U.S. Air Force F-102A Delta Dagger external wing tank vibration tests at Edwards Air Force Base in California. Several men take an external wing tank from the back of a pickup truck and carry it inside of a hangar. An F-102A with its landing gear mounted on spring-supported platforms inside a hangar. Technicians install accelerometers mounted on wooden blocks. The aircraft equipped with external wing fuel tanks undergoes vibration tests. Electro-magnetic shakers are attached to the wing tips of the aircraft with the vibration visible on the nose of the fuel tank during low-frequence oscillation. Three engineers check oscillograph recordings made during the vibration tests. The F-102A, equipped with two external wing tanks painted black and white, in flight. External fuel tank under the left wing. The aircraft flying to the left, jettisons external fuel tank visible beneath the wings of the aircraft. Two technicians install a shaker underneath the wing of an F-102A. A F-102A taking off. F-84F chase plane and F-102A flying to the right. F-102A rolling down the runway after touchdown, nose gear touches down.
MB-1 rocket rail-launched from a U.S. Air Force F-102A Delta Dagger at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico. Footage taken from GSAP (Gun Sight Aiming Point) camera mounted under right wing of F- 102 in flight. MB-1 rocket fired from rail launcher. Technicians work on F-102A parked outside a hangar. Two technicians wheel an MB-1 rocket on a dolly, underneath F- 102A parked on ramp. Three technicians check out and calibrate special instrumentation to be used during the test run. The instruments include different types of oscillographs, and photo panels. Special camera installations made on the F-102A vertical stabilizer, fuselage, and wings. Technician installs a l6mm camera inside the aircraft nose, then closes access panel. F-102A takes off. Radar vectoring station T-1 at Holloman AFB. Technician operates one of the tracking scanners installed on roof of building. Two men, inside the vectoring station, control the course of the test aircraft by radio communication from the vectoring machine plotting charts. The pilot in F-102A cockpit as he turns on the recording cameras to activate the armament system. MB-1 bomb extended below the aircraft. Engineer talks on the radio phone inside the vectoring station. Pilot's hand on the control stick as he activates the firing switch. MB-l rocket is fired from the short rail launcher. The aircraft is enveloped in a trail of white smoke. GSAP camera mounted underneath the right wing of the F-102A, shows the MB-l rocket being fired from the short rail launcher. Smoke due to the firing of the rocket.
Dancers at a beach resort in Venice, California show new types of jazz and swing dances. Young dancers dance the Yam, the Shag, and Lindy Hop swing dances on the beach. Onlookers clap.
22 month old baby Larry Simms - a baby Samson - rolls the bowling ball to hit all the pins. He hits a strike. Young Larry Simms shows off weightlifting skills with dumbbells and barbells at a beach in Venice, California.
President Roosevelt visits the Boy Scout camp at Ten Mile River, New York. The President is seen sitting in his car, wearing an Order of the Arrow sash. Order of the Arrow members help him put on a Native American Indian headdress. Scouts seated on the ground watching the presentation.
Boeing B-47 Stratojet bomber parked at Pinecastle Air Force Base, Florida. Col. Michael N W McCoy and co-pilot Lt. Col. L E Gaskins enters cockpit through nose door. RATO (Rocket assisted take off) bottles on flight line at Pinecastle Air Force Base, Florida. Strategic Air Command emblem on side of Boeing B-47 Stratojet bomber. The aircraft takes off from runway. Boeing B-47 Stratojet bomber rolls down the runways and deploys drag parachute.
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