NASA Project Mercury astronaut candidate undergoes Equilibrium and Vibration test at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The candidate must keep the seat in an upright position utilizing the control stick located between his knees. The test is conducted first without the blindfold, then with the blindfold. After a brief time, the seat begins to vibrate at higher and higher frequencies.
NASA Project Mercury astronaut candidate Captain James W. Wood, USAF, undergoes treadmill test at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Astronaut candidate is seated on a stool over the treadmill while his resting pulse is taken. Doctor attaches an instrument on subject's arm to record his pulse rate. Astronaut candidate walks on the treadmill while doctor takes a reading on the instrument. He is to walk until his pulse rate reaches 180 beats-per-minute. The longer it takes to reach this maximum heart rate, the more fit the candidate is deemed to be, and the higher his score.
NASA Project Mercury astronaut candidate Captain Archie T. Iddings, USAF undergoes Equilibrium & Vibration test at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Astronaut climbs up to a raised chair. Doctors help him strap up. Subject seated on chair with his feet dipped in ice water. He operates an instrument in hand. He blindfolds himself.
NASA Project Mercury astronaut candidate James W. Wood undergoes test on a Tilt Table at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Astronaut lies on steeply inclined table for 25 minutes. This test is conducted to measure ability of the heart to compensate for body in an unusual position for an extended time. Doctor examines the patient. This test is preceded by the Harvard Step test in which a candidate must step rapidly up and down on a 20-inch step for 5 minutes.
Film titled 'Coast to Coast , in 48 hours' depicts advertisement of coast to coast trip by train and air. General W.W. Atterbury, President, Pennsylvania Railroad; Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh, Chairman, Technical Committee, TAT Maddux Airlines; Clement M. Keys, Chairman of the board, Transcontinental Air Transport incorporation; Daniel M. Sheaffer, Chairman, TAT inc., Executive Committee and Jack Maddux, President, TAT Maddux Airlines sit around a table. Chairman Keys introduces the other executives seated at the table and describes their novel operations carrying passengers across the American continent, from coast-to-coast, in 48 hours, by means of coordinated rail and air operations under the aegis of the Transcontinental Air Transport Company.
Operations of the Transcontinental Air Transport (TAT) Company. Aerial view of New York City's Manhattan Island, below. Camera focuses on Pennsylvania Station (Penn Station) seen from above, and then at street level. Travelers purchasing tickets for combined transcontinental rail and air travel at a window in the station. Families seeing travelers off at one of the railroad gates. Temporary sign at gate reads "The Airway Limited, second section." View of passengers on rear car of train as it pulls out. The car displays Pennsylvania Railroad logo sign reading "The Airway Limited, Pennsylvania Railroad." Views of Pennsylvania RR passenger train and closeup of locomotive wheels in motion. Animated relief map shows train proceeding from New York, past Columbus, Ohio, to Port Columbus station in Ohio. Transcontinental Air Transport, Inc. billroard at the station shows picture of passengers connecting between a train and an airplane. Billboard reads:"Port Columbus, Eastern Transfer Point, Air-rail Service, Coast-to-Coast." Passengers leaving the train and entering the station waiting rooms. Their baggage being weighed (Narrator says 30 pounds is the allowance.) View from terminal roof, of a Ford 5-AT-B, trimotor passenger airplane ready to accept passengers for the next phase of their travel. A logo on fuselage has "TAT" with small ribbon through it reading, "Transcontinetal Air Transport." View of passengers seated inside the aircraft. The plane taxis and takes off from the Port Columbus airport. Ground is snow-covered, but the runway is plowed. Closeup aerial view of the airplane flying over the city of Columbus, Ohio. Distant view of it flying close to the LeVeque Tower skyscraper (a 47-story Art Deco-style building at 50 West Broad Street). Aerial view of the airplane passing the train, continuing westward, from Port Columbus. Views inside passenger cabin of the plane. Animated map show plane heading to Indiannapolis. Officer hands out TAT illustrated map and points out features to passengers.Closeup of map. Aerial view of the airplane on final approach to land at Indiannapolis airport. Clerk at airport typing arrival message on teletype, and company executives reading it at their headquarters. Animated map show plane moving to St.Louis, Missouri. View from air of Missouri and Mississippi rivers. Passengers in cabin. aerial view of the plane on final approach, over snow, to St. Louis. The aircraft taxiing on ramp and parking at terminal building, where passengers enter, under cover of awning-covered walk. Closeup of the aircraft engines. Inserted view of TAT engine overhaul facility, with Charles Lindbergh, the airline's technical adviser, and TAT officials inspecting the operation.
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