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A German V-2 rocket, vertical launch tower and a gantry crane at the Guided Missile Proving Ground in Alamogordo, New Mexico.

Testing of German V-2 rocket at the Guided Missile Proving Ground in Alamogordo, New Mexico. An aerial view showing the vertical launching tower for small-type missile and a gantry crane. V-2 on the ground nearby. A view of surrounding countryside.

Date: 1946
Duration: 3 min 56 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675047460
B-52 Stratofortress aircraft drops an X-24 lifting body aircraft at Edwards Air Force Base, California.

A B-52, modified as a mother ship, is seen in flight, with an X-24 lifting body aircraft suspended beneath it. (A slot was cut in the right wing which was fitted with a special pylon for carrying research aircraft.) No significant movements are seen, as the B-52 cruises smoothly at altitude for much of the beginning of the film. Commencing at TC: 01:26, Rear paddle-style flight controls are moved and and adjusted on the X-24. At TC: 04:53, the X-24 emits smoke and again, at TC: 05:27. At TC :05:36, the engine of the X-24 is running and the lifting body aircraft drops vertically away from the B-52, which then continues its cruise at altitude. (Note: the film is reversed so the right wing appears as the left one.)

Date: 1970, October 27
Duration: 6 min 51 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675047491
A B-52 Stratofortress releases an X-24A aircraft after taking off from Edwards Air Force Base, California.

A B-52 Stratofortress and an X-24A aircraft in flight. The Stratofortress and another aircraft in flight after taking off from Edwards AFB, California. The X-24A is released from the wing of the B-52. The X-24A aircraft in flight. It approaches Edwards AFB runway.

Date: 1970, October 27
Duration: 2 min 57 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675047493
U.S. troop transports escorted by destroyers and Navy blimps head for New York Harbor.

U.S. troop transports bring soldiers to New York after World War II. The troop transports escorted by destroyers and navy blimps head for New York Harbor. U.S. troops aboard the transport ship.

Date: 1945
Duration: 1 min 50 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675047494
Vice President Richard Nixon and officials at NAA facility for the first public showing of an X-15.

The first public showing of X-15 rocket powered aircraft at NAA (North American Aviation) facility, Los Angeles. Various personnel stand near the tail end of the Western Airline plane. U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon and dignitaries take turns to speak from a platform. Personnel below the stand makes motion pictures. An X-15 rocket-powered aircraft being towed out of a hangar by a tug. Vice President Nixon stand beside the X-15 parked in front of the reviewing stand and talk with other dignitaries while inspecting the X-15.

Date: 1958, October 15
Duration: 1 min 8 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675047509
A crowd views an X-15 during a public showing at the NAA facility in Los Angeles.

The first public showing of an X-15 rocket powered aircraft at the NAA (North American Aviation) facility in Los Angeles. A large crowd inspects the X-15. U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon reviews from a stand in the background.

Date: 1958, October 15
Duration: 1 min 10 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675047510