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National Archives and Records AdministrationARC Identifier 2569727 / Local Identifier 111-TV-470Big Picture: Tularosa FrontierDVD Copied by Timothy Vollmer. "Tularosa Frontier" is a film documentary, skillfully photographed and written, covering the historical achievements and present progress of the White Sands Missile Range in developing missiles for national defense. Opening with a review of the historical highlights of the Tularosa Basin, brief sequences are shown of Spanish conquistadores, early-day prospectors, wagon trains, cowboys, Indians, and the Cavalry, culminating in the first "A" bomb explosion which took place on the present-day White Sands Missile Range. The body of the film goes on to scenes of an early-day V-2 missile test. There follow brief sequences of technological "firsts" achieved at White Sands (e.g., missile-borne camera shots of the earth, the Viking missile, high-speed sled tests, static motor tests, and many others. Back dropped by the Oregon Mountains of New Mexico, "Tularosa Frontier" becomes a picture posing the question: "What does the future hold?"This movie is part of the collection: FedFlixProducer: National Archives and Records AdministrationLanguage: EnglishKeywords: archives.gov; public.resource.orgCreative Commons license: CC0 1.0 Universal

• Release Date

  Oct 7, 2010

• Runtime

  28:38