Scenes of personnel and technicians working on German V2-Rockets. Army personnel walking about. Rocket on the launch pad (launch tower). Men fuse rocket. Final checks are made before launching.
Exteriors of the Post Office building in Los Alamos. Houses on the reservation area of the Los Alamos. People walking by the streets. Men can be seen standing and talking. Children running outside a school building.
The headquarters of U.S. Atomic Energy Security Service at Los Alamos. The security police troops marching outside the barracks. A wooden watch tower among the trees in the laboratory area.
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.