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Views of Northrop YB-49 "Flying Wing" heavy bomber prototype in flight. Views of B-47 aircraft taking off.

Northrop heavy bomber YB-49 in flight over mountains and landing at Muroc, California. The aircraft was sometimes called a "flying wing" or boomerang due to its appearance. Several scenes of B-47 aircraft taking off.

Date: 1952
Duration: 48 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040232
A rocket powered sled runs along the ground on the rails in Muroc

High speed flight testing. A rocket powered sled runs along the ground on the rails during tests carried out by Northrop engineers in Muroc Air Base (later Edwards Air Force Base). The rocket powered sled breaks the speed-of-sound barrier. The unmanned sled hits a speed of 1019 miles per hour. Smoke trails. Mountains in the background.

Date: 1948, January 22
Duration: 1 min 3 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675041471
Martin Matador, a guided missile launched in United States.

Wright Air Development Center in Ohio, United States. A United states B-26 aircraft in flight. F-86 aircraft on an airfield with jet engines. United States F-86 D aircraft. X-1 plane takes off at supersonic speed. Men dressed in protective clothing fuel X-1 aircraft, one of them stands under a shower to wash away rocket fuel from protective clothing. X-1 aircraft in area near rocket fuel stands at Muroc Air force Base in California. X-1 in flight, nose and wheels down as it prepares to land. Martin Matador, a guided missile launched, missile in flight. A document titled ' Nuclear Powered Aircraft' stamped as ' Top Secret' A mosaic of five scenes showing F-59 As diving in low, Matador launched, X-1 aircraft in flight and F-86 D stationary. A top secret document titled ' Nuclear Powered air craft'

Date: 1950
Duration: 2 min 33 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675048847
Formation by F-86 Sabre, technicians at work and Bell X-1 is refueled with liquid oxygen at Wright Air Development Center.

Activities at the Wright Air Development Center (WADC). Two F-86 Sabre taxi and take off for the formation. A formation of seven F-86's, one set of three and one set of four, flying low across airfield. F-86 in flight. A maneuver of F-86 as it goes into a roll. The graph giving years and progress in speed of jet aircraft. Jet aircraft during wind tunnel test at WADC of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. A wind tunnel. A technician seated at instrument panel which gauges various steps in wind tunnel. A hand pulls switches. Several view of technicians at work. Aircraft leaves fire. 3-25 aircraft in flight. A title 'Electronic Equipment'. Nose to tail section of F-86. A part of fuselage is cut away. A covering of tail section is removed and shows the electronically controlled tail pipe eyelid in motion. Bell X-1 takes off. A title 'Supersonic Speed'. Bell X-1 is refueled with liquid oxygen. A technician wearing protective clothing takes a shower. A rocket fuel stands at Muroc in California. Bell X-1 is refueled. Bell X-1 in flight. X-1 comes in for landing. Matador Missile launched. A subtitle appears 'Guided Missiles'. A book titled 'Nuclear Powered Aircraft'. Hand stamps book Top Secret, restricted data. A picture frame squared in four sections. Upper left hand corner shows buzzing of an F-59A Hawker Hunter, lower left hand corner shows Matador missile, Upper right hand corner shows the F-86D Sabre Jet, lower right hand corner shows the Nuclear Book. At center of frame is the Bell X-1 in flight. There is an action with each section. USAF organizational chart. Animated map of United States shows the locations of Wright Air Development Center (WADC).

Date: 1950
Duration: 4 min 32 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675021350
Americans voting and electioneering in national election on November 7, 1944, during World War II.

On November 7, 1944, during World War 2, citizens of Marblehead, Massachusetts, United States, are seen entering the Old Town House (built in 1727) to cast ballots in 40th quadrennial presidential election (in which incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt is running for an unprecedented 3th term). Scene shifts to inside a polling place, where voters stand in booths to privately mark their ballots. Others are seen depositing their marked, folded paper ballots in a collection box, as they finish voting. Closeups of several aged voters. One, an African American man, the narrator says is old enough that he was sold as a slave early in his life. Scene shifts to a full-blooded Native American Indian voter in Maryland, entering his polling place to cast a ballot. An old man who is a United States Civil War veteran, is shown sitting on a bench in a park in Los Angeles California, with friends. He holds a newspaper and wears a Civil War Union cap. A U.S. soldier wearing field uniform and steel helmet, looks at a bulletin board containing State-by-State voting information. A Technical Sergeant marks his paper ballot and leaves to mail it. A soldier takes an oath confirming legitimacy of his ballot as he turns it in at a military collection site. Sign in commercial establishment window of a U.S. town declares "Election Today." A bank window sign reads: "this Bank will observe Election Day, Tuesday, November 7th, a Legal Holiday." Sign in Bar window reads: "Bar Closed during Election Hours, Tuesday, Nov.7, 1944. Will Open at 9 PM." Republican political party workers advertise for their Presidential candidate, Thomas E. Dewey. Democratic political party workers drive a truck towing a trailer office plastered with advertisements for their candidate, Franklin Roosevelt. Republican and Democratic party voter information booths are seen next to one another where advertise their respective candidates to passersby on the sidewalk. A voting place identified by white wash sign on a window, and another, in a rural setting, by a sign pointing to it on a fence post. More signs and voters showing sentiments for their candidates. One displays a picture of Dewey on his car. A woman wears a large Roosevelt button on her sweater. Views of more imaginative signs for candidates and for ballot issues. People discussing ballot issues on the streets.

Date: 1944, November 7
Duration: 2 min 37 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675072898
Air Force test pilot, Major R.L. Johnson, sets speed record in U.S. Air Force North American F-86A airplane number FU-611

Air Force Test pilot, Major R.L. Johnson, boards North American F-86A armaments test Sabrejet aircraft number FU-611 at Muroc Air Base (soon after renamed Edwards Air Force Base). Ground crew assists the pilot with chute. Pilot puts on the helmet and oxygen mask. Aircraft taxis. Aircraft in level flight -- extends and retracts speed brakes. Plane rolls to its right and dives. Men at monitoring post on the ground. Aircraft performs several low level high speed passes.Plane lands, and Major Johnson hops out of cockpit all the way to ground where he is congratulated by another Air Force major and ground crew personnel. He puts cigarette in his mouth and feels in his flight suit for a lighter. Major Johnson set an official record of 670.981 mph by flying four times over a 1.86-mile course at altitudes below 150 feet.

Date: 1948, September 15
Duration: 5 min 45 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040231