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First powered flight of an X-15 Rocket Plane. Also scenes of several other X-15 powered flights.

X-15 first powered flight on Thursday, 17 September, 1959. (X-15 No. 2, tail number: 56-6671 with LR-11 engines. Scott Crossfield flew this mission at mach 2.11 and altitude 52,341 feet.) Scenes of several other X-15 powered flights are also shown. View of the water tower at Edwards Air Force Base, california. Overhead, NASA NB-52A, No. 003 and an F-100D chase plane, are seen at high altitude, with contrails behind them. The X-15, cradled under the B-52's right wing, drops clear, starts its rocket engines and begins its first independent powered flight, climbing rapidly away from the B-52. NASA camera tracks it, appearing as a moving white dot against the sky. The next sequences show later powered flights. View of NASA B-52 and three chase planes leaving contrails overhead. X-15 drops, its engines are running and falls behind the B-52, before accelerating rapidly, passing to its right, and continuing upward. Another scene shows brief glimpse of NASA B-52 overhead (no contrails). In final scene, X-15 is seen moving rapidly, leaving a long contrail behind it. Cloud then obscures the image somewhat.

Date: 1959, September 17
Duration: 3 min 10 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675021359
North American X-15 rocket plane landing on runway at Rogers Dry Lake, Edwards Air Force Base, California

Two chase planes break off from escorting an X-15 as it commences final approach to runway at Rogers Dry Lake, Edwards Air Force Base, California. The X-15 descends between surrounding hills, in a nose-high attitude and touches down on its skids, raising a trail of dust. Its nose gear contacts the ground immediately after its main gear skids. The X-15 continues a long way, leaving a trail of dust, until it finally comes to rest on the runway. AN H-21B helicopter flies over the stationary rocket plane.

Date: 1959
Duration: 1 min 46 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675021363
Continued struggle after Dust Bowl: Winds blow away top soil; Desperate migrant farmers during Great Depression

U.S. Department of Agriculture documentary depicts how rural America used machines to achieve production at a terrible cost to the land and people including erosion and poverty. The Dust Bowl in the Great Plains. Top soil is blown away in a storm. Barren land. Soil washed into the Arkansas River. Layers of soil in the river. Wasted land and rivers due to sheet erosion. Soil destruction, barren land and farms. Texas: A town called "Go Forth" or "Goforth" founded by cotton farmers long ago. Abandoned houses, damaged roads, and unemployed desperate farmers are seen. Emaciated cows search for food. On the edge of the town, migrant landless farmers sit by a fire near a car. Rains and water erode the soil. A sign in a barren eroded patch reads 'Abernathy Furniture Co.'. The wind blows away the top soil.

Date: 1939
Duration: 3 min 29 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675021572
Deserted streets, closed stores and Merchandize Mart in Chicago after the assassination of President Kennedy.

A national television report on public reaction to U.S. President John Fitzgerald Kennedy's assassination in the United States. Chicago: The deserted Main Street during and after the funeral of John F Kennedy. Cars and pedestrians on the street. Closed stores. The Chicago Shopping and Commercial District. A notice in a store window reads 'Day of mourning for President John F Kennedy'. A woman with her baby stops by a store window to look at a picture of President Kennedy with an 'In Memoriam' message. A crowd around a television set watches the news about Kennedy's funeral. The Kennedy family-owned Merchandise Mart (222 Merchandise Mart Plaza Chicago, Illinois) in The Loop. Soldiers lower the United States flag to half-mast. A large crowd outside St. Peter's Catholic Church (110 W Madison St, Chicago, IL 60602, United States) in the Loop wait in long lines for the Mass while others inside pray. A school classroom inside a closed school. African American students put on their own close circuit television to pay tribute to Kennedy. A teacher and students speak about the late President and his life. An advertisement billboard sign reads the date of President Kennedy's assassination as a sign of respect and tribute.

Date: 1963, November
Duration: 3 min 37 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675021634
USAF Brig. Gen. Pfautz introduces a USAF documentary on Soviet military equipment and its use.

United States Air Force Soviet Awareness Program titled 'Heirs of Victory' depicts Soviet military equipment and its use in terms of purpose and jurisdiction. Introduction by Brigadier General James C. Pfautz, Deputy Assistant Chief of Staff, Intelligence, Headquarters U.S. Air Force. Brig. Gen. Pfautz gives details about the subject, translation, narration, and editing. The Soviet Communist hammer and sickle symbol. A Soviet long winged early warning radar keeps a watch in the sky. Soviet Air Force MiG-25 (Mikoyan-Gurevich) interceptor bombers with air to air missiles. Pilots board aircraft and they take off. The aircraft in flight. Soviet missiles and rockets protect the borders. World War II Soviet Air Force fighter pilot Nikolai Kozmoff talks to highly trained young Soviet pilots at a air base.

Date: 1975
Duration: 4 min 0 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675021653
Modern Soviet military equipment including the FROG-7 launcher, T-62 battle tank, MiG-27, MiG-23 and Su-17 Fitter.

United States Air Force Soviet Awareness Program depicts Soviet military equipment and its use in terms of purpose and jurisdiction. Soviet Army soldiers learn about weapons in a class. Soldiers advance in a field. Soviet soldiers prepare the FROG-7 erector launcher with a warhead. A Soviet T-62 standard main battle tank with infrared night driving equipment, a 115mm tank gun and a 12.7mm antiaircraft heavy machine gun. Modern Soviet hovercraft, armed vehicles, surface to air missiles, electronic equipment, and automated systems. Soviet weapons fired resulting in explosions and fire. Tanks advance through fields. Soviet amphibious crafts advance through a water body. Amphibious personnel carriers detect and neutralize mines during an operation in Bangladesh, Aisa. Soviet Navy sailors aboard the carrier. A Soviet Air Force MiG-27 Flogger prepared for take off. A ground crewman helps the pilot strap up into the cockpit. Soviet Air Force MiG-23 Flogger and Sukhoi Su-17 Fitter take off for combat. The avionics system and weapons specifications of the aircraft. The aircraft in flight, drop bombs and attack. Fire and explosions. Soviet Long Range Aviation bomber aircraft carrying bombs take off. The aircraft fleet in flight over mountains. Pilots in the cockpits. Aerial refueling under progress. Aircraft with lights on lands on a snow covered runway.

Date: 1975
Duration: 6 min 5 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675021656