United States experimental aircraft at Edwards Air Force Base in California, United States. U.S. Air Force Bell X-2 taxis out of hangar. Us Air Force B-50 Superfortress parked in the background. Ground crew members pull Bell X-2 under the wing of B-50 Superfortress. Bell X-2 attached under wing of B-50 Superfortress with the help of a hydraulic lift.
United States experimental aircraft at Edwards Air Force Base in California, United States. Official marks on the telemetry recording paper with lines on it. He turns the dial on front of the telemetry recording instrument. Woman types on a typing machine. Print on paper read 'Air Force Lt Col. Frank K Pete Everest flew Bell X-2 research rocket plane 1900 miles per hour last week, nudging close to three times the speed of sound'. U.S. Air Force B-47 aircraft in flight. U.S. Air Force F-104 A Aircraft in flight. Three F-1004 aircraft in flight. U.S. Air Force F-84F aircraft taxis and takes off from the runway. U.S. Air Force Bell X-1 parked on ground. Pilot gets into cockpit of Bell X-1A aircraft. Bell X-2 on static thrust as engine is fired during a test.
American civilians prepare for an air raid drill in Arkansas, United States. Flashback to 1940 of British citizens gathered in London underground tube shelters during a blitz air raid by Germany over London. A woman distributes snacks to families. Some people at a microphone provide entertainment to the waiting crowd underground during the Battle of Britain. View of aircraft drop bombs over targets on ground. Explosions due to bombing. Back in the United States, Air Raid Warden in his uniform with civil defense armband shows families how to black out basement windows with blankets. Family makes room for basement shelter. Electric gas burners used. Adequate food supplies kept in the basement. One of the room windows sealed to avoid gas entering the room. The curtain dropped quickly over the window when the alarm is raised.
Accidents and incidents at the Air Force flight test center at the Edwards Air Force Base in California, United States. The United States Air Force YB-52 lands and deploys a drag chute normally. In distance another YB-52 lands in dirt off a runway and turns on the ground as the rear landing gear collapses. A B-52C Stratofortress landing. View inside the cockpit as the landing gear lever jumps out of position and the copilot holds it down. The B-52C aircraft lands with the rear gear collapsed. Another view of the same event from outside.
Spin test on the F-101A Voodoo, a United States Air Force aircraft at Edwards Air Force Base in California, United States. F-101A Voodoo aircraft in flight. The aircraft flies past a Lockheed T-33A photo aircraft. F-101A Voodoo stalls and descends in air while in flight.
Clip opens with footage of astronaut Neil Armstrong setting foot on the moon for the first time, on July 20, 1969 during the NASA Apollo 11 mission. Audio includes Armstrong in discussion with Mission Control about the Eagle lunar module landing, the perceived consistency of the lunar surface, and Armstrong's famous "One small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind" statement. View of the Apollo 11 Saturn V rocket from Launch Complex 39 at the John F Kennedy Space Center on Merritt Island in Cape Canaveral Florida, United States. Various camera angles showing the Saturn V rocket in and outside of a hangar, and the Saturn V in its launch pad. Audio during rocket scenes includes President Kennedy expressing the United States "goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth." Also heard is Lyndon Johnson remarking on American space accomplishments that "we stand ready to share for the benefit of all mankind." Richard Nixon is also heard saying "let us go the new worlds together; not as new worlds to be conquered, but as an adventure to be shared." View of treads of a tracked vehicle moving forward on the surface of the moon.
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