X-15 rocket-powered aircraft piloted by Joseph Albert Walker setting a new altitude record of 169,600 feet in California, United States. People walk towards the X-15 rocket-powered aircraft. Vehicles parked at the Edwards Air Force Base. Officers and men stand near the aircraft. Joseph Albert Walker in the cockpit of the aircraft. A man talks to Joseph Albert Walker. A man wearing a protective gear sits holding a hose. A cameraman stands near the aircraft. Man takes out the helmet of Joseph Albert Walker and helps him come out of the cockpit of the aircraft. He is greeted by an official. He stands near the nose of the aircraft and talks to the people. Walker being greeted by people after setting the record.
X-15 rocket-powered aircraft piloted by Joseph Albert Walker setting a new altitude record of 169,600 feet in California, United States. Aircraft stationed at the Edwards Air Force Base. Aircraft taxis. The U.S. Air Force Bomber NB-52A Stratofortress with the X-15 rocket-powered aircraft under its wing while in flight as seen from another aircraft in flight below it. Pilot in the cockpit of the aircraft.
X-15 rocket-powered aircraft piloted by Joseph Albert Walker setting a new altitude record of 169,600 feet in California, United States. Aerial view of the U.S. Air Force bomber NB-52A Stratofortress with the X-15 rocket-powered aircraft under its wing while in flight. Two other aircraft in flight on either side of bomber NB-52A Stratofortress. The X-15 rocket-powered aircraft being released from the bomber NB-52A. Aerial view of the X-15 aircraft in flight. smoke comes out of the aircraft.
X-15 rocket-powered aircraft piloted by Joseph Albert Walker setting a new altitude record of 169,600 feet in California, United States. Aerial view of the U.S. Air Force bomber NB-52A Stratofortress with the X-15 rocket-powered aircraft under its wing while in flight as seen from another aircraft. Another aircraft in flight behind the bomber NB-52A. The X-15 rocket-powered aircraft being released from the bomber NB-52A. Aerial view of the X-15 aircraft in flight. Smoke trails come out of the aircraft. The rear of the pilot in the cockpit.
Opening scene shows a Boeing B-24 Liberator bomber arriving at an airfield in the Caribbean during World War 2 . U.S. First Lady, Eleanor Roosevelt steps from the aircraft, stopping here on one of her many trips. She strolls among U.S. servicemen and others. She is escorted by a General and reviews American Troops on parade at an army base. Scene shifts abruptly to the Cockatoo Island Dockyard, Sydney in New South Wales Sydney Australia, where the Australian Destroyer, Bataan, is being Christened on 15 January 1944 by Jean MacArthur, the wife of General Douglas MacArthur. Dockyard workers drive wedges from beneath the destroyer's hull, to free her for launching. Mrs. MacArthur announces the name, Bataan, and swings a bottle of champaign to christen her. The ship proceeds down the ways. View from below of sailors on deck as she launches.
Peleliu, Palau Islands during World War II. United States Marine gun crew push swab through the bore of their M1A1 155 mm gun to clean it. The marines,stripped to the waist, push the swab back and forth. View down a line of marines, cleaning the gun with swab on a pole. Hands of a marine as he cleans parts of the gun. Marine with the earphones on while reading a private letter. He jumps and starts waving his letter with joy after getting the news that his wife gave birth to a baby. Marines crowded around him as they pat and congratulate him. The marine with earphones on and letter in hand gives cigars to other marines. The marines laugh.
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