North American X-15 rocket powered aircraft first powered flight from Edwards Air Force Base in California. X-15 in flight. A radar in the background. X-15 flies and lands on a dry lake bed. A hangar in the background.
A speech by U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon in the United States. Vice President Richard Nixon and Mrs. Nixon arrive at a speaker stand at Edwards Air Force Base, California. They are escorted by other dignitaries. A flag of United States. People seated for the speech. Dignitaries on the stage. Vice President Nixon climbs up the steps of the stage and shakes hands with the dignitaries. Men take pictures. People seated on chairs at the base. Mr. Nixon; Mr. Kindelberger, President of North America; Mr. Horner, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Research and Development make speechs. The dignitaries stand and applaud. X-15 is towed by a tug and is rolled out of a hangar. Insignia of United States. Dignitaries on either side of the X-15.
Drug testing experiments on animals, to learn the effects of LSD (Lysergic acid diethylamide) on monkeys in a laboratory in San Francisco, California. A monkey in a cage. The monkey heavily drugged for experimentation with illegal drug LSD. He holds onto the cage side. An identification band on the monkey's stomach. The drugged monkey with closed eyes and rapid heart beat. Other monkeys in the cage jump up and down. The monkey with an identification band behaves in a different and disoriented manner. Other active monkeys jump and play about. They hang upside down on the cage ceiling.
The city of San Francisco, California. Moving traffic at an intersection. A cable car moves along on the street. Pedestrians walk by. The trolley crosses the street. Cars pass the streetcar. A van driven past. The cable car moves down a steep hill street. Sign on cable car says Powell and Hyde Streets.
The city of San Francisco, California. A car passes a cable car on the road. Cars come up a hill. The cable car underway on tracks. Cars parked along businesses on streets. Barricades lying on the roadside. View down street toward San Francisco Bay at the end of the street. A 3 masted sailing ship or barque docked in the Bay. Sign visible for "Nob Cleaners" up close on right side. Sign in distance for the Palace Theatre (also called Pagoda) at 1731 Powell Street, near intersection of Powell Street and Columbus Avenue in North Beach. A woman stands by a cable car doorway. A sign on trolley number 511 reads 'Powell and Market, Bay and Taylor'. Men stand and talk towards the rear of the cable car. Many cars including a police car on the street.
The city of San Francisco, California. Pedestrians on a street. A cable car comes up a street hill. Passengers get off and on the trolley. A sign on the cable car reads 'Powell and Market, Bay and Taylor, 504'. (North Beach, Russian Hill area) An advertisement for 'People-to-people Radio'. A man stands towards the rear of the trolley. Buildings on either side of the street. Hills in the San Francisco Bay area. Traffic on the street. Cars parked by the street pavement on either side. Hills in the San Francisco Bay area at the end of the street.
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