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First unpowered drop flight of X-15 aircraft, piloted by Scott Crossfield at Edwards Air Force Base in California.

U.S. Air Force X-15A aircraft first unpowered drop flight and landing in California, United States on June 8, 1959. United States Air Force Boeing NB-52A aircraft with X-15 under its wing, taxis and takes off from Edwards Air Force Base, California. American X-15 aircraft in captive-carry position, mated to pylon under wing of Boeing NB-52A aircraft. The aircraft taxis and takes off from the runway. Chase planes U.S. Air Force F-104A flies along NB-52A aircraft. X-15 releases from NB-52A aircraft in mid flight. Radar dish antenna records course of the flight. Pilot seated in the cockpit of F-104A aircraft. Technicians look at plotting boards and flight monitors. Pilot Albert Scott Crossfield converses with ground crew members. X-15 piloted by Crossfield lands at Rogers Dry Lake in California.

Date: 1959, June 8
Duration: 1 min 54 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675063965
General Electric producing the first American jet airplane engine. Bell Aircraft building first U.S. jet powered airplane.

General Electric Company engineers work on designs for America's first jet aircraft engine during World War 2. In the company's plant, at Lynn, Massachusetts, machinists make parts for the engine and others assemble it. Company executives conversing about the enterprise. On April 18, 1942, the first engine produced is rolled into a test cell for operational testing. Engineers pull down the door to the test cell displaying the words: "Fort Knox." Engineers at control panel of the test cell. View into the test cell. GE Project manager, Donald F. Warner, actuates toggle switch to "on" position, and the engine ignites. Flame seen in rear of the engine. Complete change of location. View of Bell Aircraft company buildings. Bell engineers working on design of an airplane designated, XP-59A (Airacomet) to be powered by the new General Electric jet engine (later designated J-31 by the military). Views of the Bell engineering and production activities at secret facilities in Buffalo, New York. Two Bell workers expressing reservations about airplanes without propellers. A main intersection street scene in Schenectady, New York. Pedestrians walking and shopping. An F.W. Woolworth store on the corner. Copy of the Schenectady Gazette Newspaper, with headline about 500 planes raiding Berlin. A man buying a copy of the paper.

Date: 1942
Duration: 2 min 13 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675063984
United States Marines Combat Readiness Training Activities

Marines are seen entering dense underbrush in an M274 vehicle with an M40 Recoiless Rifle mounted on it. They rotate the M40 into position and fire it. Marines firing various weapons, including M1 Garand rifle on firing range; Browning M1917 machine gun; grenade launcher; recoiless rifle; hand grenade; M101 105 mm Howitzer; portable flame thrower. Marine communicating with portable field radio. Marine pilot in cockpit of aircraft. Various shots of Marine warplanes in flight,, including F-8 Crusader; A4 Skyhawk; F4 Skyray; and others. A Lockheed Hercules KC-130 serving as Navy refueling aircraft. Marine aircraft making a short field landing assisted by carrier arresting gear installed there. The aircraft making short field takeoffs. Portable bladder fuel tanks laid out to create a combat zone fuel facilities. Aircraft being refueled.

Date: 1961
Duration: 2 min 22 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675064845
U.S. Naval officers speak into a microphone during the commissioning ceremony of USS Saratoga in New York, United States.

The commissioning ceremony of USS Saratoga in New York, United States. A large banner with an insignia and 'USS Saratoga (CVA-60)' written on it. U.S. Navy Admiral Felix B. Stump, Admiral W. F. Halsey and other naval officers and civilians seated near a speaker's stand. Cadets in the background. A flag being hoisted on the mast of the ship. Naval officers and civilians salute the flag. A naval officer speaks into a microphone. The civilians watch the ceremony. A fleet of aircraft fly overhead. Commanding Officer of USS Saratoga Captain R. J. Stroh speaks into the microphone. Chief Warrant Officer Moses, Rear Admiral Roscoe Henry Hillenkoetter, C. R. Brown and Vice Admiral F. W. McMahon. Governor of New York William Averell Harriman speaks into the microphone.

Date: 1956, April 14
Duration: 2 min 44 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675064941
U.S. Navy aircraft land on the flight deck of a U.S. aircraft carrier underway in the Gulf of Tonkin.

Events of the Gulf of Tonkin Incident, 2-5 August 1964, re-enacted at later date. A U.S. aircraft carrier underway in the Gulf of Tonkin. A U.S. Navy A-4E Skyhawk being recovered aboard the ship. The aircraft makes an arrested landing and is being recovered. A U.S. Navy F-8E Crusader aircraft being recovered. A U.S. Navy RF-8A Crusader aircraft touches down for a landing. The F-8E aircraft touches down for an arrested landing.

Date: 1964, August
Duration: 1 min 25 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675065151
Guns fired from USS Essex underway in the Pacific Ocean.

U.S. Navy carrier operations in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. Men firing guns from the aircraft carrier. Smoke due to the firing. USS Essex underway. Aircraft parked on the deck of the ship. Guns fired along the port catwalk. The tracers head skyward. The flight deck personnel move a U.S. Navy F6F Hellcat, with wings folded, across the deck.

Date: 1944, November 29
Duration: 38 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675065642