The end of annual report of X-15. Scott Crossfield seated on a table interviewed by press personnel. Press personnel seated on chairs. He is questioned about first flight of X-15 with XLR-99 engine. Scott Crossfield answers the question. NB-52A Stratofortress with X-15 in flight. NB-52A shows rear of X-15 with XLR-99 engine and vapor coming from engine. X-15 under wing of NB-52A in flight to right the large contrail and vapor coming out from rear of ZX-15. NB-52A contrails and X-15 in flight. Spectators look up in the sky. X-15 released from NB-52A and in flight. NB-52A contrails and chase planes with contrails of the X-15 leaving NB-52A and streaking ahead. Onboard X-15 to tail and rudder surface of aircraft in flight shows speed brakes opened out and aircraft goes into turn toward end of scene. 'The End' title is superimposed over the picture.
'Niagara Falls' shows the Niagara Falls in Canada and America. An animated diagram of the terrain from Lake Eire to Lake Ontario through the Niagara Falls. View of a wide river. View of fast moving rapids. The tourists on an island in the river. They walk along a path. The fall in the background. View of the falls from the river. The water falls and a bridge in background. Tourists stand at the lookout point near the edge of the falls. View of water flowing over the edge.
Handicapped and disabled people at Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation, West Orange, New Jersey. A musician who met with a swimming pool accident plays an instrument with sticks. A physically handicapped boy reads a book. A man at the center is tested on Kohs block intelligence test. A woman puts on makeup after recovering from an accident. The founder, Dr. Henry Kessler talks about special training to be given to the patients to recover from disabilities. Specialists including physical therapists at Kessler Institute help the disabled recover. Disabled clients receiving therapy. A new leg is given to a woman who met with an accident and she takes her first step. Kessler specialist helps the woman to walk again properly.
A man stands at a lectern bearing the Presidential seal and announces the news of the John F. Kennedy shooting at the Dallas Trade Mart gathering, saying "The motorcade has been shot." He says "we will tell you as much as we know, as soon as we know anything." Another man comes to the microphone to lead a prayer. All present stand up and pray. People depart after the prayer. (President Kennedy had been scheduled to speak at a luncheon at the Trade Mart at 12:15pm that day. He was en route to the Trade Mart when he was assassinated.)
Lockheed P-80A Shooting Star serial 44-84995 parked at an Wright Field, Dayton OH. Side and nose views of the aircraft. Part of a USAF transport aircraft hanging out the back of a hangar in the background. The pilot, MAJ Donald S. Gentile, smiles for the camera. Pilot gets ready to board the airplane.
A Colonel thanks Andrews Sisters on behalf of the Music Section of the Special Services Division for recording the three discs. Patricia Marie, Maxene Angelyn and Laverne Sophie record a song named 'Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy'. Musicians check instruments during the recording. Studio staff work on the pressing of the phonograph record. (Note: Although "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" was recorded commercially for Decca Records on January 2, 1941, this filmed V-Disc recording session took place over three years later on September 25, 1944.)
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