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D-588-2 Sky Rocket is pushed out of hangar and shows the rudder, landing gear and nose at Muroc in California.

D-588-2 Sky Rocket at Muroc Air Base (later Edwards Air Force Base) in California. D-588-2 Sky Rocket is pushed out of a hangar. Insignia of United States. Radar in the background. A rudder of D-588-2 Sky Rocket. Men stand behind the rudder. Landing gear and nose of D-588-2. A man stands on the right wing of Sky Rocket. The cockpit of the Sky Rocket is open. D-588-2 Sky Rocket fueled. D-5882 ground crew prepares to service. Two men work under the right wing.

Date: 1948, December 18
Duration: 1 min 32 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675021406
Ground crewmen work and flame burn out from D-588-2 Sky Rocket Muroc in California.

D-588-2 Sky Rocket at Muroc Air Base (later Edwards Air Force Base) in California. Ground crewmen around the cockpit of D-588-2 Sky Rocket. A man in a cockpit. A crewman stands on a ladder. A rudder of D-588-2. Insignia of United States. Men around D-588-2 Sky Rocket. The cockpit is closed. Front hatch is open. Man seated in plane nose of D-588-2. A man on a ladder. Ground crewmen around plane. Flame for rocket burns up.

Date: 1948, December 18
Duration: 1 min 9 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675021407
A pilot climbs in the cockpit and closes the cockpit of a D-558-2 Skyrocket in United States.

A D-558-2 Skyrocket in United States. Many people gather around the Navy Skyrocket. The cockpit is open. Insignia of United States. A man with a ladder in his hand. A pilot climbs in the cockpit. A man climbs up the ladder. A man takes a picture of the pilot. The pilot closes the cockpit.

Date: 1948
Duration: 50 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675021477
A D-558-2 Skyrocket with a B-29 Superfortress aircraft in flight during development tests at Muroc Air Force Base, California

D-558-2 Skyrocket with a B-29 Superfortress in flight over Muroc Air Force Base (soon after renamed Edwards Air Force Base). A B-29 Superfortress in flight. A Skyrocket is attached to the belly of B-29. Insignia of United States. A chase plane flies on the left side of the B-29. The posterior part of D-558-2 and B-29. Jet is turned on and the Skyrocket is still attached to B-29. Vapor comes out from the jet line. U.S. Navy Skyrocket emits much vapor while still attached to B-29. The Skyrocket with B-29 in flight. The Skyrocket detaches from B-29 mother ship and is in flight. It flies over the mountains. The Skyrocket makes pass from the landing field. (Note: the Superfortress bomber seen here has the big WASP Major engines. So it is probably a B-50 - perhaps XB-50.)

Date: 1948
Duration: 6 min 5 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675021478
A D-558-2 Skyrocket makes several passes across a field and the pilot is greeted after landing in United States.

Landing of D-558-2 Skyrocket in United States. A D-558-2 Skyrocket in flight and it makes passes over the landing field. Back of pilot's head. The plane approaches the runway and lands. The pilot of the Skyrocket is being greeted by the people on the field after landing

Date: 1948
Duration: 1 min 47 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675021479
U.S. military officers, government officials, and family members at General John Pershing's funeral in Washington DC.

The state funeral for United States Army, General of the Armies John J Pershing in Washington DC. U.S. Army General Omar Bradley greets a civilian who shakes hands with other officers present. The casket is removed from the car and pallbearers proceed with it up the U.S. Capitol steps. The late General's son, sister, Secretary of State George C Marshall and others in the background. A long line of citizens enter the Capitol building to view the body. Several crippled veterans entering the building. Citizens entering the Capitol. A long line of people waiting to enter. Men, women, children, soldiers, sailors, veterans, nuns, and African American citizens waiting in line. Four men standing in the line.

Date: 1948, July 19
Duration: 5 min 6 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675021980