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United States Lieutenant Colonel Frank Everest at Air Force Flight Test Center at Edwards Air Force Base in California.
United States experimental aircraft at Edwards Air Force Base in California, United States. Board reads 'Air Force Flight Test Center'. Early model(1933) blue Coupe on the road. Other vehicles parked in the background at Edwards Air Force Base. Lieutenant Colonel Frank Everest gets out of the car and enters the building. Sign on a door reads 'Through these portals pass the oldest and boldest pilots in the world'. Frank Everest takes a seat at his desk and reads documents.
United States B-50 Superfortress with Bell X-2 takes off from the runway at Edwards Air Force Base in California.
United States experimental aircraft at Edwards Air Force Base in California, United States. U.S. Air Force B-50 Superfortress parked on runway as sunrises in the background. Test pilot Lieutenant Colonel Frank Everest's wife kisses him before he leaves his home. He gets into his blue coupe (1933 model). Frank Everest dons pressurized space suit. Ground crew members help pilot to wear his helmet. Pilot and co-pilot seated in the cockpit of B-50 Superfortress. Officer speaks over a mouth piece from the control room. B-50 Superfortress taxis and takes off from the runway with U.S. Air Force Bell X -2 under its wing. U.S. Air Force F-86 Sabre flies along B-50 Superfortress. Bell X -2 releases from the mother aircraft and begins a solo flight. Ground crew members look through binoculars.
A steam engine plane with a reversible propeller takes off.
A steam engined plane with a reversible propeller. Pilot starts the plane, taxis forward, then pauses, propeller quickly stops and reverses, and pilot reverse taxis the plane. Then the plane takes off. From a November 27, 1958 newsreel feature "25 years ago today".
A flier lands and rides a motor scooter invented by him for commuting to and from the airport.
After landing, a flier removes a small motor scooter from his aircraft and rides the motor scooter invented by him for commuting to and from the airport. He rides his motor scooter on the road and stops at a gas station to re-fuel. The station attendant adds a small amount of fuel from a measuring cup. The man rides away from the petrol station and is seen riding the scooter which gets 110 miles on a gallon of fuel. From a November 27, 1958 newsreel feature "25 years ago today".
Construction of the Hoover dam on the Colorado River between Arizona and Nevada in the United States
In a 1970 television program, host Lee Marvin talks about Hoover Dam in the Black Canyon on the Colorado River, in between Arizona and Nevada in the United States. Historical scenes from construction of the dam in the early 1930s. Crane lifts a number of workers on a raised platform. Worker comes down the mountain with the help of rope. Workers walk across bridge. Dynamite explosion dislodges rock for dam construction. The Hoover dam under construction. Rock blasting in the dam's diversion tunnels. Construction workers eat food in Anderson's Mess hall. Views of workers dining in the mess hall and the kitchen during food preparation. Includes interviews with workers Joe Kine, Tommy Nelson, and Doug Moore who participated in construction. Later aerial views of the Hoover Dam around 1970.
Emergency Conservation Work members work in conserving forest area.
Workers load timber logs on vehicle. Deer in the forest. ECW (Emergency Conservation Work) members during the Great Depression cut fire lanes, clear snag, erect telephone poles, clear camping grounds, build bridges, build fences around grazing lands and combat erosion by building dams in gullies. (The ECW was later known as the Civilian Conservation Corps or CCC.)