Atlas Progress Report To April 1954 HACL Film 00528

Film from the Atlas Centaur Heritage Film Collection which was donated to the San Diego Air and Space Museum by Lockheed Martin and United Launch Alliance. The Collection contains 3,000 reels of 16-millimeter film.
From the archives of the San Diego Air and Space Museum www.sandiegoair... Please do not use for commercial purposes without permission.

[@johnwatson3948]

Interesting to see what changes were later made to the missile - also that they made this kind of information film in 1954 when the program was so highly classified.

[@goshlikkrudbahr5109]

well, this film was probably classified too.

[@saa82vik]

Great videos. The quality is just amazing for the times.

[@stevengill1736]

Yes- the plastic models looked very realistic

[@lucaswillis2809]

That model rocket!!! We traded that for computer simulations? Where's the soul haha

[@WWeronko]

I never heard that a version of the Atlas used gasoline as fuel.

[@lukestrawwalker]

Evidently the hydrogen bomb test footage from the Eniwetok tests hadn't been declassified enough to incorporate into this film... They used regular atomic bomb test footage. Later! OL J R :)

[@robertwarner6999]

People

[@n6mz]

Also, this film was made before the warhead mass was finalized. The lighter warhead resulted in "downsizing" the booster to the final configuration of 3 main engines and a 10-foot-diameter tank.

[@12time12]

Lmao, they have voiceovers for the fake crew at 27:55. Too good.

[@andrewsmactips]

Nothing like a cold war to advance the state of the art of technology.

[@goshlikkrudbahr5109]

The Atlas ICBM...FROM MATTEL!

[@jamesanderton344]

Looks like only pretty girls worked at Convair San Diego

[@n6mz]

We had some beauties in my engineering groups in the mid-70s.

[@directcurrent5751]

San Diego, CA. Naturally healthy lifestyles.