Operation High Dive carried out by the United States Air Force ( USAF ) for testing high altitude parachute descent at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico, United States. A gondola and a parachute lodged in a tree. Men try to take out the gondola.
United States army troops of Battery "A", 217th Field Artillery Missile Battalion fire Redstone Missile from White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. Redstone Missile takes off from launch pad. Smoke near the launch site after missile takes off. (Note: This was the unit's Annual Service Practice (ASP) firing.)
United States army troops of Battery A, 217th Field Artillery Missile Battalion, fire Redstone Missile at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, in their Annual Service Practice (ASP). The Missile ready to launch. View of hills in the background. Redstone Missile takes off and climbs rapidly upward, leaving a trail of smoke that is dispersed in several directions by varying winds at altitude.
United States Army support troops of 209th Artillery Group (Redstone), prepare Redstone Missile for launch from White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. They fuel a Redstone missile. Two soldiers stand at base of the Missile holding fuel hoses. View of gantry crane with its floor compartments. Army personnel come down the ladder after fueling missile.
Test site on Prairie at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. United States Air Force and civilian personnel work on monitor consoles, typing data and operating scanner remote controls. USAF official speaks over microphone with headphone.
United States Air Force Captain puts tape into computer at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. He speaks over telephone. Captain dials numbers on telephone. He enters building along with a group of civilians.
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