# "ATLAS READY" 1960 GENERAL DYNAMICS PROMO ATLAS ICBM INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILE 86384

Produced by the Convair division of General Dynamics, this color film presents the Atlas Missile, the first operational intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) developed by the United States and the first member of the Atlas rocket family, as well as one of the first large liquid-fueled rockets. The first successful flight of a highly instrumented Atlas missile to full range occurred 28 November 1958, and the film probably dates from that time period. Atlas ICBMs were deployed operationally from 31 October 1959 to 12 April 1965 Opening title: ATLAS READY over an image of a red telephone buzzing (:11-:22). Vandenberg Air Force Base, headquarters for Strategic Air Command (SAC) located 9.2 miles northwest of Lompoc, California. Atlas missile moves from an underground silo on an elevator and into position, ready for launch. Air Force crew looks up at the Atlas. Inside a blockhouse control room, launch crew monitors the Atlas. Engineers with headsets watch monitors. Buttons illuminate confirming that the launch status is go (:23-2:37). A red telephone has a direct line to SAC in Omaha, Nebraska. Outside the blockhouse, antennas are arrayed in a series of long, pipe-like structures Shot of the missile with "Strategic Air Command" painted on its side (3:46). Men monitor if the missile is on its correct path. Air Police are responsible for security. Aerial shot of the Atlas missile. Atlas stands alone. Men radio in (2:38-4:25). A man enters bunker and the doors automatically…

- Kind: Film
- By: PeriscopeFilm
- Genres: Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/86384-atlas-ready)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
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