A flooded area in California. An aerial view of a field. Water in the area. A van on a flooded road. Houses in the flooded waters. A woman carrying with her clothes wades out of her house through the flooded waters.
Sled tests conducted at Edwards Air Force Base, California. North American test Pilot Al White dons X-15 pressure and space suit. Wind blast tests being conducted on rocket sled with the help of a dummy. Rocket sled run with dummy wearing an X-15 space suit testing the ejection escape system. Dummy inside X-15 nose section during another test. Pilot jumps with a parachute in case of an emergency. Fabrication and assembling of X-15 at North American Aviation Company. Technicians operate control panel. Engineers check the aircraft parts at the center. Pilot Scott Crossfield undergoes g-force training seated inside whirling centrifuge. (Early in NASA space program)
Roll out ceremony of American X-15 aircraft at Edwards Air Force Base in California, United States. United States Vice President Richard Nixon gives a speech during roll out ceremony of X-15. American X-15 comes out of the hangar. Photographers take pictures. Pilot wearing space suit gets into the cockpit of the aircraft. Technicians and engineers check the aircraft and take readings on instruments.