INTRODUCTION TO ARMY AIR DEFENSE SYSTEMS - Reel 1

Training film demonstrating the use of the Nike Hercules nuclear missile to protect the US against incoming Soviet aircraft. This is Reel 1 only (sorry, it just stops at the end of the Reel). These are high resolution images, made from 2K (2048x1556) DPX files which were scanned from the 35-mm original color negative and transferred to pillar boxed HD for viewing (some of the stock shots are funky).
The soundtrack was taken from a 16mm reference print so its not as pristine as the filmed image. This Nike Missile base is located at the north end of the Golden Gate bridge in Marin County just North of San Francisco.

[@hoosierhell7456]

In my hometown there’s a site that still has all three components still standing. The base was abandoned in 72’ due to SALT and now the control site is a paintball and airsoft arena. Site C-47 if anyone cares.

[@bendeleted9155]

Yep, they are all over the place, hidden in plain sight. The one in the video is SF-88, now a museum. Open on Saturdays.

[@kalinadog7176]

Woop woop! Thanks for the video. Defense systems are just so interesting. Mysterious too! Now let's see a video of our current secret space defense weapons 😎🤣

[@dumdumdumbest834]

Whoopwhoop mcl

[@abk4202020]

Mcl

[@jamesbugbee6812]

Now I know what's at the end of that transverse missile rail. Hercules was such a beauty.

[@adrianredodo]

When I eat a lot with people I usually say: "I grew up in the 80s and the nuclear apocalypse could come at any time, better with a full stomach";)

[@alwayscrabby7871]

That was a good one. Thanks.

[@jeffreygrove]

Wow, hoping to see the rest at some point; lovely quality on the scans, though. It seems they perhaps skimmed over the fact that some Nike Hercules missiles were armed with nuclear warheads with yields up to 40kt. I do wonder if there's mention in later reels of the Nike-Zeus ABM system, which was mid-development at the time (if I'm not mistaken, this would have been made somewhere around 1960).

[@bendeleted9155]

Almost all of this was shot from SF-88 which is now a museum open to the public on Saturdays from 12:30-3:30.

[@EK14MeV]

Awwww, the reel cut off before the mssile kill. :-D What a tease.

[@Kurtonebay]

Where is reel 2

[@Miguel-dk3mf]

I need this but Whit subtitles in espanish

[@1337Unlucky]

That looney tunes intro tho.

[@bendeleted9155]

Welcome to 1966. 😉

[@hoosierhell7456]

I’ve been told that the Nike missiles could be used against ground targets say in the event of invasion, anyone know if this is true?

[@abk4202020]

No its not true in the sense no one can invade the USA to this day even the soviets couldn't the chain of logistics would,be to long and far

[@abk4202020]

The us military is made to fight 3 high,intensity wars on 3 continents

[@hoosierhell7456]

The Ancients Way I know but it was sort of a theoretical question

[@MillerVanDotTV]

Yeah you just basically trick the missile into thinking the aircraft is underground.

[@MillerVanDotTV]

@@abk4202020 Nike was intended to be deployed abroad. So, having a AGM contingency makes sense. I think Allies used these abroad as well. Japan and Greece at least. However, there was a real danger of where the booster would land in any emplacement. This affected placement around USA cities. But the nasties in the falling boosters was better than the alternative .

[@m1t2a1]

Should have just copied SA 2 from the Russians

[@abk4202020]

Nah we literally just shot a icbm out of orbit

[@abk4202020]

Look it up

[@bendeleted9155]

SA-2 couldn't reach out 90-100 miles and destroy a whole formation of patent-infringement.