U.S. Air Force X-15 aircraft in flight in California, United States. Fire brigade and ambulances around X-15 aircraft engine run tests at Edwards Air Force Base. Ground crew fuels X-15A (56-6671). Pilot gets into the cockpit. View of rear of engines during test firing operations on ground. Crew members monitor tests in blockhouse. View of pilot manipulating X-15 cockpit controls. Ground crews around plane at conclusion of engine tests. View from ground of September 17,1959 powered X-15 release and flight from NB-52A aircraft and begining of solo flight.
Documentary film 'Flight to the Future' shows experimental aircraft at Muroc Army Air Field (Edwards Air Force Base) in California, United States. U.S. Air Force F-94 Starfire, B-66 Destroyer, C-123 Provider, Piasecki H-21 helicopter, C-54 Skymaster, C-47 Skytrain, T-33 Shooting Star aircraft parked at an airbase. Dry land with a few bushes around the airbase. Men raise canvas covered door of hangar. Bell YP-59 A aircraft taxis out of the hangar. Bell YP-59 A aircraft taxis and takes off from the runway.
Television broadcast shows the controversies regarding UFO (Unidentified Flying Object)'s in Michigan, United States. Newspaper headlines about UFO sighting. Doctor Lyle G Boyd gives his views on UFO sighting. Host analyzes the UFO stories given by military officials and scientists.
American civilians prepare for an air raid drill in Arkansas, United States. Enemy looks at target area of a city map for bombing. An aircraft drops bombs on targets on ground. Explosion near a bridge. Civilians walk on the bridge. (World War II period).
World War 2 air raid drill preparations in Arkansas, United States. Duties of grocery store owner Sam Rankin, also includes that of the Air Raid Warden. Sam Rankin demonstrates how to tie a sling on a broken arm, to a family in the city. Attics cleared in the houses. Sign reads, "National Defense needs waste paper. Save it. Sell it." Water filled in tubs and containers. The Air Raid Warden demonstrates the use of stirrup pump against fire due to bombing. A young boy fills the bucket and a woman pumps the stirrup pump. A family demonstrates the process of using the stirrup pump during fire in the house. A boy sprays water on the site. Sam, in uniform with civil defense armband, shows how to tape glass windows. A young girl wears a dress by herself.
American civilians prepare for an air raid drill in Arkansas, United States, during World War 2. Team members report to Air Raid Warden Sam Rankin. Sam receives the Yellow Alert message over phone. He dons his uniform with civil defense armband and goes to work on Blue Alert. Police cars help to get automobiles off the road. People get out of a bus and head to a nearby shelter. Family inside a blackout room listens to radio. Women switchboard operators seen connecting calls in a telephone switchboard room. Burners turned off on gas stove. Sam Rankin reports the Report and Control Center about the bombing. The message is passed to various departments including police and fire departments. Fire engines depart from fire station. Civilian defense nurse, trained by the Red Cross, is seen in a hospital preparing supplies. Her uniform includes on her left arm a civilian defense patch with a red cross in the middle. A man plots damaged areas on a large map. The alarm is sounded and a view of the alarm horn device is seen.
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