A training film titled 'Self Propelled Anti Aircraft Automatic Weapons' describes the M13, M15 and M16 half-tracks and demonstrates the activities of crews in the United States during World War II. A view of the field and buildings in the foreground. Shadows of the aircraft in flight. A convoy of half-tracks drives on a road. A U.S. soldier takes out his gun and fires in sky. The soldiers get off from a vehicle. Two soldiers firing anti aircraft (AA) gun mounted on half-track. The soldiers move in different areas. The soldiers fire with the AA guns on the aircraft in flight. A soldier hides behind a rock. The soldiers fire guns in the sky. A gun set on a truck. The truck drives on a dirt road and soldiers fire gun. Testing of twin 50 guns on half-track. A soldier testing the gun. The soldier firing gun mounted on M13 half-track. The soldiers firing gun mounted on M15 half-track. M16 half-track drives on a rough terrain. The soldiers on the M16 half-track. The half-track advancing on the rough terrain. The troops seated in the bucket. The troops fire AA gun mounted on M16 half-track. The troops firing gun in sky. The working of M13 half-track. AA gun mounted on M13 half-track. The troop seated at controls. He moves the handle back and forth. The guns move according to the movement on the handle. The hands of the soldier on the handle. He presses the trigger. A gas engine. The troop looks at the target with the eyepiece. The circle shows the target. The power turrets. The working of M15 half-track. The troops around the AA gun mounted on half-track. A troops operates the guns with hands. The gun moves as it is operated by the troop.
Test flight of Rocket Powered Aircraft X-15A at Edwards Air Force Base in California. NB-52B Stratofortress with Rocket Powered Aircraft X-15A taxis on dry lake bed. It takes off after few minutes. A wheel of NB-52B.
" X-15 Research Airplane Request for Bids" issued by the U.S. Air Force Air Materiel Command, Washington, DC. Documents labeled 'Confidential Information'. Cover of another document reads: "North American Aviation Inc." View of North American aircraft design engineers at work designing and drawing sketches of landing gear, fuel system, hydraulics, surface control and study it. A sketch of X-15. Wind tunnel tests. Sketches of various aircraft designs. Vehicles outside North American Aviation Inc. A sign reads 'SABRE JET'. A sign reads 'Unauthorized personnel Keep Out' and 'Closed Area Admittance by Authorization Only'. Engine testing. Airframe fabrication. More wind tunnel tests.
Military and civilian officials, workers in hard hats, and others at Edwards Air Force Base await landing of the X-15 following its first high powered flight. Visible are cars, vans , construction equipment and observers. A hangar in the background. Observers shield their eyes from the sun as they look up to watch the approaching X-15. A fire truck in the background. Some observers around a yellow van. Officers seated in a car A civilian official smokes An Air Force officer looks through binoculars. A senior master sergeant stands next to him. A sign reads 'Edwards AF' on a car. A man inside a van smokes a cigar.
Start of first high-powered flight mission of X-15. Pilot Scott Crossfield mounts steps aside B-52 and enters cockpit of X-15 fastened under its wing. Others help him to strap in and fasten his helmet.
NASA X-15 parked on Rogers Dry Lake runway after landing at Edwards Air Force Base, California, immediately after an unsuccessful mission due to problems involving liquid oxygen tank pressure fluctuations. View from the rear, showing the twin vertical mounted rocket engines. Vehicles surround the aircraft and technicians work around it. Closeup of main gear skids and underbelly. View of auxiliary wheels to be attacked to main gear. (This is the number two X-15, tail number 56-6671.)