U.S. Army troops rappel rocky cliff face using rope with Mount Rainier in the background. Soldiers with backpacks and rifles over their shoulders descend a tall cliff with their boots to the mountainside. Some of the soldiers wear white winter camouflage gear, others dark uniforms. The soldiers walk the side of a steep snowy slope with a partially-frozen alpine lake in the background. Low angle shot of a soldier as he descends the cliff face above.
Daisy track run No. 568, using live animal chimpanzee No. 35. Men wheel a cart holding a chimpanzee, strapped down during test. The chimpanzee is lifted by a team of men and strapped, laying on its side, to a sled on the high speed air-powered daisy track at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico. Close up shots of the men fastening the chimpanzee into place. A man uses a stethoscope on the ape. A slate is held up for the camera above the monkey. Scene changes and a man pulls a cord to launch the sled. The sled carrying the chimpanzee is launched forward and abruptly halts at the end of the track. The team of men approach the chimpanzee and inspect it. Close ups of chimpanzee strapped to sled, unmoving. The chimpanzee is untied by the men and lifted back onto the cart, where it is strapped down again.
Shot of the Aero Med Fluid Tank sled, a rocket sled with a chamber designed to submerge a live animal test subject in water during acceleration and deceleration testing. Men work on and inspect the sled, long runway visible in the background. First Lieutenant A. V. Zaborowski prepares the subject's (chimpanzee) face mask. Men in hard hats prepare the sled. Panoramic shot of the rear of the sled. Close up of the chimpanzee's face mask used for submersion. A team of men work on the sled. Man uses pliers to adjust the face mask. The frame of a stretcher is inserted into the chamber of the sled.
A stretcher carrying a chimpanzee is lifted from the back of a vehicle. The stretcher is placed on the ground, and doctors from the veterinary services branch of the Aero-Med Field Laboratory inject the chimpanzee's arm with a syringe. Close up of the chimpanzee, tied down to the stretcher. The doctors wait, monitoring their watch, and use a stethoscope on the sedated chimpanzee. A sticky glue paste is used to adhere a physiological monitoring array to the chimpanzee; an electrode is connected to each breast and one leg. The chimpanzee is placed into a harness by a team of men. A man tests the breathing mask which will be put on the chimpanzee. The chimp is brought to the fluid chamber of the Aero Med Fluid Tank sled and attached to the frame inside. A man in a shirt and tie speaks with the team of men. The breathing mask is test-fitted on the chimpanzee, then removed, and a glue is applied around the face. Shot of the team of men standing at the sled before test with live animal is conducted.
Shot of a man in a mobile fire control station. A large team of men stand around the Aero Med Fluid Tank sled, which holds a live chimpanzee. Shot of the chimpanzee in full testing gear including intricate harness and breathing mask. The door is closed and the fluid chamber is filled with water, submerging the chimpanzee during the animal test operation. Close ups of the chimp through the overhead glass viewing port. A hatch on the top of the chamber is closed. Excess water spills out a small drainage spout. The hatch on top is opened and a man sticks his arm inside the chamber. Plastic wrapping is removed from the sled. Shot shows the sled and runway extending into the distance. A truck arrives carrying solid rocket motors, also called "rocket bottles." A canister is lifted by crane.
Sweeping shot captures the fiery launch and run of the Aero Med Fluid Tank sled, which carries a chimpanzee submerged in water during live animal testing. The rocket sled accelerates along the Holloman High Speed Test Track (HHSTT) at great speed, a fiery blaze behind. Second, closer view of the launch. Scene changes to post-launch. The door of the fluid chamber is opened and water is drained. Men inspect the chimpanzee inside. Close ups of the harnessed chimp, chest rises and falls. The chimpanzee, strapped to a stretcher, is removed from the sled chamber. Harness is removed and the chimpanzee is transferred to the back of a vehicle. Close up of the now-empty stretcher and harness rig.
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