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Launching of NATIV missile under Project MX770 in California United States.
A scientist makes a presentation of Project MX770 showing coverage of model and various phases of missile development from 1946-1951. Development of NATIV (NORTH AMERICAN TEST INSTRUMENTATION VEHICLE) missile is between 1946-47 while NAVAHO is developed between 1948-49.The presentation shows the pulling of test vehicle under launching tower and its vertical position. A technician ties guide wires near the top of the missile.The missile is fired. Graphical presentation shows the parabolic pathway of missile showing altitude of 400mt and speed of mach8 (2722.32m/s). The firing range of Navaho is 3000mt from surface to surface.The missile uses Ramjet engines. Models of three missiles are also shown.
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.
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.
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.)
A film titled 'The Photographer' featuring philosophy, techniques and artistry of Edward Weston, and various California landmark views
A film titled 'The Photographer' featuring philosophy, techniques and artistry of Edward Weston. A woman is seen taking photographs of two men on the Coast of California as they crack open a sea food. The woman later takes the camera along with her. Signboard reading 'Edward Weston' is seen. Several cats are seen in the simply furnished home of Edward Weston. Next scene shows a 1946 Pontiac car going through an automated car wash. Next scene shows Weston and the woman in a different car after their car is washed. Point of view (POV) shot from moving car on Wilshire Boulevard in downtown Los Angeles, California, as car passes by Chapman Park and approaches the Packard Bell building with radio towers behind. Next scene is on Wilshire Boulevard looking out at the Zephyr Room at the Chapman Park Hotel, and then on the opposite corner is the Brown Derby Restaurant (also called the Little Hat). The woman drives the car with the photographer seated beside her. Natural scenic beauty of California including plowed farm land outside Los Angeles, and then roads near Yosemite National Park and view of Half Dome from a moving car. Also seen are California farms, Sierra Nevada mountains, forests, rivers and sand dunes seen. The photographer takes pictures. Close up views of his old fashioned view camera. View from under cover or hood, just behind the photographer's shoulder, as he looks into the view screen from under the drape.
Photographer Edward Weston shows his methods for taking pictures.
A view of sand dunes in California. The photographer Edward Weston sets the view camera in a suitable position on a tripod stand. The shutter of the lens is removed and he uses a focusing cloth over his head. A woman student accompanying the photographer learns how to use a camera.