1365th photo squadron film titled 'Missiles boost B-52 effectiveness'. GAM-77 Hounddog and GAM-72 Quail missiles tested. Hounddog being loaded into U.S. Air Force Boeing B-52 Stratofortress. B-52 Stratofortress in flight. Quail dropped from B-52 Stratofortress. Men on plotting screen in air tracking station.
General Hugh L. Scott, General Frederick Funston and General Alvaro Obregon after a conference in El Paso in Texas. The conference held to arrange co-operation of troops against Mexican leader Pancho Villa's raids. Jeep and horses seen on field. War planes seen. Men firing artillery pieces. Explosions and smoke seen.
Treasury Secretary William McAdoo speaks at rally. A huge United States flag in the background. Surrounded by crowds, on Fifth Avenue, New York, First Lady, Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, steps from vehicle to sidewalk. High-ranking Police Officers seen in uniform in the crowd.
Speed runs by 'Budweiser' SOS (Speed Of Sound) rocket powered car. The car is driven by Mr. Stan Barrett at Edwards Air Force Base. Speed is 246 miles per hour, recorded from camera number 743. The vehicle and background buildings, aircraft, hangers, and such, are reflected in surface beneath the car. Lines from a drag chute appear behind the car, but chute, itself, is not visible when it stops.
Speed runs by 'Budweiser' SOS (Speed Of Sound) rocket powered car. The car is driven by Mr. Stan Barrett at U.S. Air Force Flight Test Center, Edwards Air Force Base. Speed on this run is 246 miles per hour, and event is recorded on camera number 747, The vehicle image and background objects are reflected in the road bed. Hangars, airplanes and other aspects of the Air Base are seen behind the rocket car as it passes. Drag chute deploys, but only lines from it are seen behind the vehicle, after the run.
Speed runs by 'Budweiser' SOS (Speed Of Sound) rocket powered car at Edwards Air Force Base. The car is driven by Mr. Stan Barrett. Speed is 246 miles per hour and viewed from camera number 748. rocket car is reflected, along with background objects, in roadbed during the run. Drag chute deploys. But only lines from it are visible after vehicle stops.
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