# THE NIKE HERCULES MISSILE SYSTEM STORY U.S. ARMY MIM-14 SURFACE TO AIR MISSILE SYSTEM 60784

This 1960 color public relations film by the U.S. Army is to educate the public on the benefits of having the Nike-Hercules (MIM-14) surface-to-air missile system as protection against nuclear attack. Children play with a plane, its shadow crossing them (:25- 1:19 ). The Commander watches the radar spin, pod doors open, and the surface-to-air Nike Hercules missile rise ( 1:20 - 2:20 ). An animation details the sequence of using it ( 2:21 - 3:21 ). A bird’s-eye view shows a Nike battery ( 3:23 - 3:39 ). Civilian field engineers and Army Ordnance Officers meet ( 3:40 - 3:58 ). A map is diagrammed with the defense layout of the U.S. and Canada ( 4:07 - 4:50 ). Men’s hands move documents down a conference table with a miniature Nike Ajax missile ( 4:52 - 5:25 ). Engineers draw missile designs on paper and chalkboards ( 5:26 - 6:18 ). Library books are “Faraday’s Experimental Researches in Electricity”, Lord Rayleigh “Scientific Papers”, Maxwell “Electricity and Magnetism”, Heaviside “Electrical Papers”, and Bell Labs “Radar Systems and Components” ( 6:19 - 6:56 ). Bell Labs equipment simulate an encounter. Dials are turned, switches switched, and lights lit. The simulation occurs via the computers, with the “time to interception in seconds”. The results are plotted ( 6:58 - 7:52 ). A T&E Lab cart holds a missile at Redstone Arsenal. The start button on electronic equipment causes the engine to fire ( 7:53 - 8:24 ). An officer at White Sands closes the gate ( 8:25 - 3:32 ). An…

- Kind: Film
- Genres: Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/60784TheNikeHerculesStoryVwr)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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