISTIC MISSILE - FOR DISTANCE AND LONG RANGE.
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LIVE MODEL OF THE HAWK - ANTIAIRCRAFT WEAPON SYSTEM FOR LOW ALTITUDE.
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LIVE MODEL OF US ARMY'S NIKE HERCULES MISSILE A HIGH ALTITUDE ANTIAIRCRAFT MISSILE.
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LIVE MODEL OF NIKE ZEUS ANTIAIRCRAFT, LEAPS TO HIGH ALTITUDES AT HIGH SPEEDS OF 15,000 MPH.
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W/S VAR. LIQUID FUEL MISSILES ON DISPLAY IN AIRFIELD.
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LIVE MODEL OF US ARMY LIQUID FUEL MISSILE, CORPORAL OR REDSTONE.
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ARMY TROOPS RUNNING FOR COVER IN COMBAT.
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FOOT SOLDIERS IN BUNKERS FIRING WEAPONS IN COMBAT EXERCISE
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FOOT SOLDIERS WALKING THROUGH FIELDS FIRING STOPPING AND FIRING RIFLES.
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SOLDIERS SEEN LOADING AND FIRING CANNON
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EXPLOSION FROM CANNON FIRE SEEN IN THE DISTANT LANDSCAPE.
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US ARMY TANK - THE 175MM SELF PROPELLED LONG RANGE GUN. HUGE EXPLOSION (OCCURRING FROM FIRING THIS GUN).
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ARMY MALE TALKING HEAD STANDING IN FRONT OF BW WEAPONS PHOTOS EXPLAINS TYPES OF ARTILLERY AND MISSILES USED IN COMBAT.
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MISSILE TAKING OFF FROM LAUNCH PAD.
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BW CLIPS FROM 1949 - HISTORICAL MISSILES FIRST USED TO LAUNCH INTO SPACE. FIREY MISSILES TAKING OFF FROM LAUNCH PAD STRAIGHT UP INTO THE SKY.
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1940'S BW CLIP OF THE LIQUID FUEL, REDSTONE MISSILE, LAUNCHING.
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US ARMY'S JUPITER SEA FIREY MISSILE LAUNCH.
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SEVERAL WORKERS ARE SEEN WORKING ON REFUELING LIQUID FUEL MISSILES.
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ARMY WORKER REPAIRING PIPES.
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SIGNAGE FOR "U.S. ARMY PICATINNY ARSENAL".
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AERIAL OF ARMY LABORATORY, PICATINNY ARSENAL.
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MEN SEEN WORKING IN LABORATORY ON MISSILES.
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AERIAL PAN JET PROPULSION LABORATORY OF CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY.
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SCIENTISTS IN LAB WORKING ON SOLID FUEL RESEARCH
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C/U EXAMPLE OF POLYSULFIDE POLYMER (SYNTHETIC RUBBER) SHOWN IN A MIXER.
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SIGNAGE OUTSIDE THE U.S. ARMY MISSILE COMMAND - REDSTONE ARSENAL.
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SCIENTISTS AT WORK
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ASSEMBLY LINE OF SOLID FUEL MOTORS.
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C/U AIR TO AIR MISSILE, THE FALCON, IN FLIGHT.
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AIRFORCE FIGHTER JETS IN FLIGHT AND FIRING MISSILES
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FIGHTER JET SPINNING AND GOING DOWN IN FLAMES AND SMOKE AFTER BEING HIT BY A MISSILE
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DR. HAROLD W. RITCHIE, FIRECALL'S VP OPERATIONS, EXPLAINS HOW A SOLID FUEL MOTOR OPERATES.
VAR. MISSILE MOTOR PICTURES & MODELS OF MISSILES DISPLAYED.
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VAR SOLID FUEL MISSILES.
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THE LACROSSE SOLID FUEL MISSILE FIERY LAUNCH INTO THE SKY. A STREAM OF WHITE SMOKE FROM THE MISSILE AS IT FIRES STRAIGHT UP.
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THE HAWK AND OTHER VAR MISSLES LAUNCHING.
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MISSLE GETS HIT WITH BOMB WHILE IN FLIGHT AND EXPLODES IN PIECES IN THE AIR.
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VAR ROCKET MISSILES TAKING OFF AND EXPLODING IN THE AIR AFTER BEING HIT BY MISSILES.
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C/U SMALL SOLID FUEL MOTOR.
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RVA 10 EXPERIMENTAL MOTOR.
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SOLID FUEL MOTOR BEING HAULED ON FLAT BED.
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C/U OF A LARGE SOLID FUEL MOTOR.
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TEST FIRING OF SOLID FUEL MOTOR. LARGE EXPLOSION, BILLOWING SMOKE.
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EXT. SIGNAGE FOR U.S. ARMY ORDNANCE CORPS LONGHORN ORDINANCE WORKS.
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INT. MISSILE MOTORS PRODUCTION PLANT. WORKERS MOVING GIGANTIC MOTORS THROUGH THE PLANT.
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ARMY GUYS IN THE FIELD UNLOADING MISSILE COMPONENTS FROM TRUCKS, ERECTING MISSILE LAUNCHERS.
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MISSILES FIRING FROM LAUNCH PADS IN REMOTE REGION, LARGE EXPLOSION, BILLOWING SMOKE.
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NUCLEAR SUBMARINE. INTERIOR SUB. NAVY SUB WORKERS.
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POLARIS MISSILE BEING FIRED FROM SUIBMERGED SUBMARINE.
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ARMY TANK IN THE FIELD DEMONSTRATION - THE PERSHING SYSTEM.
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DEMONSTRATION AT NIGHT OF THE PERSHING PROPULSION SYSTEM. FIRE COMING OUT OF MOTORS AND BURNS OUT. MISSILE LAUNCHES .
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U.S. ARMY HELICOPTERS LANDING IN DUSTY DESERT LIKE TERRAIN. TROOPS COME RUNNING OUT WTIH WEAPONS
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AERIAL HELICOPTERS CARRYING MISSILES THROUGH THE AIR.
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W/S HUNDREDS OF PARACHUTERS COMING DOWN FROM THE SKY.
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W/S LIVE MODEL OF THE NIKE ZEUS MISSILE.
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TEST CORPORAL MISSILE IN FLIGHT
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NIKE HERCULES MISSILE TEST LAUNCH.
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AERIAL EXAMPLE OF STOP MOTION PHOTOGRAPHY OF THE HERCULES MISSILE IN FLIGHT. EXPLOSION SEEMS TO FREEZE IN AIR.
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NIKE ZEUS IN FLIGHT.
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W/S OF AN UNDERGROUND LAUNCH SYSTEM. NIKE ZEUS TAKES OFF.
HUGE EXPLOSION OF BLACK SMOKE BILLOWING UP AND OUT.
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ARMY MAN STOPS, AIMS AND FIRES THE M-14 RIFLE
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ARMY TROOPS OUT IN THE FIELD WITH RIFLES, THEY STOP AIM AND FIRE.
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RETURN TO CHET HUNTLEY AT THE ARMY LAUNCH SITE AND SURROUNDED BY VAR. MISSILES CONCLUDES HIS REPORT.
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