Speed and altitude tests being conducted by Bell X-1 at Edwards Air Force Base, California. U.S. Air Force B-29 Superfortess in flight with U.S. Air Force Bell X-1 under its wing. Speed and Mach attainment painted on fuselage of the aircraft. Bell X-1 aircraft releases from B-29 mid flight and begins a solo flight circa 1947. Next scene shows the X-2 released from a B-50 circa 1955. Animation shows radar tracking flight course details for the future X-15. It also depicts its course of flight and the landing of X-15.
United States Air Force NB-52A aircraft with X-15 under its wing at Edwards Air Force Base in California, United States preparing for its third flight. Vehicles and ground crew next to the aircraft. Pilot Albert Scott Crossfield in space suit. Final tests conducted before the take off. Engineers work on X-15 aircraft. Pilot Crossfield gets into the X-15 cockpit. Boeing NB-52A takes off from the runway with X-15 under its wing for its 3rd flight. Chase planes F-100F and F-104B fly along NB-52A. X-15 release from the mother aircraft and goes upward. Pilot speaks with ground crew members. Fire emergency is noted. Pilot in NB-52A looks from the cockpit window. X-15 heads for an emergency landing at Rosamond lake due to an ignition failure. X-15 lands but suffers a structural break failure on landing at Rosamond Dry Lake in California. Engineers and technicians inspect the aircraft and begin to repair the damage.
The X-15 rocket-powered aircraft makes an emergency landing in California, United States. Aerial view of the separation of the X-15 from the U.S. Air Force bomber NB-52A Stratofortress. X-15 jettisoning fuel and lands at the Edwards Air Force Base. The pilot Albert Scott Crossfield a United States Air Force (USAF) test pilot with others examines the damage to the X-15. Men spray water on the aircraft.
The 7th Logistic support squadron river training in Georgia, United States. View of the Ocmulgee river. The 7th Logistic support squadron from the Robins Air Force Base participate in survival training during a 25 mile trip in life rafts along the Ocmulgee river and through the swamps of the Southern Georgia. Trees in the foreground. A man shoots a snake. Men cook and eat the snake. They return back to the boats. Men carry the boats back to the shore.
A film 'The squadron officer school' about training of a USAF officer student attending Squadron Officer School at the Air University on Maxwell Air Force Base in Alabama, United States. A USAF Lieutenant Colonel and a man seated at a desk talking to each other. The officer praises a report of a Captain. A officer in car stops and enters gate at Air University. USAF officers enter and leave Air University buildings. A large group of USAF officers in auditorium. An officer addresses the group. USAF officer looks at book in Air University library. Officers perform physical exercise. USAF officers and families in chapel during a service. Editor and Publisher of Flying Magazine Gil Robb Wilson speaks to the USAF officers in auditorium. Commander of Air University Lieutenant General Walter E Todd speaks. Dr. M H Sharlemann of the Concordia Theological Seminary addresses group. Football coach of University of Illinois Ray Elliot addresses group. Small group of USAF officers in classroom. USAF officers in auditorium attend lectures and discuss. They perform a skit. View of a missile hangar opening and a CIM-10 BOMARC missile of the United States Air Force being raised into firing position.
A film about training of a USAF officer student attending Squadron Officer School at the Air University on Maxwell Air Force Base in Alabama, United States. Small group of USAF officers in a classroom. An instructor explains the way to solve problems. A student leads the group discussion. A USAF officer with a counselor seated at a desk talk to each other. USAF officers read in a library and book store. Small group of USAF officers in classroom learning to speak before a group. USAF officers in quarters type and make corrections on a report.