Compilation of two NASA sound tracks: 1. Dr. Kurt Debus, director, NASA launch operation center, discusses with the help of models and diagrams, the complexities of the building and operation of Saturn complex 34 compared with smaller rocket launch complexes such as Juno-II, Jupiter C (Chrysler PGM-19), and Redstone (Chrysler PGM-11). The film follows the preparations and launch of a Saturn-I booster. Arrival of the booster stages arrive at the Cape and are erected at Complex 34. Stacking the Saturn-C1. Fueling. Activities inside the launch control blockhouse. Launch. Highwater experiment. Dr. Debus also tells why a newer and larger complex #34 was needed (launch Complex-39 not yet built) to launch the Saturn-C5 (Saturn-V) rockets which will carry men to the moon. 2. Film shows the events leading to the presentation of honorary United States citizenship to Winston Churchill by President John F. Kennedy on April 6, 1963. The live television transmission was sent via Relay satellite from the White House to England.
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United States Space Program Oral History Collection [Kapp], Acc. NASM.XXXX.0138, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
