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Drogue Chute landing tests at Eglin Air Force Base in Okaloosa County, Florida

Tests of aircraft for Strategic Air Command Escape and Evasion mission, conducted at Eglin Air Force Base in Okaloosa County, Florida. A C-47F aircraft performs maximum perfornance landing employing a drogue chute to aid in stopping. Several views of the C-47F landing in rough terrain, trailing drogue parachute behind. As the plane lands, the parachute opens up and plane comes to an abrupt halt using reversed propellers and brakes as well.

Date: 1951
Duration: 1 min 10 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675032554
B-25 Mitchell at a base and pilots in a cockpit in Florida during the preparation of General Doolittle raid on Tokyo.

General activities at Eglin Field show the preparation for the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo. A sign reads 'Headquarters Air Crops Proving Ground, Eglin Field, Florida'. U.S. Army Air Forces B-25 Mitchell bombers parked on the Eglin Air Force Base. Insignia of the United States Army Air Forces. A crewman on a tug. Two pilots talk and one of them drinks. Crewmen stand in a group. U.S. pilot at controls. A propeller rotates. Another pilot looks out from the window of a B-25. Crewmen stand around the B-25 and one of them works under the wing. A pilot in the cockpit. Two crewmen stand near a ladder. A pilot in the cockpit.

Date: 1942
Duration: 3 min 38 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675033837
Crewmen work on the wheel of a B-25 Mitchell and General James Doolittle instructs them at Eglin Field in Florida.

General activities at Eglin Field show preparation for the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo. U.S. General Doolittle stands with the pilots and talk. U.S. Army Air Forces B-25 Mitchell parked in the background. Crewmen work on the wheel of a B-25 and General Doolittle looks at them. A pilot looks out from the window of the plane. General Doolittle stands with a pilot and talks to him. Crewmen and pilot stand around a B-25. A B-25 inside a hangar. Crewmen seated on a trolley. B-25s parked in a line. A crewman on a ladder works on a jet engine.

Date: 1942
Duration: 4 min 9 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675033838
Crew members test Strategic Air Command T 171/ A-5 Turret at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida.

Test of SAC (Strategic Air Command) T 171/ A-5 Turret at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. Boeing B-47 Stratojet bomber parked on ground. Airman removes nose top of Boeing B-47 Stratojet aircraft. Another airman places an instrument atop target board. Airman looks into an instrument. Crew members check Gatling gun on Boeing B-47 Stratojet aircraft.

Date: 1954
Duration: 1 min 23 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675022542
Airmen examine Boeing B-47 Stratojet bomber's in flight target practice at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida

Crew Chief assists Pilot to alight from F-84 Thunderjet at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. Crew members sit down to watch a film. F-84 Thunderjet and MB-3 Red Bird in flight. Gatling gun fires from the tail of Boeing B-47 Stratojet bomber, with F-84 Thunderjet in the background. Boeing B-47 Stratojet bomber parked on ground shows maneuverability of turret. Airmen examine the target aircraft MB-3 Red Bird, for hits and make notes.

Date: 1954
Duration: 4 min 35 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675022545
Redstone Missile takes off from White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico.

United States Army troops of Battery A, 217th Field Artillery Missile Battalion, 40th Artillery Group (Redstone) stationed in Germany, fire Redstone Block II tactical missile CC-2014 (carrying a TV camera) from White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico on 16 March 1960 as part of their Annual Service Practice (ASP) firing exercise. Redstone Missile takes off and advances upward. The missile leaves a trail of smoke.

Date: 1960, March 16
Duration: 60 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675023461