This film released in 1964 and produced by the Space & Informations Division (SID) of North American Aviation Television, chronicles the various steps of production taken to manufacture the Saturn S-II. Built by North American Aviation, a major American aerospace manufacturer responsible for a number of historic aircrafts, the Saturn S-II was the second stage of the Saturn V rocket. The S-II used liquid hydrogen (LH2) and liquid oxygen (LOX) fuel and had five J-2 engines in a quincunx pattern. The stage accelerated the Saturn V through the upper atmosphere with 1,000,000 pounds-force (4.4 MN) of thrust. The film shows NAA production facilities around the United States, emphasizes the importance and role of the employees, and details the science behind the rocket’s configuration and technology.

Logo for Space & Information Division (SID) of North America Aviation Television (0:12). S&ID Seal Beach Facility employee time clock (0:45). Employees arriving to work (0:54). Highlighting roles of specific employees who work on the Saturn S-II as they check-in for work (1:20). Day-shift employees at work in building 45 in Compton, California, a female employee sits in front of a welding machine to prepare deliverable GSE and other airborne equipment (1:58). Downey, California test and checkout work at the EMM with shot of various machinery (2:18). Aerial view of Tulsa, Oklahoma to highlight Tulsa facility and the team of employees there working on oxygen tank baffles (2:27). Aerial view of factory where the Los Angeles division works in Englewood, California (2:44). Machinery shaping S-II common bulkhead (2:48). Montage of portraits of various employees around the country (2:56). Host standing next to prototype of Saturn S-V vehicle and the Saturn S-II (3:14). Diagram of interior of S-II and all the components of the rocket i.e. Rocketdyne J-2 engines (3:42-4:50). Diagram of how the S-II is assembled and how it attaches to the S-IC (4:52-7:23). Highlighting responsibilities of the employees at the S&ID Downey, LA Division, Tulsa Facility, El Toro, Compton, The Rocketdyne Facility at Santa Susana, and Seal Beach Facility (7:50-8:53). Shot of Seal Beach bulkhead fabrication facility (8:59). Interior of building and shots of structural components being fabricated and processed (9:07). Panels are fabricated at Tulsa Facility (9:28). Exterior and interior of vertical assembly and hydrostatic test building (9:36). Structural test tower (10:19). Pneumatic test and paint and packaging building (10:32). Water condition plant (10:44). Interior bulkhead fabrication building (11:15). Explanation of assembly of liquid hydrogen tank bulkhead (11:34 -13-20). Diagram of bulkhead configuration (13:28). Diagram common bulkhead assembly (13:56). Host holding sample of insulation made of nylon phenolic honeycomb core (14:15). Production of gores of bulkhead (14:57). Footage of progressive inspections by engineers and scientists (16:05). Production of liquid hydrogen tank skin (16:23-18:06). Vertical assembly building at Seal Beach, final assembly of S-II stage (18:28). Station one of final assembly (18:36). Diagram of how liquid oxygen tank is put together (18:50). Explication of vertical hydrostatic station where hydrostatic/ leak tests are performed (19:59). Explanation of cleaning operation and leak tests with diagram (20:14-22:36). Station II of vertical assembly building (22:38). Station III for systems installation (23:10). Station IV (23:22). Ground support employees working department 568 in Compton (23:35). Testing of programming softwares and storage of hardware while undergoing testing during assembly (23:54 – 25:46). Rocketdyne division in Canoga Park (25:50). Propulsion field laboratory and test facility Santa Susana (26:05). Test vehicles and flight hardware transported to Santa Susana, Mississippi, and eventually MILA Merritt Island Launch Area at Cape Kennedy via U.S. Navy docking facilities at Seal Beach (26:27). Saturn S-II being loaded onto a U.S. Navy T-AKD-1 named for Point Barrow (26:57). Aerial shot of cargo ship (27:12). Montage of photos of various employees that contributed like Bill Waldo, Pete Carrice, Mildred Dwyer, and John Lewis (27:25). Final shot of host next to model of Saturn S-II (27:47).

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